Name change Dowsett to Langbridge

[Jane190]

Incredible work in such a short time, thank you guys. I thought of an illegitimate birth too, but it seems that’s not the case.

Maybe it’s a generational Surname from an ancestor but that would not explain why the family used Langbridge in Birth, marriage and death records and used Dowsett ,,in private” and for Census records.

[PatLac]

Could centenarian Martha be the answer? 

Name:   Age at Death (in years): 
   DOWSETT, MARTHA       100 
GRO Reference: 1840  J Quarter in STEPNEY  Volume 02  Page 282

[mckha489]

Could centenarian Martha be the answer? 

Name:   Age at Death (in years): 
   DOWSETT, MARTHA       100 
GRO Reference: 1840  J Quarter in STEPNEY  Volume 02  Page 282

Not if she had a child in 1813.

[PatLac]

Yes, I was thinking about an inheritance hence the change of name.

[Jane190]

Thank you all for helping me. The Father of Joseph Langbridge born 1809 was William Langbridge who married widow Martha Tatum nee Potterton. Maybe Williams mother was a Dowsett? But i have still no idea why the Langbridge family would use the surname Dowsett after 2 Generations

[PatLac]

Maybe try to contact rootschatter hlbradd whose husband belongs to the LANGBRIDGE/DOWSETT  family, althought it's been a while since she was online.

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=124807.msg553948#msg553948