Name:
Louise Jane Dorsett1
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
1901, 1901 Census for Household of Louise Fippen in Hackney
Birth:
1868
Parent:
btw Feb 1891 and Jun 1891 (age 22-23)
Birth of son Thomas
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 22-23)
Shoreditch, London4
Address: 25 Newton Street
She was living by herself in one room in a house which she shared with 2 other families. Although 7 months pregnant with her first child she is working as a laundress. There is no mention of her husband who is with the army in India.
Parent:
19 Nov 1897 (age 28-29)
Birth of daughter Louise Mary
Parent:
btw May 1899 and Sep 1899 (age 30-31)
Birth of son Henry James
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 32-33)
Hackney, London5
Address: 8 Bankstock Buildings
The household consisted of Louise and her children Thomas (age 10). Louise (age 3) and Henry (age 1). Her husband Thomas is shown as "being at the front". His military record shows that he was in South Africa and that he is taking part in the Boer War.
parent:
Jun 1901 (age 32-33)
Death of son Henry James
Death:
19 Jul 1901 (age 32-33)
Cause: tuberculosis of the brain and exhaustion
Address: West Smithfield, London
The pain associated with tuberculosis of the brain is considerable and doubtless contributed to her exhaustion which may in turn have led to heart failure. It is known from the reminiscences of Alice Dowell that Louise had asked Alice's mother Rebecca who was her friend to look after her daughter who was also called Louise in the event of her death. Whether this request was made before she went into hospital or when she was in hospital and was aware she was dying is not known. In any case daughter Louise who was nearly four was almost certainly 'taken in' by Rebecca as soon as Louise went into hospital as her husband Thomas who was still in the Army would have been in no position to look after his daughter. His Army record shows that although he had returned home from South Africa at the end of May 1901 he was not discharged until the 15th June the following year. However, Louise's Death Certificate record her as being the "wife of Thomas Fippen a General Dealer of 134 St Johns Road Hoxton". Whether Thomas had been granted compassionate leave from the Army because of his wife's illness is not known. Who took their other living child Thomas who was 10 is not known as he is not recorded in the 1911 Census.
1890, Register Entry for Marriage of Thomas Fippen and Louise Dowell
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
27 Jan 1890 (age 21-22)
Address: Bethnal Green, London
It is thought that John Fippen was the groom's brother and that Mary Ann Fippen was the groom's mother.
General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Birth of Louisa Jane Dorset, (Free BMD image of CRI(E&W) Births for Jul-Sep 1868 in the Regisration District of Bethnal Green, Volume 1c, Page 228). Louisa Jane Dorsett birth registration Sep 1868. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
Ibid. Cit. Date: Q3 1868. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
1901 England Census for Louise Fippen in Hackney, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/227, Folio 126, Page 59, Schedule 362; Name, age and birthplace. Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. National Archives.
1891 England Census for Louise Fippen, (Ancestry 1891 England Census RG number: 12 Piece: 250 Folio: 29 Page: 10). Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/250.
1901 England Census for Louise Fippen in Hackney, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/227, Folio 126, Page 59, Schedule 362; Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. National Archives.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Louise Fippen, (13 August 2019 in response to Application No 10316560-1). Custom Id: DYE 398811; Cit. Date: 20 July 1901. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
J P W Ward, Reminiscences of Alice Eleanor Dowell, (Created 2007 with subsequent additions). Louisa (Fippen). Adoption was not formalised until the 1920s and Louisa (or Aunt Lou as I knew her) was simply ‘taken in’ when her own parents were unable to look after her. Why this was is not clear but Mum said that Aunt Lou’s mother became terminally ill and asked Mum’s mother to take care of Louisa. Adoption was not legalised until the 1920s; the exact date of her ‘adoption’ is uncertain. She is not living in the Dowell household at the time of the 1901 Census but as her mother died in quarter ending September 1901 it was almost certainly around May 1901. In the 1911 Census she is shown as the Granddaughter of Thomas and Rebecca although technically she was their step-granddaughter. Lou was the daughter of Thomas Fippen and Louise Jane Dorsett. After Louise’s death he married Caroline Dowell – one of Thomas and Rebecca’s daughters on 2 Nov 1902. Dowell-Lauderdale Database.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Louise Fippen, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Death 1901 Q3 London City Vol. 1c, Page 10; Cit. Date: Q3 1901. General Register Office.
Church of England, Register Entry for the Marriage of Thomas Fippen and Louise Dorsett, (Ancestry). Cit. Date: 27 January 1890. London Metropolitan Archives.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Thomas Fippen and Louise Dorset, (FreeBMD - Marriages Jan-Mar 1890 Registration District: Bethnal Green Volume: 1c Page: 434). Custom Id: Mariage 1890 Q1 Bethnal Green Vol. 1c, Page 434; Cit. Date: Q1 1890. General Register Office.