See also

Harriett Maria Rudder (1856-1908)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Jan 1856

  • Duckford, Cambridgeshire1 2

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  • The 1881 Census gives her age as 25 and her place of birth which give as birth year of 1856. As she was baptised on 3 Feb of that ear she was almost certainly born in January

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Feb 1856 (age 0)

  • St John's Church2

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  • Address: Duxford, Cambridgeshire

    As her parents names are recorded in the Baptismal Register it is assumed that they were present.

  • Parent:

  • Aug 1879 (age 23)

  • Birth of son Frederick Henry

  • Parent:

  • 7 Sep 1879 (age 23)

  • Baptism of son Frederick Henry

  • Parent:

  • 1881 (age 24-25)

  • Birth of son Sidney Herbert

  • Parent:

  • 1 Apr 1888 (age 32)

  • Baptism of son Archibald Bertie

  • Death:

  • 1908 (age 51-52)

  • Edmonton, Middlesex3

Marriage

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1881, 1881 Census for Household of Frederick Dowell in Tottenham

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1891, 1891 Census for Household of Frederick Dowell

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1901, 1901 Census for Household of Frederick Dowell

  • Spouse:

  • Frederick Dowell (1857-1927)

  • Children:

  • Frederick Henry Dowell (1879- )

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  • Sidney Herbert Dowell (1881-1904)

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  • Lillian Ethel Dowell (1883-1929)

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  • Albert William Dowell (1886- )

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  • Archibald Bertie Dowell (1888-1958)

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  • Beatrice Dowell (1890?- )

  • Marriage:

  • 30 Sep 1878 (age 22)

  • All Hallows Parish Church4 5

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  • 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 25)

  • Tottenham, Middlesex1

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  • 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 35)

  • Tottenham, Middlesex6

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  • 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 45)

  • Tottenham, Middlesex7

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  • 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.

Sources

1.

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.

2.

Register Entry for the Baptism of Harriett Maria Rudder, (FHL microfilm 1,937,664 Page 51). Cit. Date: 3 February 1856.

3.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Harriett Maria Dowell, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Deaths 1908 Q1 Edmonton Vol. 3a Page 315; Cit. Date: Q1 1908. General Register Office.

4.

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.

5.

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.

6.

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.

7.

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.