See also

Family of Edward William Mackellow and Harriet Ethel Dowell

  • Husband:

  • Edward William Mackellow (1880-1940)

  • Wife:

  • Harriet Ethel Dowell (1893-1972)

  • Marriage:

  • 29 Jul 1933

  • St Luke's Church1,2,3

  •  

  • Address: Ramsgate, Kent

    William was the bride's brother and Ethel was her niece. Who else was at the wedding is not known but Harriet's sister Alice who was a domiciliary midwife in Ramsgate would have made every effort to attend as the sisters were close. How Edward and Harriet met is a matter of speculation as before their marriage Edward was living in Ramsgate and Harriet was living in London. It can only be assumed that they met when Harriet was on holiday in Ramsgate.

Husband: Edward William Mackellow

picture

1880, Register Entry for Baptism of Edward William Mackellow

picture

St John the Baptist Parish Church

picture

St John the Baptist Parish Church - Font

  • Name:

  • Edward William Mackellow

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Edward Mackellow (1854?-1892)

  • Mother:

  • Sarah Ann Duke (1853-1933)

  • Birth:

  • 8 May 1880

  • Sedlescomb, Sussex4,5,6

  •  

  • The 1939 Register gives his date of birth (the year and quarter is confirmed by his Birth Registration), and the 1881 Census and his baptismal reecord his place of birth.

  • Baptism:

  • 27 Jun 1880 (age 0)

  • St John the Baptist Church7

  •  

  • Address: Seddlescombe, Sussex

    His parents and two older siblings Harry and Laura would have ben present but who else is not known.

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 0)

  • 1881 Census - living with parents

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • 1891 Census - living with parents

  •  

  • He is attending school

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1894 to 1940 (age 13-60)

  • cabinet maker, and carpet and lino fitter; Sussex and London1,6,8,9

  •  

  • The 1901 Census gives his occupation as a cabinetmaker in Hastings, however, all other records give his occupation as a carpet and lino fitter. After his marriage to Eliza Cooper in 1904 he moved to Hythe in Kent where he worked as a carpet planner and fitter. At the time of his second marriage to Harriet Dowell in 1933 was still working as a carpet fitter but had moved to Ramsgate. According to his sister-in-law Alice he came into a small inheritance when he was working for a firm in the Ramsgate area. Looking at the timing it was probably from his mother Sarah. Apparently, he opened a bank account at a time when working class people used cash and might have a Post Office savings account but did not have bank accounts, and carried a cheque around with him at work offering loans to his fellow workers. Whether they took him up on this is not known but when it came to making staff redundant the owner of the firm sacked him – probably because he thought that if he had money he didn't need a job! After this he moved to London and he and his wife Harriet (Ett) lived with Ett's sister Alice and he opened a second hand furniture shop in one of the streets off the Wandsworth Road. In 1939 at the start of WW2 he moved to Brighton to live with his brother Harry and his wife and has far as his nephew Jack can recall he did not work between then and his death in 1940.

  • Census (living with step-father and mother):

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 20)

  • Census for household

  • spouse:

  • 1931 (age 50-51)

  • Death of spouse Eliza

  • Godparent:

  • 6 May 1934 (age 53)

  • Stood as Godparent

  • Witness:

  • 14 Dec 1938 (age 58)

  • Edward witnessed the Marriage of Horace Richmond and Alice Eleanor Dowell

  •  

  • Harriet was Alice's sister.

  • Register (living with brother):

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 59)

  • 1939 Register - Living with brother

  • Death:

  • Mar 1940 (age 59)10

  •  

  •  

  • Address: 21b Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, Sussex

    His registered age was 59. Although not given in the registration index the address is known because the compliler of this record (Jack Ward) was living there at the time.

Wife: Harriet Ethel Dowell

picture

1893, Register Entry for Baptism of Harriet Ethel Dowell

  • Name:

  • Harriet Ethel Dowell

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Thomas Frederick Dowell (1855-1919)

  • Mother:

  • Rebecca Thornton (1861-1936)

  • Birth:

  • 22 Jan 1893

  • Bethnal Green, Middlesex11,12,13

  •  

  • Address: 17 Fuller Street

    The register entry for her baptism gives her date of birth and the place where her parents were living. It is assumed that she was born there.

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Mar 1893 (age 0)

  • St Jude's Church14

  •  

  • Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex

    Her parents would have been at the service together with her siblings Rebecca, Caroline, Thomas and Louisa. Who else as present is not known.

