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Hampshire & IOW Completed Lookup Requests / Re: William Fowles, Ryde Town Cryer before 1841 COMPLETE
« on: Tuesday 06 March 12 11:34 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks Ann.  I hadn't spotted that link and the newspaper reports on the Death, Inquest and Funeral of AWF were fascinating - the language and tone used just wouldn't be seen nowadays.

It looks like a trip out to the Caribbean though to track down anything else on William Herbert Fowles - what a shame!  Still, someone has to do it ...

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Hampshire & IOW Completed Lookup Requests / Re: William Fowles, Ryde Town Cryer before 1841 COMPLETE
« on: Sunday 04 March 12 16:16 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, 

I am also descended from William, our Town Crier, through Arthur Wellington, who was my 3 x great grandfather.  His son Albert Godwin is my 2 x great grandfather.

If anyone has found any further information, I'd love to know.  I'd also love to know what happened post his death.  I was also told that none of the first lot of children (my ancestors) ever spoke to or about the second lot of children.  As I have found three of his children with Emma in orphanages in the 1901 census, this would seem to be borne out.  Edwin (the lethal 6 year old) seems to have disappeared off the face of all censuses, although I may have found his marriage and death indexes in 1908 and 1912 respectively.

If anyone has any more info on anything, please get in touch.

Vivien

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