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William Dowell (1864- )

Individual Events and Attributes

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1864, Register Entry for Baptism of William Dowell

  • Birth:

  • 30 Jul 1864

  • Hoxton, Middlesex1 2

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  • Although his birth was registered in Shoreditch, the 1871 Census give his place of birth as Hoxton which became a separate parish when the church of St. John the Baptist was built to the design of Francis Edwards in 1822-6.

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Aug 1864 (age 0)

  • St John the Baptist Church3

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  • Address: Hoxton, Middlesex

    They would have also taken their daughter Sarah and the younger children of Hezekiah's previous marriage Charles, Harry, Hezekiah, Thomas and Frederick but who else was there is not known.

  • Birth Registration (quarter):

  • Sep 1864 (age 0)

  • Shoreditch4

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 6)

  • 1871 Census - living with parents

Sources

1.

Rev. George Barnes, Register Entry for Baptism of William Dowell, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: St John the Baptist Hoxton Baptisms 1864, Page 199, No. 1590; Date of birth. Cit. Date: 17 August 1864. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P91/JNB/089.

2.

1871 England Census for Household of Hezikiah Dowell in Shoreditch, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG10/453, Folio 19, Page 32, Schedule 184; Name, age and place of birth. Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. National Archives.

3.

Rev. George Barnes, Register Entry for Baptism of William Dowell, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: St John the Baptist Hoxton Baptisms 1864, Page 199, No. 1590; Cit. Date: 17 August 1864. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P91/JNB/089.

4.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of William Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1864 Q3 Shoreditch Vol. 1c, Page 153; Cit. Date: Q3 1864. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.