  • Birth Registration (quarter):

  • Mar 1893 (age 0)

  • Bethnal Green, London12

  • Present (sibling):

  • 21 Jun 1896 (age 3)

  • Present at Baptism of her sister Alice Eleanor

  • Present (sibling):

  • 21 Jun 1896 (age 3)

  • Present at Baptism of her brother William John

  • Present (sibling):

  • 16 Oct 1898 (age 5)

  • Present at Baptism of her brother Arthur Herbert

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • 1901 Census - living with parents

  • Sister's marriage:

  • 2 Nov 1902 (age 9)

  • Marriage of sister Caroline to Thomas Fippen

  • Brother's marriage:

  • 18 Apr 1903 (age 10)

  • Marriage of brother Thomas to Elizabeth Alice Anderson

  • Brother's marriage:

  • 24 Jul 1904 (age 11)

  • Marriage of brother Charles to Jane Elizabeth Cox

  • Occupation:

  • btw 1907 and 1930 (age 13-37)

  • printer; Bethnal Green, London15,16

  •  

  • Although her occupation in the 1911 census is given as a printer, setting print was a highly skilled job which was probably only open to men so she probably worked in a print works perhaps operating a press or collating. It is known that banknote printers used women to examine notes coming off the presses for defects so she may well have been employed by a banknote printer. She probably started work at the age of 14 on leaving school but for how long she worked for is not known. It is thought that she continued to live in Bethnal Green area as there is evidence that in 1920 she was doing so when she was a witness at the marriage of her brother Arthur in Haggerstone. However, she married Edward Mackellow in 1933 in Thanet, Kent. When and why she moved Thanet is not known but it is assumed that she continued to work until shortly before her marriage.

  • Witness:

  • 14 Apr 1907 (age 14)

  • Harriet witnessed the Marriage of Edward Charles Kelly and Louisa Alice Dowell

  •  

  • She was the younger sister of the Bride and would have been just 14 at the time.

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • 1911 Census - living with parents

  •  

  • Harriett is working as a printer.

  • Witness:

  • 25 Sep 1920 (age 27)

  • Harriet witnessed the Marriage of Arthur Herbert Dowell and Susan Ethel Hutton

  • Census (living with mother):

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 28)

  • 1921 Census. Living with mother

  •  

  • Harriet is working as a layer-on for the printer Tom Smith

  • Godparent:

  • 6 May 1934 (age 41)

  • Stood as Godparent

  • Witness:

  • 14 Dec 1938 (age 45)

  • Harriet witnessed the Marriage of Horace Richmond and Alice Eleanor Dowell

  •  

  • Harriett was Alice's sister.

  • Register (living with brother-in-law):

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 46)

  • 1939 Register - Living with brother-in-law

  • Death:

  • 1972 (age 78-79)

  • Lambeth, London17

Sources

1.

Marriage certificate of Edward William Mackellow and Harriet Ethel Dowell, 29 July 1933, Jack Ward.

Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Edward William Mackellow (18) and Harriet Ethel Dowell (16)

 

Registration District: Thanet

Application No: 13481882-1

Issued By: General Register Office

Issue Date: 17 January 2023

Certificate No: MXJ584033

 

Place

St Luke's Ramsgate

Parish

St Laurence

County

Kent

Date of Marriage

29 July 1933

Groom's Name

Edward William Mackellow

Groom's Age

53

Groom's Condition

Widower

Rank or Profession

Fitter

Groom's Residence

Approach Road, Ramsgate

Groom's Father

Edward Mackellow (deceased)

Rank or Profession

Publican

Bride's Name

Harriet Ethel Dowell

Bride's Age

39

Bride's Condition

Spinster

Rank or Profession

 

Bride's Residence

211 Hackney Road, Shoreditch

Bride's Father

Thomas Dowell (deceased)

Rank or Profession

Carman

Married in

Church of St Luke

rite

Church of England

by

me

after

Banns

Groom's Signature

Edward William Mackellow

Bride's Signature

Harriet Ethel Dowell

Witness 1

William John Dowell

Witness 2

Ethel Maud Kelly

Signed

Norman S Larke

 

2.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Edward W. Mackellow & Harriet E. Dowell, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Marriages 1933 Q3 Thanet, Vol. 2a, Page 3528; Cit. Date: Q3 1933. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.

