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Name:
Harriett Dowell
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
1891, 1891 Census for Household of Harriett Pope in Shoreditch
Birth:
May 1841
Address: City Gardens
The 1841 Census recorded her age as 3 weeks so, as the census was taken on the 6th June, she was born in May. Her birth registration confirms the quarter and the registration district.
Census (living with parents):
6 Jun 1841 (age 0)
1841 Census - living with parents
Census (living with parents):
30 Mar 1851 (age 9)
1851 Census - living with parents
Harriett was attending school.
Present (sibling):
5 Aug 1855 (age 14)
Present at Baptism of her brother Thomas Frederick
Census (living with father):
7 Apr 1861 (age 19)
1861 Census. Living with father
She was working as a fancy box maker - almost certainly at home. They shared the house with another family making 13 people living there. The size is unknown.
Parent:
1868 (cal) (age 26-27)
Birth of son John
Witness:
25 Dec 1870 (age 29)
Harriett witnessed the Marriage of Charles Edward Dowell and Emma Day
Parent:
1872 (cal) (age 30-31)
Birth of son Frederick
Occupation:
frm 1873 to 1882 (age 31-41)
box maker; Hoxton Old Town, London4
The 1881 Census says that she was employed as a box maker although it doesn't say what type of box. Fancy paper box making was a typical home working occupation. It only paid a pittance but it could have provided a useful supplementary income once the children had started to arrive although her husband's job as a type founder would have been comparatively well paid. The start date is based on the arrival of their second child and probably continued until her husband's death.
Parent:
1873 (cal) (age 31-32)
Birth of son Hezekiah
Parent:
1875 (cal) (age 33-34)
Birth of son George
Parent:
1880 (cal) (age 38-39)
Birth of daughter Emily
Witness:
15 Mar 1880 (age 38)
Harriett witnessed the Marriage of Thomas Frederick Dowell and Rebecca Thornton
Parent:
1882 (cal) (age 40-41)
Birth of daughter Jessie E.
Occupation:
frm 1883 to Mar 1904 (age 41-62)
washing mangler; Shoreditch, London5
Her husband John was a type founder which was probably comparatively well paid. However, when he died in 1883 she would have had no income and unless she worked she would have been forced into the workhouse and separated from her children. In the 1891 census she is shown as being employed as a washing mangler. Whether she took this job or other some other unskilled labour when John died is not known. There is no record of her in the 1901 Census but she almost certainly continued to work until just before her death in 1904.
spouse:
1883 (age 41-42)
Death of spouse John
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 49)
St Leonards, Shoreditch5
Address: 65 Hows Street
Harriett is now a widow but still has all her children - John, Frederick, Hezekiah, George and Jessie - living with her. Her brother, Charles Dowell, who is now a widower, and four of his children - Charles, Jessie, Hezekiah and Frederick - are also living with her. The census records them as a single household so it is assumed that they were well integrated. In all there were 12 people living in the house which they had to themselves but the number of rooms is not known. The fact that Harriett is now working as a mangler in a laundry despite the fact that other members of the household, except for children of school age, were also employed indicates that money was tight.
Death:
1904 (age 64)
Hackney, London6
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
1861 (age 19-20)
Hackney, Middlesex7
Census for household:
2 Apr 1871 (age 29)
Bethnal Green, Middlesex8
Address: 16 Old Bethnal Green Road
The household consisted of John, his wife Harriett, and their son John. They were sharing the house with Harriett's brother Charles Dowell and his wife Emma.
Census for household:
3 Apr 1881 (age 39)
Shoreditch, London9
Address: 25 Hobbs Place
The household consisted of John; his wife Harriett; their children John, Frederick, Hezekiah, George & Emily; and two lodgers Hezekiah Dowell who was Harritt's brother and William Navis who was unrelated. They shared the house wth the family of Thomas Dowell who was another brother of Harriett. Harriett was employed as a box maker although it doesn't say what type of box. Fancy paper box making was a typical home working occupation. It only paid a pittance but it could have provided a useful supplementary income In all there were 12 people in the house. The size of the house is unknown.
1841 England Census for Household of Hezekiah Dowell in Islington, Middlesex, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: HO107/664, Folio 2, Page 5; Cit. Date: 6 June 1841. National Archives. Call Number: 1841 Census.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Harriet Dowell, (Find My Past website). Custom Id: Births 1841 Q2 Islington Vol. 3 Page 177; Cit. Date: Q2 1841. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
1861 England Census for Household of Hezekiah Dowell in Shoreditch, Middlesex, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG9/240; Cit. Date: 7 April 1861. National Archives. Call Number: RG9/240.
1881 Census for Household of John Pope in Shoreditch, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/299 Folio 22 Page 32, Schedule 173; Harriett Pope employed as a box maker. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/229.
1891 England Census for Household of Harriett Pope in Shoreditch , (RG12/253 Folio 15 Page 30). Custom Id: RG12/253. Folio 15, Page 30; Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/253.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Harriett Pope, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Deaths 1904 Hackney Vol. 1b Page 261; Cit. Date: Q2 1904. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of John Pope and Harriett Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1861 Q4 Hackney, Vol. 1b, Page 546; Cit. Date: Q4 1861. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
1871 Census for Household of John Pope in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG10/494, Folio -, Page 22; Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/494.
1881 Census for Household of John Pope in Shoreditch, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/299 Folio 22 Page 32, Schedule 173; Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/229.