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Note: There are two line of Fowells . This page shows that which leads eventually to me, with direct ancestors shown in red. The other line is shown here Since both families are living in the same area it seems likely that a link exists between them, Fowell being a relatively unusual name, but we have yet to find it.
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Ablett...Allen abt 1912...Allen abt 1980...Angel...Back...Bantock...Barton...Beckwith...Beddows
Bernie...Bolt...Booby...Boyd-Vandeleur...Bray...Broad...Broadbent...Bromley...Brown 1847...Brown 1870
Buckley...Bullock...Bunting...Burrell...Butler...Cates...Cathcart...Charron
Cheeseman...Chell...Churchyard...Clark...Clarke...Clayden...Cobbold...Cook/McMahon...Cowan...Cox...Crosland
Crowe...Davies...Davis...Dennis...Douglas...Drinkrow...Drumm...Dunlop
Ellis...Fordham...Franklin...Gillingwater...Goldsworthy...Gooch...Goode...Gowan...Hall ...Harlock...Hatch
Hitchcock...Hollis...Hubbard ...Hughes...Hunt...Hurst...Jenners...Jillings...Jolly 1808
Jolly 1920...Jurisich...Kelsall...Kemp ...Knight...Kraft...Lambert 1808... Lambert 1841...Lambert 1874
Lambert 1901...Lapish...Laws...Lawson...Lax...Lee...Madden...Male...McCourt...MacRae
McNeill...Malinson...Marrish...Marsh...Marshall...Martin...Mather...Maule...Mendham 1870...Mendham abt 1868...Micah
Midgley...Milton...Morrish...Mortimer...Nesbit...Ogg...Oldman 1869...Oldman 1905...Osborn
Otley...Park...Peach...Pearce...Pearson...Peck...Plevin...Power...Priest...Price...Rackliffe
Rankin...Reeder...Reeve...Reeves...Reid...Riach...Rickwood...Routh...Sammy...Sharland...Shearing...Shepherdson
Slack...Smith 1876...Smith 1962...Snee...Snelling...Spinks...Spurr...Stagg
Stangroom...Stearne...Street...Sykes...Tingay...Turner...Waite...Walker...Watkin
Westwood...Whitehead...Whitney...Williams...Wood 1840...Wood 1968...Woodward...Wos...Zivkovich
The first is an apprenticeship indenture for Anne FOWELL, the daughter of William FOWELL, blacksmith of Cottenham , who was apprenticed to John CLARK, husbandman, dated 10 Oct 1704 (Cambridge RO P50/14)
The second is a settlement order to St Edmund King and Martyr Parish, Cambridge for Robert and Mary FOWELL. (Cambridge RO)
The origin of the family is unknown, but may be Fowlescombe, Devon. How they got to Thetford is a mystery!
Child of Robert and Mary

GENERATION 1
Parents unknown
1......Samuel FOWELL b abt 1719
2......John FOWELL b 1731 d 1819 m 2a Elizabeth WATKIN (widow, bur 1829) 22 Jul 1779, St Mary's Thetford .
Note: 7 George FOWELL was witness to the wedding
Note: there was a Sarah Fowell who died aged 85 as a widow in Thetford, indicating that there may have been more male children in this generation.

GENERATION 2
4......William b abt 1745

GENERATION 3
Note: It seems possible that William was a late son of Samuel and Sarah above
After William's death, Margaret married again to Richard MORTIMER in 1822. She is the Margaret Mortimer mentioned in the will of William Fowell her son born 1782.
Children of William and Margaret
8......Anna bap 2 Jul 1780 d 30 Sep 1818
9......William bap 31 Mar 1782 Euston d 27 Apr 1849
Note: William died of Dropsy from which he had suffered 6 months
10....John bap 31 May 1784 d 21 Nov 1819
11....Mary Ann b 1783 Euston bap 5 Jun 1786 Euston m James PECK (b 1781 Tissington ) abt 1807 Thetford
James and Mary Ann lived in Norfolk St Wisbech in 1851 where James was a grocer and a neice, 13b Susan ANGEL was staying with them. In 1861 James was a porter and they were living at 2 Great South Street, Wisbech
12....Elizabeth bap 15 Aug 1790 m Joseph KEMP abt 1811
13....Hannah bap 8 Apr 1798
14....Lucy dob unknown