CRI(E&W) for Marriage of Edward W. Mackellow (18) and Harriet E. Dowell (16)

 

Transcribed from Ancestry website

 

Quarter and Year

Jul-Sep 1933

Registration District

Thanet

Volume

2a

Page

3528

Groom's Name

Edward W. Mackellow

Bride's Name

Harriet E. Dowell

 

Note

 

3.

J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Chapter 1 - Early Years 1934-1939. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

As I Remember It

Autobiography of Jack Ward (aka Jack Dowell and Jack Richmond)

 

Introduction

Chapter 1Early Years 1934-1939

Chapter 2Evacuation 1939-1944

Chapter 3A Boy in London 1944 - 1951

Chapter 4The Navy – Under Training

Chapter 5The Surface Fleet

Chapter 6Polaris and Tident

Chapter 7Retirement

 

Accessing the book

 

The book is still being written and some of the chapters may not be complete. To access a chapter go to Media and open relevant Word file by selecting the Chapter and clicking on Open in Editor/Player.

4.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Edward William Mackellow, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1880 Q2 Battle Vol 2b Page 58; Cit. Date: Q2 1880. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

CRI(E&W) for Birth of Edward William Mackellow (18)

 

Transcribed from FreeBMD website

 

Quarter and Year

Apr-Jun 1880

Surname

Mackellow

Given Names

Edward William

Registration District

Battle

Volume

2b

Page

58

 

Reminder transcribed from FreeBMD image

picture

Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Edward William Mackellow

5.

Census 1891 Sedlescombe, Sussex RG12/769 (Edward Mackellow), Census Type: 1891 England, Census Place: Seddlecombe, Sussex, Folio: 769, Page: 100, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG12/769, Folio 100, Page 2, Schedule 11; Edward Wm Mackellow age 10 born Sedlescomb, Sussex. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/769.

1891 UK Census for Household of Edward Mackellow (66)

 

Reference: RG12/769, Folio 100, Page 2, Schedule 11

Enumeration Date: 5 Apr 1891

County: Sussex

Registration District: Battle

Registration Sub-District: Battle

Civil Parish: Sedlescombe

Ecclesiastical Parish: St John the Baptist

Address: Coach & Horses, Sedlescombe, Sussex

Number of Rooms Occupied if less than 5:

Other Info:

 

Id

Name

Relation

Condition

Age

Occupation

Employer

Employed

Own Account

Where Born

Infirmity

66

Edward Mackellow

Head

Married

37

Licenced Victualer

Pembury, Kent

 

180

Sarah Ann Mackellow

Wife

Married

37

Ewhurst, Sussex

 

67

Harry Mackellow

Son

Single

16

Sedlescombe, Sussex

 

181

Laura Mackellow

Daughter

12

Scholar

Sedlescombe, Sussex

 

18

Edward Wm Mackellow

Son

10

Scholar

Sedlescombe, Sussex

 

182

Frederick Mackellow

Son

6

Scholar

Sedlescombe, Sussex

 

183

Alfred David Mackellow

Son

1

Sedlescombe, Sussex

 

 

 

 

picture

1891 Census for Household of Edward Mackellow in Sedlescombe, Sussex

6.

1939 England and Wales census, 21b Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, Sussex, 1939 Register; Registration District 79/1; Schedule 488; Sub-Nos 1-5, head of household: Harry Mackellow, General Register Office.

1939 Register for Household of Harry Mackellow (67)

 

Place: Brighton, Sussex

Address: 21B Montpelier Cresent

Reference: Registration District 79/1; Schedule 488; Sub-Nos 1-5

Enumeration Date: 29 September 1939

Other Info: See Notes tab

 

Id

Name of person

Date of Birth

Sex

Occupation

Marital Status

Note

67

Harry Mackellow

24 Jun 1876

Male

Licenced Victualler (retired)

Married

 

729

Frances S Mackellow

18 Jun 1876

Female

Unpaid domestic duties

Married

1

731

Walter P Griggs

17 Mar 1900

Male

Labour Exchange Clerk

Single

2

18

Edward W Mackellow

8 May 1880

Male

Carpet & Lino Worker

Married

 

16

Harriet E Stevens

22 Jan 1887

Female

Unpaid domestic duties

Married

3

1

Redacted

4

 

Sub No 2Frances Mackellow was known as Fan.

