DOWELL FAMILY TREE

Tobias Dowell

B 19.2.1717 Ottery M 27.7.1744 Sarah (Brevett ?) D 6.8.1786 Branscombe

Occupation :

Children : Mary 1745 William 1748 Tobias 1760

William Dowell

B 21.7.1748 Branscombe M 5.11.1771 Branscombe Hannah Perryman (1741 – 1796 ) M 12.8.1798 Branscombe Catherine Galley D 1823 Branscombe

Occupation : Thatcher

Children : Mary 1772 Amos 1774 James 1777 Anna 1780 William 1788

James Dowell

B 1777 Branscombe M 6.11.1802 Branscombe Susannah Halse D 1851 Branscombe

Occupation : Thatcher

Children : James 1803 Anna Maria 1805 Mary Anne 1806 William 1808 John 1810 Hannah 1814 Thomas 1817

Known addresses:

Church 1841 census with sons John & Thomas, & housekeeper 1851 census on own, & at death 1851 John Dowell

B 21.4.1810 Beer M 3.5.1843 Branscombe Emma Bartlett (1821 – 1902) – lace worker D 10.2.1893 Branscombe

Occupation : Lime burner, agricultural labourer

Children : James William 1843 Ann 1845 William 1848

Known addresses :

Nr church 1841 census (with father, brother Thomas & housekeeper) Sellers Wood 1843 at birth of son James 1851 census (with wife & daughter Ann) Bank 1861 census (with wife & daughter Ann) Cottage 1871 census (with wife & daughter Ann) Bank 1881-93 census / death

1881 with wife and daughter Ann 1891 with wife & granddaughters Emma Dowell & Edith Seaward (both Ann’s children – husband in navy)

James William Dowell

B 25.6.1843 Branscombe M 3.12.1865 Branscombe Eliza Stevens (1834 – 1915 ) lace maker D 17.3.1917 Branscombe

Occupation : carpenter

Children : Editha 1866 William John 1867 Clara 1868 Emma 1871

Known addresses:

Bank 1851 census- 1861 census (with maternal Grandparents – Bartlett) Chapel 1866 birth of first child Bank 1867-1871 birth of children Cottage 1871 census (with wife, children Editha William Clara Bank 1881 census (with wife, children William Clara & Emma) Nr Church 1891 census (with wife & daughter Clara ) Bank 1901 census (with wife & mother Emma) Fern Cottage Street 1911 census (with wife ) Higher Church Cottage 1915 death of wife 1917 death William John Dowell

B 25.12.1867 Branscombe M 25.4.1889 Branscombe Mary Loveridge (1861 – 1953) D 28.2.1948 Branscombe

Occupation : farmer, carpenter, estate worker Children : Reginald Percy 1890 Hilda 1891 Francis William 1894 Courtenay John 1896 Willam Harold 1899 Emma Ethel 1902

Known Addresses :

Cottage 1871 census (with parents & siblings Editha & Clara) Bank 1881 census (with parents & siblings Clara & Emma) Sellers Wood 1890 son born - 1901 census (with wife & children) Hooknell 1911 census (with wife, her mother, & all 6 children) Woodhouse 1918 (when son Percy married) Berry Farm 1927 (when daughter Emma married) Village 1948 at death

Reginald Percy Dowell

B 17.4.1890 Branscombe M 3.4.1918 Branscombe Ethel Pile (1881 – 1949 Branscombe) D 25.10.1971 Branscombe

Occupation: Farmer (1911 census age 20 : dairy manager) Children : Reginald George 1919

Known addresses: Sellers Wood birth – max 1911 (with parents & younger siblings) Hooknell 1911 census (with parents & all 5 siblings Woodhouse Farm 1918 (prior to marriage) Regis 1919 (at birth of son) Higher Weston Fm 1926 min (trade directory ,1939 = 150acres +) Coxes Farm 1945 – death Reginald George Dowell

B 14.11.1919 M 3.4.1945 Branscombe Ena Tedbury D 13.6.2005 Sidbury

Occupation : farmer

Children : Mary 1947 Dinah 1949 Ruby 1952

Known addresses:

Salcombe Regis 1919 Higher Weston Farm 1926 min Coxes Farm 1960 Crossways, Sidbury 1988

Ethel May Pile

B 1891 Sidbury M 3.4.1918 Branscombe Reginald Percy Dowell D 17.6.1949 Branscombe

Children: Reginald George Dowell

Parents: Samuel George Pile b1855 Harpford Caroline ? b1851 Devon

Known addresses:

1891 : born in Sidbury 1901 : at Burscombe Farm Sidbury with parents, siblings : William b 1879 Carrie b 1885 Aylesbeare Bertha b 1889 Sidbury Also a carter, visitor, nephew & a brother in law to Samuel. 1911: at Brook Farm with parents, sister Bertha & a brother in law to Samuel. 1918: at Gays Farm Branscombe before married 1919: at Salcombe Regis when son born 1926: (min) at Higher Weston Farm 1945: Coxes Farm, Branscombe where died 1949