William DOWSING of Bredfield

[PJCPJC]

Hi g6rik,

Actually, FreeBMD does not have any Mary GRAYSTON death for 1910.

Best wishes,

Peter.

[g6rik]

Hi Peter,
By then she was calling herself Isobella Mary Ann and her husband Frederick Charles was calling himself Charles Frederick (Just Charles on the death cert). His grandson Charles Frederick Lesslie Franklin was called Les by everyone.  Makes it all a nightmare.

I do not have access to folios online but I have an index for Suffolk 1851 census and it shows Mary Ann (b. Leiston) aged 4   Dist 17  f 098
Maria       (b. Leiston) aged 28 Dist  17 f 098
Henry      (b. Orford)   aged 32  Dist 17 f 098

Elizabeth (b. Leiston) aged 6    Dist 17  f 117
Ann 10     (b. Leiston  aged 10  Dist 17  f 117
Caroline   (b. Friston)  aged 17  Dist 17 f 117
Charlotte (b. Friston   aged 42  Dist 17  f 117
George    (b.Lowestoft) aged 42 Dist 17 f 117

I wonder what the connection is... the two  folios

The only Samuel is from Orford

Samuel  (b. Orford)  aged 60 but way different district   Dist 16  f 475

[PJCPJC]

Hi g6rik,

Found her death 4th Qtr 1910 reg Ipswich indexed as Mari A I GRAYSTONE age 64 and his birth reg 4th Qtr 1942 Plomesgate Suffolk as Charles GRAYSTON.

Best wishes,

Peter.

[PJCPJC]

Hi g6rik,

Also found his death 1st Qtr 1900 reg Ipswich indexed as Charles GRAYSTON age 57.

As for the 1851 census, I think Samuel DOWSING's middle name must have been Henry.  Many people called their spouse by their middle name (especially if other family members had the same first name), and probably forgot to break the habit for the census taker.  That has occurred several times in my Family Tree.  I wish the Registrars bothered to record middle names more diligently - after all, people were handing over money for the privelege  of having the names written down.

Best wishes,

Peter.

[g6rik]

Hi there Peter.
                         Yes, that makes sense, he must have been a Henry too.   I last did the family tree around  1990 - 1995 and the internet had just taken off but there was very little on it so all of my work was done with pen and paper. Half of it is still missing, stored somewhere.  One of my younger cousins asked me for some info so I looked it upand found teh Grayston side of another site. I sent a query and pic and BANG it took off with relations appearing everywhere, Canada, US, Suffolk. It seems that they had each done a lot of work and just neededintroducing to each other. The Graystons was done mainly by a guy called Andrew Hudson. After exhausting the Graystons around 1670 in Cretingham Suffolk one of thethe Graystons in Canada asked if I had done any Dowsing work so here I am.  If I remember rightly I originally had an idea of Samuel's parents being William and Rachel (Ayton/Ayrton) but I AM trying to recall 15+ years ago. The computer programs available then were few and far between so all I had was a prog called "Parents" . When I find a really good one I that is commonly used I may go through the heartache of transcribing it all.

Attached is Charles Frederick (Isobella's husband 1842-1900)

Regards and many thanks,
Eddie  (London)

[PJCPJC]

Hi Eddie,

Samuel DOWSING’s wife Maria OWLES had another son presumably out of wedlock named David Bryant OWLES b Mar 1843 Westleton Suffolk ch 16/04/1843 Leiston

Maria OWLES’s parents were John OWLES b 1799 Leiston ch 07/02/1799 St Margaret’s, Leiston & Mary CROSS b 1797 Sternfield

It was John OWLES’s parents who were James OWLES b 1764 Leiston ch 29/04/1764 St Margaret’s, Leiston & Rachael AYTON b 1768 Saxmundham

A good repository for keeping all your data in order is Personal Ancestral File available on www.familysearch.org.  It is a free download and very flexible, especially when you find somebody remarried or got adopted.

Best wishes,

Peter.

[vikzojem]

Hello All,

I think I have a something to add to William Rogers Dowsing, and I'm confident that it is the same one.

My husbands grandmother was Ena Veronica Dowsing, father William Rogers Dowsing and mother is Rosetta Ann Chappell.  Father's occupation commercial traveller, which ties in with the 1891 and 1901 census. All the paperwork I have suggests I have the right William.  The 1911 census states he was born 1849 in woodbridge, Suffolk.

Williams probate states he left everything to Rosetta.  I have the 1911 census with them both living together allegedly married for 20 years but can't find the marriage certificate, could be he was still married to Julia however William and Rosetta had 7 children together.

Would be nice to hear from someone to confirm if I have got this right.

Regards

Victoria