Sub No 3Walter P Griggs was known by a shortened version of his second name as Pat. He was born in 1901

Sub No 5Harriet's (known as Ett) surname is shown as Stevens because she remarried on 22 May 1944 and the register has been amended to show

her new married name. At the time that the register was drawn up she was married to Edward W Mackellow (know as Will).

Sun Mo 6The register has been redacted to remove Jack P. E. Richmond (aka Jack P.W.Ward) who at the time of writing this note is still alive.

7.

Parish Register for Baptism of Edward William Mackellow, St John the Baptist, Sedlescombe, Sussex, 27 June 1880, East Sussex Records Office.

Baptismal Register Entry for Edward William Mackellow (18)

 

Church: St John the Baptist

Parish: Seddlescombe

Denomination: Church of England

County: Sussex

 

Register Page

16

Entry No.

127

Date of Baptism

27 June 1880

Child's Christian Name

Edward William

Parents' Christian Names

Edward & Sarah Ann

Parents' Surname

Mackellow

Abode

Seddlescombe

Quality, Trade, or Profession

Innkeeper

Minister

H P Collett, Officiating Minister

 

 

picture

Register Entry for Baptism of Edward William Mackellow

8.

1901 England Census for Household of Peter Pratt in Hastings, Sussex, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/869, Folio 111, Page 1, Schedule 1; Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. National Archives. Call Number: RG13/869.

1901 UK Census for Household of Peter Pratt (727)

 

Reference: RG13/869, Folio 111, Page 1, Schedule 1

Enumeration Date: 31 Mar 1901

Registration District: Hastings

Registration Sub-District: St Mary Magdalene

Civil Parish: St Mary Magdalene

Ecclesiastical Parish: St Peter

Address: 1 Bohemia Road

Number of rooms occupied if less than 5:

 

Id

Name

Relation

Condition

Age

Occupation

Employment Status

At Home

Where Born

Infirmity

727

Peter Pratt

Head

Married

51

Licenced victualler

Employer

Ore, Sussex

 

180

Sarah Ann Pratt

Wife

Married

47

Ewhurst, Sussex

 

728

Peter James Pratt

Son

5

St Leoards, Sussex

 

18

Edward Wm. Mackellow

Stepson

20

Cabinet Maker

Worker

Sedlescombe, Sussex

 

182

Frederick Mackellow

Stepson

16

Clothing apprentice

Worker

Sedlescombe, Sussex

 

183

Alfred David Mackellow

Stepson

11

Sedlescombe, Sussex

 

Helen Cross

Servant

Single

24

Barmaid

Worker

Dublin

 

 

 

picture

1901 Census for Household of Peter Pratt in Hastings, Sussex

9.

1911 England Census for Household of Edward William Mackellow in Hythe, Kent, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/4664; Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/4664.

1911 UK Census for Household of Edward William Mackellow (18)

 

Reference: RG14/4664

Enumeration Date: 2 April 1911

County: Kent

Registration District: Elham

Sub-District: Hythe

Parish: St Leonard

Address: 22 Stade Street, Hyde

Number of Rooms: 8 (see Notes tab)

Signature: Edward William Mackellow

Other Info:

 

Id

Name

Relation

Age

Condition

Years

Chd Born

Chd Living

Chd Died

Occupation

Industry

Employ Status

At Home

Where Born

Nationality

Infirmity

 

18

Edward William Mackellow

Head

30

Married

Carpet planner & house fitter

Worker

Sedlescome, Sussex

 

726

Eliza Jane Mackellow

Wife

30

Married

7

None

St Leonards on Sea, Sussex

 

Eliza Carr Cooper

M-in-L

70

Widow

9

7

2

Independent means

Stone in Oxney, Kent

 

 

They occupied 8 rooms and shared the house with another family of 4 who had 5 rooms. This would make it a very large house and perhaps Edward recorded the total number of rooms in the house instead of the rooms that his family occupied so that it was actually an 8 roomed house and the Mackellow family occupied 3 rooms (8-5). A modern (Google) image shows that it was a comparatively small house and certainly did not have 8 rooms.

 

picture

1911 Census for Household of Edward William Mackellow in Hythe, Kent

picture

1911 Census for Household of Arthur Bridge in Hythe, Kent

10.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Edward William Mackellow, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Deaths 1940 Q1 Brighton Vol 2b Page 931; Quarter and YearJan-Mar 1940Registration DistrictBrightonSurnameMackellowGiven NamesEdward W.Age59. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

CRI(E&W) for Death of Edward W Mackellow (18)

 

Transcribed from Ancestry website

 

Quarter and Year

Jan-Mar 1940

Surname

Mackellow

Given Names

Edward W

Age

59

Registration District

Brighton

Volume

2b

Page

931

 

Note

 

Transcribed from Ancestry image

picture

Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Edward W Mackellow

11.

