See also
Name:
Charles Edward Dowell
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1901, 1901 Census for Household of Charles Dowell in Bethnal Green, London
Birth:
1846
The 1851 Census gives his age as 5 and his birthplace as Islington. His birth registration confirms his birth year
Census (living with parents):
30 Mar 1851 (age 4-5)
1851 Census - living with parents
Present (sibling):
5 Aug 1855 (age 8-9)
Present at Baptism of his brother Thomas Frederick
Census (living with father):
7 Apr 1861 (age 14-15)
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 15-16)
Present at Baptism of his half-sister Sarah
Occupation:
frm 1863 to 1902 (age 16-56)
The earliest record of him being a chair maker is the 1871 Census taken when he was 24. In the previous Census his occupation is given as a fancy box maker and he was probably making paper boxes at home together with two of his siblings. It is therefore assumed that he started working around the age of 16 in one of the many specialist furniture workshops which abounded in the Bethnal Green area. He does not appear in the 1881 Census but in the 1891 Census he is shown as being an unemployed chair maker. However, by the time of the 1901 Census he is working as a chair maker on his own account. As the family of four had only 2 rooms in the house where they were living he probably had a small workshop nearby. Where he was employing other people is not known. He probably continued working as a chair maker until his death the following year.
Present (half-sibling):
17 Aug 1864 (age 17-18)
Present at Baptism of his half-brother William
Parent:
14 Dec 1871 (age 24-25)
Birth of son Charles
Parent:
3 Feb 1878 (age 31-32)
Birth of daughter Jessie
Parent:
6 Apr 1881 (age 34-35)
Baptism of daughter Jessie
Parent:
6 Apr 1881 (age 34-35)
Baptism of son Ernest
Parent:
20 Aug 1884 (age 37-38)
Birth of son Hezekiah
Parent:
14 Sep 1884 (age 37-38)
Baptism of son Hezekiah
Parent:
1887 (age 40-41)
Birth of son Frederick
spouse:
1890 (age 43-44)
Death of spouse Emma
Census (living with sister):
5 Apr 1891 (age 44-45)
1891 Census. Living with sister
May have attended:
11 Nov 1895 (age 48-49)
Charles may have been present at the marriage of Charles Dowell and Amelia Dixon
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 54-55)
Bethnal Green8
Address: 27 Collingwood Street
The household consisted of Charles and his 3 children Hezekiah (age 16), Frederick (age 14) and Jessie (age 22). The family occupy two rooms and share the house with another family of 6 who also occupy 2 rooms. From the census records for adjacent houses it would appear that the houses in Collingwood Street have 4 rooms. There is almost certainly a shared privy and perhaps a yard. Charles and his two sons are working. No occupation is shown for Jessie so presumably she acted as the housekeeper for the familty doing all the cooking, cleaning and washing.
Death:
1902 (age 55-56)
Bethnal Green, London9
Address: 27 Collingwood Street
It is assumed that he hadn't moved from where he was living at the time of the 1901 Census and that he died at home.
1870, Register Entry for Marriage of Chares Dowell and Emma Day
1871, 1871 Census for Household of Charles Dowell in Bethnal Green
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
25 Dec 1870 (age 23-24)
Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Samuel Day is thought to be the bride's father and Harriett Pope was the groom's sister. Who else was present is not known but as it was Christmas Day it is probable that most of their families were present. This would almost certainly have included John Pope (Harriett's husband), the groom's father Hezekiah Dowell and his second wife Elizabeth, and the bride's parents.
As at the time of their marriage they were living within a few doors of each other in Old Bethnal Green Road probably with their parents so they almost certainly met though being neighbours. After their marriage they lived in a single room sharing a house with John and Harriett Pope in the same street (see 1871 Census).
Census for household:
2 Apr 1871 (age 24-25)
Bethnal Green, London4
Address: 16 Old Bethnal Green Road
The household consisted of Charles and his wife Emma. They shared the house with Charles' sister Harriett who was married to John Pope, and their the Pope's son John. The size of the house is unknown but it was probably small.
1851 England Census for Household of Hezekiah Dowell in Islington, Middlesex, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: HO107/1504; Age and place of birth. Cit. Date: 30 March 1851. National Archives. Call Number: 1851 Census.
1861 England Census for Household of Hezekiah Dowell in Shoreditch, Middlesex, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG9/240; Age and place of birth. Cit. Date: 7 April 1861. National Archives. Call Number: RG9/240.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Charles Edward Dowell, (Free BMD and Ancestry websites). Custom Id: Births 1846 Q2 Islington, Vol. 3, Page 247; Cit. Date: Q2 1846. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
1871 England Census for Household of Charles Dowell in Bethnal Green, London, (Ancestry). Custom Id: RG10/494 Page 22, Schedule 119; Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/494.
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.
1861 England Census for Household of Hezekiah Dowell in Shoreditch, Middlesex, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG9/240; Charles Dowell employed as a fancy box maker in Shoreditch. National Archives. Call Number: RG9/240.
1901 England Census for Household of Charles Dowel in Bethnal Green, London, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG13/290, Folio 166. Page 22, Schedule 158; Charles Dowell working as a chair maker on his own account in Bethnal Green. National Archives. Call Number: RG13/290.
Ibid. Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. National Archives. Call Number: RG13/290.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Charles Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Deaths 1902 Q2 Bethnal Green Vol. 1c Page 127; Cit. Date: Q2 1902. General Register Office.
Rev. Thomas Fellows, Register Entry for the Marriage of Charles Dowell and Emma Day in St Jude's, Bethnal Green., (Ancestry image of register held in LMA). Custom Id: Marriages 1870, Page 51, No. 102; Cit. Date: 25 December 1870. London Metropolitan Archives.
1871 England Census for Household of Charles Dowell in Bethnal Green, London, (Ancestry). Custom Id: RG10/494 Page 22, Schedule 119; Address. Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/494.