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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Breconshire => Topic started by: linefinder on Tuesday 04 December 12 16:37 GMT (UK)
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Can anyone help me find the parents of Gertrude Lilly Dowdeswell. Born Brecon in 1876 she is shown as a visitor with Thomas and Elizabeth Lawson in Hereford in 1881 then back in Brecon in 1891. In 1900 she married Frank George Perkins and was living in Brecon in 1901. But who were here mother and father?
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Forenames:Gertrude Lilly
Surname:Dowdeswell
Baptism Year:1876
Baptism Month:Nov
Baptism Day:01
Place:Brecon, St Mary
County:Brecknockshire
Birth Year:1876
Birth Month:Sep
Birth Day:10
Fathers Forenames:William engine driver
Mothers Forenames:Margaret
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there is a marriage in 1871 mrthyr tydfil
William Dowdeswell to Margaret Powell....his occupation is engine driver.
father William.
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The rest of her family appear to be in Brecon in 1881 - as per Ancestry transcription
William Dowdaswell 31 - loco driver b St Mary's , Gloucestershire
Margaret Dowdaswell 30 b Merthyr Cynog, Brecon
William David Dowdaswell 8 b Dowlais, Glam
Albert Raca [Rees] Dowdaswell 6 b St Mary's , Gloucestershire
Frederick Dowdaswell 1 St Mary's , Herefordshire
RG11/ 5459/ 39/ 6
She appears to be with parents in 1891
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Thank you Mabel for your interest the Dowdaswells you show are a different family note the a after the second d instead of an e. This group appear with this spelling in 1881 1891 and 1901. They had me running around all over the place when I started researching my Dowdeswells because on some listings the two families are mixed together. Gertrude Lily was in Hereford as a visitor in 1881. I think gortonboy might have it. This would mean I have just lost a ggAunt. Thank you both for taking the time trying to solve this one for me.
Ken