1901 Census for Household of Thomas Dowell in Shoreditch, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/278, Folio 11, Page 14, Schedule 88; Name, age and place of birth. Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. National Archives.

1901 UK Census for Household of Thomas Dowell (11)

 

Reference: RG13/278, Folio 11, Page 14, Schedule 88

Enumeration Date: 31 Mar 1901

Registration District:

Registration Sub-District:

Civil Parish: Shoreditch

Ecclesiastical Parish: St Andrew, Hoxton

Address: 91 Philip Street

Other Info: The family had the whole house to themselves. See Notes for further details.

 

Id

Name

Relation

Condition

Age

Occupation

Employment Status

At Home

Where Born

Infirmity

11

Thos Dowell

Head

Married

45

Carman

Shoreditch, London

 

12

Rebecca Dowell

Wife

Married

39

Bethnal Green, London

 

30

Caroline Dowell

Daughter

Single

19

Fancy Paper Box Maker

Shoreditch, London

 

14

Thomas Dowell

Son

17

French Polisher

Bethnal Green, London

 

31

Charles Dowell

Son

14

Sawmill worker - Sawyer

Bethnal Green, London

 

17

Louisa Dowell

Daughter

11

Bethnal Green, London

 

18

Harriett Dowell

Daughter

8

Bethnal Green, London

 

15

William Dowell

Son

4

Shoreditch, London

 

7

Alice Dowell

Daughter

4

Shoreditch, London

 

25

Arthur Dowell

Son

2

Shoreditch, London

 

 

 

The family which numbered 10 in all had the whole house to themselves. There is no indication of the size of the house. However, nearby houses in Phillip Street occupied by more than 1 family appear to have 4 rooms so it is assumed that there were 4 rooms probably split up as a living room, the parents bedroom, a bedroom for the boys and a bedroom for the girls. In addition there was probably a scullery with a copper for use on washdays which may also have served as a kitchen and a privy in the yard.

picture

1901 Census for Household of Thomas Dowell in Shoreditch

12.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Harriet Ethel Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1893 Q1 Bethnal Green Vol. 1c, Page 220; Cit. Date: Q1 1893. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

CRI(E&W) for Birth of Harriet Ethel Dowell (16)

 

Transcribed from FreeBMD website

 

Quarter and Year

Jan-Mar 1893

Surname

Dowell

Given Names

Harriet Ethel

Registration District

Bethnal Green

Volume

1c

Page

220

 

Note

 

picture

Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Harriet Ethel Dowell

13.

Rev. W. H. Davies, Register Entry for Baptism of Harriet Ethel Dowell in Parish of St Jude, Bethnal Green, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1893 Page 116, No. 925; Date of birth and abode. Cit. Date: 22 January 1893. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P72/JUD, Item 011.

Baptismal Register Entry for Harriet Ethel Dowell (16)

 

Church: St Jude

Parish: Bethnal Green

Denomination: Church of England

County: Middlesex

 

Page

116

Entry No.

925

Date of Baptism

8 March 1893

Date of Birth

22 January 1893

Child's Christian Name

Harriet Ethel

Parents' Christian Names

Thomas & Rebecca

Parents' Surname

Dowell

Abode

17 Fuller Street

Quality, Trade, or Profession

Carman

Minister

W. H. Davies

 

 

picture

Register Entry for Baptism of Harriet Ethel Dowell

14.

Ibid. Date of baptism. Cit. Date: 8 March 1893. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P72/JUD, Item 011.

Baptismal Register Entry for Harriet Ethel Dowell (16)

 

Church: St Jude

Parish: Bethnal Green

Denomination: Church of England

County: Middlesex

 

Page

116

Entry No.

925

Date of Baptism

8 March 1893

Date of Birth

22 January 1893

Child's Christian Name

Harriet Ethel

Parents' Christian Names

Thomas & Rebecca

Parents' Surname

Dowell

Abode

17 Fuller Street

Quality, Trade, or Profession

Carman

Minister

W. H. Davies

 

 

picture

Register Entry for Baptism of Harriet Ethel Dowell

15.

