See also
Name:
Emily Susan Excell1
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
1901, 1901 Census for Emily Dowell in Shoreditch, London
Birth:
17 Jun 1854
Baptism:
16 Jul 1854 (age 0)
St Mathew's Church4
Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
As the names of her parents are recorded in the Baptismal Register it is assumed that they were at the service. Who else was there is not known.
Parent:
btw Jul 1883 and Dec 1883 (age 29)
Birth of son Rowland Edmond E.
Parent:
10 Feb 1885 (age 30)
Birth of daughter Lillian Mary
Parent:
15 Mar 1885 (age 30)
Baptism of daughter Lillian Mary
spouse:
1897 (age 42-43)
Death of spouse Harry
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 45)
Shoreditch, London5
Address: 28 Hobbs Place
The household consisted of Emily who is now a widow and her two children Rowland (age 17) and Lilian (age 16). They have the house to themselves although it is small with only 3 rooms. Everyone is working Emily and Lilian as laundresses at home and Rowland as a paper stainer. Paper stainer was the term used for someone who hand coloured wall papers.
Witness:
2 Apr 1902 (age 47)
Emily witnessed the Marriage of Ernst Schleich and Lillian Mary Dowell
Lillian was her daughter
Census (living with son):
2 Apr 1911 (age 56)
1911 Census. Living with son
Death:
btw Oct 1937 and Mar 1938 (age 83)
Battersea, London6
1883, Register Entry for Marriage of Harry Thomas Dowell and Emily Susan Excell
1891, 1891 Census for Household of Harry Dowell in Shoreditch
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
8 Jan 1883 (age 28)
Address: West Hackney, Middlesex
The witnesses relationships to the couple is unknown. They may have been friends or just casual passers by who acted as witnesses. Who else was present is not known. In view of the fact that both Harry's and Emily's parents were dead and the witnesses appear to be unrelated to the couple it seems unlikely that any members of their families were present.
The 1891 Census gives Harry (Henry Albert) Dowell's wife's name as Emily. A search of FreeBMD between Mar 1866 (when he would have been 18) and Dec 1883 (their first child's birth was registered in Dec 1883) using Harry Dowell and Emily produced only one result. It is the right area and although Harry's birth was registered in the name of Henry Albert it is known from census returns that he was always called Harry. If he also disliked Albert he may well have 'adjusted' his name!
Census for household:
5 Apr 1891 (age 36)
Shoreditch, London10
Address: 22 Hobbs Place
The household consisted of Harry, his wife Emily and their two children Roland (7) and Lilian (6). They occupied two rooms and shared the house with another family of 5 who had only 1 room! The houses must have been very small as all the other houses in Hobbs Place had only three rooms and presumable a shared privy and possibly a yard.
General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Marriage of Harry Thomas Dowell and Emily Susan Excell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1883 Q1 Hackney, Vol. 1b, Page 613; Bride's name Emily Susan Excell. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
Church of England, Register Entry for Baptism of Emily Susan Excell in Matthew, Bethnal Green, (FHL transcription of Film NumberS 855942, 855943, 855944 on Ancestry). Date of Birth. Cit. Date: 16 June 1854. London Metropolitan Archives.
1891 England Census for Household of Harry Dowell in Shoreditch, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG12/250, Folio 1147, Page 33, Schedule 243; Emily Dowell wife of Harry Dowell age 36 (i.e. born in 1855) in Shoreditch. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/250.
Church of England, Register Entry for Baptism of Emily Susan Excell in Matthew, Bethnal Green, (FHL transcription of Film NumberS 855942, 855943, 855944 on Ancestry). Date and place of baptism. Cit. Date: 16 June 1854. London Metropolitan Archives.
1901 England, Wales & Scotland census, 28 Hobbs Place, Shoreditch, London, RG13/276, Folio 112, Page 31, Schedule 213, head of household: Emily Dowell, National Archives.
CRI(E&W) for Death of Emily S. Excell, (FMP image of CRI(E&W) Deaths Q1, Registration District Battersea, Volume 1d, Page 506). Cit. Date: Q1 1939. General Register Office.
Rev. Raymond C. Black, Curate, Marriage Register Entry for Harry Thomas Dowell and Emily Susan Excell in St Peter's Church, West Hackney, (Anscestry image of Saint Peter, Hackney, Register of marriages, P79/PET, Item 015). Custom Id: Marriages 1883 Page , No. 5; Cit. Date: 8 January 1883. London Metropolitan Archives.
General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Marriage of Harry Thomas Dowell and Emily Susan Excell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1883 Q1 Hackney, Vol. 1b, Page 613; Cit. Date: Q1 1883. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
1891 England Census for Household of Harry Dowell in Shoreditch, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG12/250, Folio 1147, Page 33, Schedule 243; Emily is shown as the wife of Harry Dowell. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/250.
Ibid. Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/250.