See also
Name:
Edwin Dowell1
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1840, Register Entry for Baptism Edwin Dowell in St John the Baptist Church, Honiley
St John the Baptist Church
Birth:
Oct 1840
Address: Honiley
The 1840 Census give his age and the 1851 Census his place of birth. These are confirmed by his Baptismal Record and Birth Registration.
Baptism:
8 Oct 1840 (age 0)
St John the Baptist Church4
Address: Honiley, Warwickshire
His parents would have been present but who else is not known
Census (living with parents):
6 Jun 1841 (age 0)
1841 Census - living with parents
Census (living with parents):
30 Mar 1851 (age 10)
1851 Census - living with parents
Occupation:
frm 1854 (age 13-14)
blacksmith; Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire6
Address: Hamlet of Basall
He was probably apprenticed to his father at the age of 14 although he may have helped in the forge before that.
Census (living with father):
7 Apr 1861 (age 20)
1861 Census. Living with father
1841 England Census for Household of William Dowell in Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/1129, Book 7, Folio 20, Schedule 893; Edwin Dowell age 8 months (i.e. born in Nov 1840) in Warwickshire son of William & Maria Dowell. National Archives. Call Number: RG107/1129.
Ibid. Name and age. Cit. Date: 6 June 1841. National Archives. Call Number: RG107/1129.
1851 England, Wales & Scotland census, Hampton In Arden, Balsall, Warwickshire, HO107/2071, Folio 287, Page 8, Schedule 38, head of household: William Dowell, National Archives.
Parish Register for Baptism of Edwin Dowell, St John the Baptist, Honely, Warwickshire, 8 October 1840, Warwickshire County Records Office.
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, Edwin Dowell, Q4 1840, Solihull, Vol 16, Page 416, General Register Office.
1861 England, Wales & Scotland census, Hamlet of Basall, Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire, RG9/2217, Folio 42, Page 11, Schedule 62, head of household: William Dowell, National Archives.