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Name:
Harriet Ethel Dowell
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
1893, Register Entry for Baptism of Harriet Ethel Dowell
Birth:
22 Jan 1893
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 Church4
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, London2
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)
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, London7
Spouse:
Marriage:
29 Jul 1933 (age 39)
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.
Spouse:
Marriage:
20 May 1944 (age 50)
Address: Lambeth, London
L. M. Fippen (Lou) was Harriet's (Ett's) adopted sister. The relationship of the other witness to the couple is unknown - probably a friend of the groom. Who else was at the ceremony is not known but probably Ett's sister Alice and brother Bill were there. Before her marriage Ett lived in her sister Alice's house at 55, Binfield Road, Stockwell. Jack, her nephew, can remember her husband to be calling before they were married and in 1945 Jack attending a VE day street party in the street where they lived after their marriage. It was in one of the roads which to lay to the west of the Clapham Road at the southern end and there were terraced houses on both sides. Frederick (or Fred as he was known) had been married before and had two daughters and a son. The daughters worked in a bakery which produced doughnuts for the American forces and they were allowed to bring home any misshapen doughnuts. The son was a transvestite and Jack can remember the hushed tones of the adults when they were discussing his behaviour. Apparently Ett had found a white dress in his wardrobe and in the evenings he would go to clubs in Soho. How Ett who had never had any children of her own got on with her stepchildren, especially the boy, is not known.
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.
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.
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.
Ibid. Date of baptism. Cit. Date: 8 March 1893. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P72/JUD, Item 011.
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.
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.
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.
Marriage certificate of Edward William Mackellow and Harriet Ethel Dowell, 29 July 1933, Jack Ward.
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.
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.
CRI(E&W) for Marriage of Frederick Stevens and Harriet E. Mackellow, Event Type: Marriage, Registration District: Lambeth, Volume: 1D, Page: 348, (Period, Apr-Jun 1944). Quarter & Year Apr-Jun 1944Registration DistrictLamberthGroom's NameFrederick StevensBride's NameHarriet E. Mackellow. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Chapter 3 - A Boy in London. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
Marriage certificate of Frederick Stevens and Harriet Ethel Mackellow, 20 May 1944, Jack Ward.