See also

Jessie Amelia Dowell (1898-1978)

Individual Events and Attributes

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1898, Register Entry for Baptism Jessie Amelia Dowell

  • Birth:

  • 17 Apr 1898

  • Bethnal Green, London2 3 4 5 6

  •  

  • Address: 27 Collingwood Street

    The 1938 Register and Death Registration give her date of birth and it is assumed that she was born at her parents' address given in the Baptismal Register.

  • Baptism:

  • 8 May 1898 (age 0)

  • St Philip's Church4

  •  

  • Address: Stephney, London

    They would have taken Jessie's older brother Charles but who else was there is not known.

  • Birth Registration (quarter):

  • Jun 1898 (age 0)

  • Bethnal Green5

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 2)

  • 1901 Census - living with parents

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 12)

  • 1911 Census - living with parents

  • Death:

  • 1978 (age 79-80)

  • Hackney, London3

  • Death Registration (quarter):

  • Q2 1978

  • Hackney

Marriage

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1920, Register Entry for Marriage of Thomas Oakman and Jessie Dowell

  • Spouse:

  • Thomas Oakman (1889- )

  • Marriage:

  • 19 Sep 1920 (age 22)

  • St Bartholomew's Church7

  •  

  • Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex

    Charles was the older brother of the bride. The relationship of the other witness to the couple is not known but she may have been related to the groom. The couple's parents and their siblings were probably at the wedding but who else is not known.

  • Census for household:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 23)

  • Bethnal Green, London8

  •  

  • Address: 71 Seabright Street, E2

    The household consisted of Thomas, his wife Jessie and their child Millie (age 1 month). They were living in 1 room and shared the house with another family of 5 who had 4 rooms.

  • 1939 Register (Household):

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 41)

  • Stoke Newington, London2

  •  

  • Address: 86 Denman House, Stoke Newington, Hackney

    The household consisted of Thomas and his wife Jessie.

Sources

1.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Jessie Amelia Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Registration District Bethnal Green, Volume 1c, Page 187; Births Apr - Jun 1898 Bethnal GreenSurnameGiven NameDowellJessie Amelia. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

2.

1939 Register: Thomas Oakman, 29 September 1939, National Archives, RG101/0569G/015/4.

3.

England and Wales Death Registration Index, Jessie Amelia Oakman, Q2 1978, Hackney, Vol. 12, Page 1344, General Register Office.

4.

Parish Register for Baptism of Jessie Amelia Dowell, St Philip, Stepney, London, 8 May 1898, London Metropolitan Archives.

5.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Jessie Amelia Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Registration District Bethnal Green, Volume 1c, Page 187; Cit. Date: Q2 1898. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

6.

1901 England Census for Household of Charles Dowell in Bethnal Green, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/290, Folio , Page 15, Schedule 107; National Archives. Call Number: 1901 Census.

7.

Parish Register for Marriage of Thomas Oakman and Jessie Dowell, St Bartholomew, Bethnal Green, London, 19 September 1920, London Metropolitan Archives.

8.

1921 England, Wales & Scotland census, 71 Seabright Street, E2, Bethnal Green, London, RG15/01447, Schedule 85, head of household: Thomas Oakman, National Archives.