See also
Name:
Emma Day1
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
1850
Initially her year of birth was calculated from her age (22) given in the 1871 Census which also gives her birthplace but not her maiden name. However, her death registration in June 1890 gives her age as 39 which would mean that she was born in 1851. Where the information came from is not known but on the assumption that she would be more likely to know her own age in 1871 than a relative would in 1890, 1849 was the preferred year. However, once her maiden name was established from her marriage to Charles Dowell it was possible to find her birth registration which showed that she was born in 1850.
Census (living with grandfather):
30 Mar 1851 (age 0-1)
1851 Census. Living with grandfather4
Census (living with parents):
7 Apr 1861 (age 10-11)
1861 Census - living with parents
Parent:
14 Dec 1871 (age 20-21)
Birth of son Charles
Parent:
3 Feb 1878 (age 27-28)
Birth of daughter Jessie
Parent:
6 Apr 1881 (age 30-31)
Baptism of daughter Jessie
Parent:
6 Apr 1881 (age 30-31)
Baptism of son Ernest
Parent:
20 Aug 1884 (age 33-34)
Birth of son Hezekiah
Parent:
14 Sep 1884 (age 33-34)
Baptism of son Hezekiah
Parent:
1887 (age 36-37)
Birth of son Frederick
Death:
1890 (age 39)
Bethnal Green, London5
1870, Register Entry for Marriage of Chares Dowell and Emma Day
1871, 1871 Census for Household of Charles Dowell in Bethnal Green
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
25 Dec 1870 (age 19-20)
Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Samuel Day is thought to be the bride's father and Harriett Pope was the groom's sister. Who else was present is not known but as it was Christmas Day it is probable that most of their families were present. This would almost certainly have included John Pope (Harriett's husband), the groom's father Hezekiah Dowell and his second wife Elizabeth, and the bride's parents.
As at the time of their marriage they were living within a few doors of each other in Old Bethnal Green Road probably with their parents so they almost certainly met though being neighbours. After their marriage they lived in a single room sharing a house with John and Harriett Pope in the same street (see 1871 Census).
Census for household:
2 Apr 1871 (age 20-21)
Bethnal Green, London7
Address: 16 Old Bethnal Green Road
The household consisted of Charles and his wife Emma. They shared the house with Charles' sister Harriett who was married to John Pope, and their the Pope's son John. The size of the house is unknown but it was probably small.
Rev. Thomas Fellows, Register Entry for the Marriage of Charles Dowell and Emma Day in St Jude's, Bethnal Green., (Ancestry image of register held in LMA). Custom Id: Marriages 1870, Page 51, No. 102; Cit. Date: 25 December 1870. London Metropolitan Archives.
1871 England Census for Household of Charles Dowell in Bethnal Green, London, (Ancestry). Custom Id: RG10/494 Page 22, Schedule 119; Emma Dowell age 22 (i.e. born in 1849) in Shoreditch. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/494.
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, Emma Day, Q3 1850, Shoreditch, Vol 2, Page 387, General Register Office.
1851 England, Wales & Scotland census, 29 Tottenham Road, Hackney, Middlesex, HO107/1504, Folio 303, Page 60, Schedule 183, head of household: John Day, National Archives.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Emma Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Deaths 1890 Q2 Vol. 1c, Page 150; Cit. Date: Q2 1890. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.
1871 England Census for Household of Charles Dowell in Bethnal Green, London, (Ancestry). Custom Id: RG10/494 Page 22, Schedule 119; Address. Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/494.
Ibid. Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/494.