See also
Name:
Louisa Alice Dowell
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
13 Nov 1889
Address: 17 Fuller Street, Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Her date of birth was recorded in the register entry for her baptism which also gives her parents address and presumably where she was born. The information is confirmed by her birth certificate.
Baptism:
1 Dec 1889 (age 0)
St Jude's Church5
Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Her parents and siblings Rebecca, Caroline, Thomas and Charles would have been present but who else is not known.
Birth Registration:
18 Dec 1889 (age 0)
the Register Office2
Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Rebecca signed the declaration with her mark X
Census (living with parents):
5 Apr 1891 (age 1)
1891 Census - living with parents
Present (sibling):
8 Mar 1893 (age 3)
Present at Baptism of her sister Harriet Ethel
Present (sibling):
21 Jun 1896 (age 6)
Present at Baptism of her sister Alice Eleanor
Present (sibling):
21 Jun 1896 (age 6)
Present at Baptism of her brother William John
Present (sibling):
16 Oct 1898 (age 8)
Present at Baptism of her brother Arthur Herbert
Census (living with parents):
31 Mar 1901 (age 11)
1901 Census - living with parents
Witness:
2 Nov 1902 (age 12)
Louisa witnessed the Marriage of Thomas Fippen and Caroline Emma Dowell
Witness:
18 Apr 1903 (age 13)
Louisa witnessed the Marriage of Thomas Dowell and Elizabeth Alice Anderson
Witness:
24 Jul 1904 (age 14)
Louisa witnessed the Marriage of Charles Hezekiah Dowell and Jane Elizabeth Cox
Sister's marriage:
14 Apr 1907 (age 17)
Marriage of sister Edward to Louisa Alice Dowell
Next of Kin:
frm 25 Jan 1915 to 13 Jun 1916 (age 25-26)
Louisa Alice Dowell was recorded as the Next of Kin for Edward Charles Kelly from 25 January 1915 to 13 June 1916 whilst serving in England and in the British Expeditionary Force in France
She was living at 211 Hackney Road, E.
Death:
28 Oct 1918 (age 28)
the London Hospital6
Cause: influenza and pneumonia (commonly known as the Spanish 'flu)
There was no postmortem. As she was suffering from the Spanish 'flu she was probably taken to the London Hospital to isolate her from her family. Whether her husband was allowed to visit is not known - probably not and he was probably informed of her death by telegram.
After his wife's death he seems to have abandoned his children. Louisa went to live with their grandmother Rebecca Dowell (his wife's mother). The fact that contact had been lost is indicated by the 1921 Census record for Louisa which states that both parents were dead. Where his other two children - Ethel and Edward - went is not known as neither they nor their father are recorded in the 1921 Census.
Death Registration:
29 Oct 1918
the Register Office6
Address: for Whitechapel
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
14 Apr 1907 (age 17)
Address: Hoxton, Shoreditch, London
The relationship of the first witness, William Duggan, to the couple is unknown. He was probably a friend of the Groom. The second witness, Harriett Dowell, was the younger sister of the Bride and would have been just 14 at the time. On the marriage certificate the groom gave the same address as the bride. As he was a soldier he may have been staying there temporarily whilst on leave. Who else attended the ceremony is not known - probably the Bride's and the Groom's parents and their siblings who were living at home at the time. There was probably some sort of party at the Bride's home afterwards but whether the couple had a honeymoon is not known,
Census for household:
2 Apr 1911 (age 21)
Bettnal Green9
Address: 65 Virginia Road, Bethnal Green N E
Edward has his own business as a tobacconist and his wife Louisa is helping him. They are living in a 5 roomed house with their two daughters Louisa aged 3 and Ethel aged 7 months.
Rev. Sidney G H Sargent, Register Entry for Baptism of Louisa Alice Dowell, St Jude, Bethnal Green, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1889 Page 206, No. 1641; Date of birth. Cit. Date: 13 November 1889. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P72/JUD, Item 010.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Birth for Louisa Alice Dowell, (Issued by General Register Office in resopnse to Application No1758671-1 on 2 Nov 2009). Custom Id: BXCE 194531; Cit. Date: 13 November 1889. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Birth of Louisa Alice Dowell, Event Type: Birth, Registration District: Bethnal Green, Volume: 1c, Page: 224, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Births 1889 Q4 Bethnal Green Vol. 1c, Page 224; Cit. Date: Q4 1889. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
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.
Rev. Sidney G H Sargent, Register Entry for Baptism of Louisa Alice Dowell, St Jude, Bethnal Green, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1889 Page 206, No. 1641; Date of baptism. Cit. Date: 1 December 1889. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P72/JUD, Item 010.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Death for Louisa Alice Kelly, (Issued in respose to Application No 1758671-2 on 2 Nov 2009). Custom Id: DYC 495690; Cit. Date: 28 October 1918. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Edward Charles Kelly and Louisa Alice Dowell, (Issued 7 Aug 2007 in response to Application No COL330700). Custom Id: MXD 354024; Cit. Date: 14 April 1907. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Edward Charles Kelly and Louisa Alice Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1907 Q2 Shoreditch Vol.1c Page 147; Marriages Jun 1907 Shoreditch Vol 1c Page 147--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Surname First name(s)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CLARK Alfred ValentineDOWELL Louisa AliceKELLY Edward CharlesTRESTAIN Elizabeth. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
1911 Census for Household of Edward Charles Kelly, (Ancestry). Custom Id: RG 14/1450; Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives.