Dennis Blower

[BILL H]

Could anyone give me information on Dennis Blower b abt 1827,  after the 1851 census. At that time he was living with his wife Frances b 1bt 1829 (nee Carter)
in Wretton Norfolk. After this date, the line on Dennis ceases.  I have the records on Frances up to her death in Shildon co. Durham.  Its onlty further records of Dennis that I am interested in.  Many thanks.
BILL H

[Necromancer]

Given that Walter Blower in the 1871 census  - a stepson of Robert Harrod, Frances new husband - is 10 years old, the implication is that Dennis was still around in 1860-2 .....


But I dont know where he & Frances were in 1861 - the lads were in the Workhouse !


Cant see any death in FreeBMD - have you searched the full GRO Indices ?

[BILL H]

Hi Newfster,
Thanks for your reply.
I have all the information on Frances and the children i.e. time in the workhouse and subsequently, her marriage to Robert Harrod, who was my great grandfather.
It is the elusive Dennis in whom I am interested. He seems to disappear after the 1851 census.  I can't find any record of his death. Assuming he was the father of Walter George, born in Jan. 1861 then he must have been around at the time of Frances conceiving which would be circa April 1860. But this is as far as I can go.  It is significant that the enumerator for the 1861 census (Boston Union Workhouse) records Frances as married so again it is fair to assume that Dennis is not dead at this time.
Thanks for your interest.
BILL H

[Necromancer]

so it looks like the older lads and the lass were left in Downham Market, Norfolk workhouse whilst Dennis and Frances were off in Lincs ..... given that Walter G Blower was born in Wigtoft, Lincs, I guess Dennis was working in the area beforehis 'disappearance' and then Fran and baby to have to go into the workhouse.

Not often you see a family split across counties workhouses !

[BILL H]

Hi Newfster,
you have touched on something there that I couldn't understand.  The older boys as you rightly say appear in the entries for Downham Market Workhouse, but the whole family appear in the Boston Union entries.  John, Edward and Jemima appear on one page and Frances and George Walter, who at the time is only 3 months old, appear on another.
In my research, I have come across it before where there has been a double entry for the same person at different addresses indeed my grandfather appears in the 1901 census as being at home and also at the home of his mother in law.
Even though this can be irritating at times, it's what makes genealogy so interesting.
Thanks again,
BILL H

[Necromancer]

curiouser and curiouser - not on Ancestry they dont - just Frances and Walter are in Boston ....

[BILL H]

Thanks for that Newfster,
you are absolutely right. All the time I have been researching this family I hadn't noticed Frances and Walter on Boston and the other three on Downham Market.
A classic case of jumping to the wrong conclusion.
Thanks for steering me in the right direction.
BILL H