1911 England Census for Household of Thomas Dowell in Bethnal Green, (Find My Past website). Custom Id: RG14/1452 RG78PN50 RD17 SD2 ED35 SN50; Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/1452.

1911 UK Census For Household of Thomas Dowell (11)

 

County: London

Registration District: Bethnal Green

Sub-District: Bethnal Green South West

Parish: Bethnal Green

Reference: RG14/1452

Enumeration Date: 2 April 1911

Address: 26 Baroness Road

Number of Rooms: 5

Signature: Thomas Dowell X

Other Info:

 

Id

Name

Relation

Sex

Age

Condition

Years

Chd Born

Chd Living

Chd Died

Occupation

Industry

Employ Status

At Home

Where Born

Nationality

Infirmity

 

11

Thomas Dowell

Head

M

55

Married

32

Carman

for Contractor

Worker

Hoxton

British

 

12

Rebecca Dowell

Wife

F

49

Married

32

9

9

Whitechapel

British

 

16

Harriett Dowell

Daug

F

18

Printer

Printing trade

Worker

Bethel Green

British

 

7

Alice Dowell

Daug

14

Cracker maker

Worker

Hoxton

British

 

15

William John Dowell

Son

14

Upholsterer

Worker

Hoxton

British

 

25

Arthur Herbert Dowell

Son

12

School

Hoxton

British

 

98

Louise Fippen

G/Daug

13

School

Hoxton

British

 

 

 

Although Louise Fippen is shown as the granddaughter of Thomas Dowell technically she was his step-granddaughter. Louise was the daughter of Thomas Fippen (46) and Louise Jane Dorsett (126) whose death was registered in the quarter ending Sep 1901. Thomas Fippen then married Caroline Emma Dowell (30) one of Thomas and Rebecca’s daughters on 2 Nov 1902.

In her reminiscences Alice Dowell (7) says that Louise was ‘adopted’ by Thomas and Rebecca Dowell when her mother became too ill to look after her. The Census would lend credence to this although where Louisa's brother Thomas (127) was is not known as a search of the Census failed to find him. Her other brother, Henry’s (125) death was registered in the quarter ending June 1901.

 

Thomas Dowell could not write (he signed the Census form with his mark X), neither could his wife Rebecca so who filled in the form is not known - probably the eldest child living at home who was Harriett.

picture

1911 Census for Household of Thomas Dowell in Bethnal Green

16.

Rev. Arthur T. Robinson, Register Entry for the Marriage of Arthur Herbert Dowell & Susan Ethel Hutton, (Ancesty website). Custom Id: Marriages 1920, Page 10, No. 20; Witness. Cit. Date: 25 September 1920. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P91/AUG, Item 011.

Register Entry for Marriage of Arthur Herbert Dowell (25) and Susan Ethel Hutton (50)

Church

St Augustine

Parish

Haggerston

County

London

Register Year

1920

Register Page

10

Entry No.

20

Date of Marriage

25 September 1920

Groom's Name

Arthur Herbert Dowell

Groom's Age

22

Groom's Condition

Bachelor

Rank or Profession

Upholster

Groom's Residence

23 Holms Street

Groom's Father

Thomas Dowell (deceased)

Rank or Profession

Carman

Bride's Name

Susan Ethel Hutton

Bride's Age

19

Bride's Condition

Spinster

Rank or Profession

---

Bride's Residence

23 Holms Street

Bride's Father

Thomas Stephen Hutton (deceased)

Rank or Profession

Carman

Married in

above Church

rite

Church of England

after

Banns

by

me

Groom's Signature

Arthur Herbert Dowell

Bride's Signature

Susan Ethel Hutton

Witness 1

Charles Leonard Maskal

Witness 2

Harriet Ethel Dowell

Signed

Arthur T. Robinson

 

picture

Register Entry for Marriage of Arthur Herbert Dowell and Susan Ethel Hutton

17.

Ancestry, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Harriet Ethel Stevens, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Death 1972 Q2 Greater London Vol. 5d, Page 210; Cit. Date: Q2 1972. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.

CRI(E&W) for Death of Harriett Ethel Stevens (16)

 

Transcribed from Ancestry website

 

Quarter and Year

Apr-Jun 1972

Surname

Stevens

Given Names

Harriett Ethel

Date of Birth

22 January 1893

Registration District

Greater London

Volume

5d

Page

210

 

 

picture

Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Harriett Ethel Stevens