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Name:
Frederick Dowell
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1857, Register Entry for Baptism of Frederick Dowell
Birth:
16 Nov 1857
Address: Kingsnorth Place
Baptism:
2 Dec 1857 (age 0)
St John the Baptist Church1
Address: Shoreditch, Middlesex
Census (living with father):
7 Apr 1861 (age 3)
1861 Census. Living with father
He was working as a fancy box maker - almost certainly at home. They shared the house with another family. In all there were 13 people living in the house. The size is unknown.
Present (half-sibling):
20 Jul 1862 (age 4)
Present at Baptism of his half-sister Sarah4
Present (half-sibling):
17 Aug 1864 (age 6)
Present at Baptism of his half-brother William
Census (living with father and stepmother):
2 Apr 1871 (age 13)
1871 Census - living with father and stepmother
Parent:
Aug 1879 (age 21)
Birth of son Frederick Henry
Parent:
7 Sep 1879 (age 21)
Baptism of son Frederick Henry
Parent:
1881 (age 23-24)
Birth of son Sidney Herbert
Parent:
1 Apr 1888 (age 30)
Baptism of son Archibald Bertie
spouse:
1908 (age 50-51)
Death of spouse Harriett
Census (father-in-law):
2 Apr 1911 (age 53)
Frederick Dowell was recorded in the Census taken on 2 April 1911 for Tottenham, Middlesex as living with Bernard Smith and Lillian Ethel Dowell at 24 Circular Road, Stoneley South. He was working as carpenter and joiner in the building industry.
He was working as carpenter and joiner in the building industry.
Son's marriage:
21 Jan 1912 (age 54)
Marriage of son Archibald to Louisa Vye
Death:
1927 (age 69)
the Registration District of Edmonton, Middlesex5
1881, 1881 Census for Household of Frederick Dowell in Tottenham
1891, 1891 Census for Household of Frederick Dowell
1901, 1901 Census for Household of Frederick Dowell
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
30 Sep 1878 (age 20)
Address: Tottenham, Middlesex
The relationship of the witnesses to the couple is not known. They may have been friends or they could have been complete strangers if the couple wished to have a quiet wedding. Who else was present is not known.
Census for household:
3 Apr 1881 (age 23)
Tottenham, Middlesex8
Address: 8 Railway Cottages, Station Road, The Hale
The household consisted of Frederick, his wife Harriett (in the census return her name is spelt Hartiluh which may be the recorder's interpretation of Harriett Maria) and their son Frederick. The son's age is not given but from the 1891 Census it is thought he is about a year old. The family has the cottage to themselves but the size is unknown.
Census for household:
5 Apr 1891 (age 33)
Tottenham, Middlesex9
Address: 9 Circular Road
The household consisted of Frederick; his wife Harriet; their children Henry (age 11), Sidney (age 9), Lillian (age 8), William (age 4), Archibald (age 3), and Beatrice (6 months); and two lodgers John Daley and James Hodges. The houses in Circular Road appear to have either 6 or 7 rooms. As two of the rooms at No. 9 were occupied by another family and the two boarders almost certainly shared a room Frederick’s family must have been crammed into 3 or 4 rooms. The three eldest children are attending school.
Census for household:
31 Mar 1901 (age 43)
Tottenham, Middlesex10
Address: 24 Circular Road
The household consisted of Frederick; his wife Harriett; their chidren Frederick (age21), Sidney (age19), Lilian (age 18), Albert (age 14) and Archibald (age 13); and a lodger George Hicks. The household have the whole house which is thought to have six rooms to themselves. On the assumption that the lodger has a room to himself the family have the use of five rooms.
1914, Register Entry for Banns of Marriage Between Frederick Dowell and Esther Elizabeth Hardy
1921, 1921 Census for Household Frederick Dowell in Tottenham, Middlesex
Spouse:
Marriage Banns:
28 Feb 1914 (age 56)
St Mary the Virgin Church11
Address: Tottenham, London
Frederick was from the parish but Esther was from the parish of Holy Trinity, Islington.
Marriage:
1915 (age 57-58)
Holy Trinity Church12
Address: Islington, London
The marriage was registered in the second quarter of 1915 over a year after banns had been called. The reason for the delay is not known. It is assumed that it took place in Holy Trinity Church, Islington as that is shown as the bride's parish when banns were called. Who was at the service is not known. They must have meet at work as the 1921 Census shows that they both worked for the same employer.
Census for household:
19 Jun 1921 (age 63 yrs 7 mns)
Tottenham, Middlesex13
Address: 66 Bruce Castle Road
The household consisted of Frederick and his wife Esther. They were living in 2 rooms.
They married in 1915 when Frederick was 57 and Esther was 36. The 1921 Census taken 6 years later shows they had no children.
Rev. H. P. Kelly, Register Entry for the Baptism of Frederick Dowell. St John the Baptist, Hoxton, Middlesex. , (Ancestry London Metro. Archives call no.: P91/JNB/089.). Custom Id: Baptisms 1857, Page 115, No. 917; Cit. Date: 2 December 1857. London Metropolitan Archives.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Frederick Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1857 Q4 Vol. 1c, Page 173; Cit. Date: Q4 1857. General Register Office.
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.
Parish Register for Baptism of Sarah Dowell, St John the Baptist, Hoxton, Middlesex, 20 July 1862, London Metropolitan Archives.
General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Death of Frederick Dowell, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Deaths 1927 Q3 Edmonton Vol. 3a Page 429; Cit. Date: Q3 1927. General Register Office.
Rev. A. Starey, Assistant Curate, Register Entry for the Marriage of Frederick Dowell and Harriett Maria Rudder in All Hallows Church Tottenham, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Marriages 1878, Page , No. 339; Cit. Date: 30 September 1878. London Metropolitan Archives.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Frederick Dowell and Harriett Maria Rudder, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Marriages 1878 Edmonton Vol. 3a Page 310; Cit. Date: Q3 1878. General Register Office.
1881 England Census for Household of Frederick Dowell in Edmonton, Middlesex, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/1383 Folio 46 Page 20; Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. National Archives.
1891 England Census for Household of Frederick Dowell in Tottenham, Middlesex, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG12/1070 Folio 95 Page 41; Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. National Archives.
1891 England Census for Household of Frederick Dowell in Tottenham, Middlesex, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/1248 Folio 70 Page 74; Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. National Archives.
Parish Register for Banns of Frederick Dowell and Esther Elizabeth Hardy, St Mary the Virgin, Tottenham, London, 28 February 1919, London Metropolitan Archives.
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, Frederick Dowell and Esther M Hardy, Q2 1915, Islington, Vol 1b, Page 523, General Register Office.
1921 England, Wales & Scotland census, 66 Bruce Castle Road, Tottenham, Middlesex, head of household: Frederick Dowell, National Archives.