See also

Jessie Dowell (1878-1924)

Individual Events and Attributes

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1881, Register Entry for Baptism of Jessie Dowell

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1911, 1911 Cenus for Jessie Dowell in Bethnal Green, London

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1921, 1921 Census for Jessie Dowell in Mile End Old Town, London

  • Birth:

  • 3 Feb 1878

  • Shoreditch, London1 2 3

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  • Her baptismal record gives her date of birth and the 1891 Census gives the place.

  • Birth Registration (quarter):

  • Mar 1878 (age 0)

  • Shoreditch3

  • Baptism:

  • 6 Apr 1881 (age 3)

  • St Mary's Church1

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  • Address: Whitechapel, Middlesex

    She was 3 years old when she was baptised. Why her parents had left it so long is not known but as her younger brother Ernest who was just over one month old was baptised on the same occasion the incumbent probably persuaded them to have Jessie baptised when they made arrangements for Ernest to be baptised. Her parents would have been present and possibly her elder brother Charles.

  • Present (sibling):

  • 6 Apr 1881 (age 3)

  • Present at Baptism of her brother Ernest

  • Census (living with aunt):

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 13)

  • 1891 Census. Living with aunt

  • Census (living with father):

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 23)

  • 1901 Census. Living with father

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 33)

  • Bethnal Green, London4

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  • Address: 29 Collingwood Street

    She is living by herself in one room. She is sharing the house with another single person who also has one room and a family which has three rooms.

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 44 yrs 4 mns)

  • Mile End Old Town, London5

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  • Address: 152 Skidmore Street

    She had a single room in 10 roomed house. The other rooms were occupied by a family of 12 who had 5 rooms and a family of 5 who had 4 rooms.

  • Death:

  • 1924 (age 45)

  • Mile End Old Town, London6

Sources

1.

Parish Register for Baptism of Jessie Dowell, St Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex, 6 April 1881, London Metropolitan Archives.

2.

1891 England Census for Household of Harriett Pope in Shoreditch , (RG12/253 Folio 15 Page 30). Custom Id: RG12/253. Folio 15, Page 30; Age nd place of birth. Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/253.

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General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Jessie Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1878 Q1 Shoreditch, Vol 1c, Page 63; Cit. Date: Q1 1878. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

4.

1911 England, Wales & Scotland census, 29 Collingwood Street, Bethnal Green, London, Reference: RG14/1433, head of household: Jessie Dowell, National Archives.

5.

1921 England, Wales & Scotland census, 152 Skidmore Street, Mile End Old Town, London, RG15/01635, Schedule 73, head of household: Jessie Dowell, National Archives.

6.

England and Wales Death Registration Index, Jessie Dowell, Q4 1924, Mile End, Vol 1c, Page 345, General Register Office.