GENERATION 4
Note: although at present there appears to be no clear connection with others of the Fowell family, I have included this because it may well provide the link by which the Osborn and Broad families knew each other. There seems to be only two families of Fowells in the area, and given William's occupation of blacksmith in 1841, when he lived in Mount Street, Diss, it is likely that he is of this branch of Fowell. You can see the other branch here (source:1841 census)
Children of William and Elizabeth
22......Robert b abt 1821 Diss
23......Emma b abt 1823 Diss
24......Ellen b abt 1825 Diss
25......Maria b abt 1832 Diss
John was at one time a shoemaker but later a shopkeeper. Jane was a widow in 1861 living as a lodger
Children of John and Jane Ellanor or Mary
28....Elizabeth b 1814
29.....Joseph b 1815 in Thetford
Children of Thomas and Hannah
13b......Susan b 1827 Thetford
13b......Thomas b 1834 Thetford
In 1851 John and Mary were living in Back Lane, Thetford
Children of John and Mary
32......Elizabeth b 1814 Thetford d 3rd qr 1876 [Thetford 4b 245] m Benjamin REEVE (b 1804 or 1806 Pakenham d 3rd qr 1877 [Thetford 4b 242]) 1857 [Thetford 4b 1100]
Note: In 1861 and in 1871 they were living in Gt Magdelan St, Thetford when Benjamin was an ag lab
32a....John b 1815 Thetford
32b....Robert b 1816 Thetford d 31st Aug 1907 Thetford
ag lab in 1861 m Sarah (b 1815 Bridgeham, Norfolk d Jun 1862)
Note: Robert and Sarah were living at 50 Bury Rd Thetford in 1861 with a boarder, Elizabeth COCK aged 86 as a boarder.
Robert's death certificate gives cause of death as senile decay. He was living with his son William at 43 Earles Street, Thetford when he died. (The death certificate shows a son "N Fowell" as the informant and the address, but it was 69 William who lived there)
33......William b 1825 Thetford
33a....Henry b 1831 Thetford
Children of Henry and Sarah
44......Henry b 1812 Thetford St Cuthberts
45......Thomas George* b 1817 Thetford St Mary's
46......Peter Salmon* b 1818 Thetford St Mary's
47......Frederick* dob unknown bur 1820 Thetford St Mary's
48......Frederick b 1821 Thetford St Cuthberts blacksmith d 1889 Thetford
49......Philip b 1826 Thetford St Cuthberts Bricklayer
Note: The three people marked * had their surname is recorded as STERNE
Note: Henry was a waterman. In 1841 and 1851 Henry was not present, but the family were at Back St, St Peter,Thetford. In 1861 they were at Guildhall St, Thetford and Henry was again a watermen
Children of Henry aand Ann
51......Susanna b 24 Dec 1826 Thetford d 1914 Thetford
51a....Harrietb 9 Nov 1828 [Norf Trans Site]
Note: In 1851 Harriet was a servant
51b....Eliza b 4 Aug 1830 Thetford [1851 census]
Note: In 1851 Eliza was a servant
51c....Henry b 22 Mar 1833 [Norf Trans Site] m Elizabeth TILNEY (b 1837 Brandon)
Note: In 1861 Henry was a waterman living at Back Street and in 1881 he was a labourer still at Back Street; no issue
51d.... b 1835 Thetford [1841 census
51e....Elizabeth b 1840 Thetford [1851 census]
51f....Frederick b 2nd qr 1849 Thetford [Thetford 13 305] d 1st qr 1889 [Thetford 4b 265]
Note: In 1861 Frederick was a blacksmith
51g....Sophia b 4th qr 1841 Thetford [Thetford 13 214] d 4th qr 1841 Thetford {Thetford 13 214]
51h....Maria b 1845 Thetford [1851 census]>BR>
Note: In 1861 Maria was a house maid

GENERATION 5
You can read about the family firm by clicking in the gears.
. He and Catherine lived at Prospect Place, Thetford in 1851, 25 St Nicholas St Thetford in 1861 (next door to Charles BURRELL), In 1870 at the christening of his two youingest sons he gave his occupation as machineman. In 1871 he lived in Back Street (when Robert was an agricultural machinist). and 1881 and at 77 St Nicholas Street Thetford in 1891 In 1871 there was a boarder living with them: Frederick H SNEE. In 1901 Robert was living in St Nicholas Lane, Thetford when he had visitors: 63 Elizabeth FOWELL and her sister Ethel LAMBERT aged 17
Children of Robert and Catherine
62......Martha Ann b 1850 Thetford
63......Henry Robert b 14 Apr 1852 Back Street, Thetford [Thetford 4b 382] d 17 Mar 1929 10 Knight Street, Lincoln
64......Elizabeth b 2nd qr 1854 Thetford
Note: In 1871 Elizabeth was a milliner living at Thetford Road, Brandon.
65......Catherine b 2nd qr 1856 Thetford bap 11 May 1856 Thetford Methodist Church
Note: In 1891 Catherine was living with her sister Martha Ann as a milliner in Dartford, Kent
67......Evangelina b 4th qr 1858 Thetford
68......Ellen b 3 Dec 1860 bap 3 Feb 1861 Thetford Methodist Church d 6 Jul 1919 Bermondsey aged 58
Note: Ellen was a housemaid in 1881 at Hornsey
69......William bap 10 Apr 1864 Thetford Methodist Church m ? Sep 1877 Thetford
71......Elias b 3rd qr 1866 [Thetford 4b 372] bap 12 Aug 1870 Thetford Methodist Church m Laura Ellen 2nd qr 1893 [West Ham 4a 329]
Note: Christened Elias, according to the records (although this could be a transcriber's error), he called himself Ellis and in 1891 was a schoolmaster. He was living at 43 Gilmore Road, Lewisham in 1901 and was a commercial clerk, and in 1911 he was manager for a piano and sewing machine factor. There were no children of this union
72......Arthur bap 12 Aug 1870 Thetford Methodist Church m ? March 1890 Thetford
Note: John was the illegitimate son of Mary BROADBENT and possibly a member of the MAUDE family who were present in the village of Elland, Yorks, at the time. In 1840 and 1849 John was a forgeman. Harriet was the daughter of James MIDGLEY, a labourer. Witnesses to their marriage were Henry MIDGLEY and George BROMLEY
Note: There is considerable doubt as to whether this is the right John Broadbent. Eliza's birth certificate shows him as father but Susannah BROADBENT nee MALINSON as her mother.
Children of John and Hannah
75......Alfred b 1841 d 2nd qr 1868 Huddersfield [Huddersfield 9a 223]
76......Elizabeth (Eliza) b 7 Mar 1844 at Elland
77......Ellen b abt 1847?
Child of John and Harriet
78......Alfred b abt 1865
Note: George and Mary Ann were living in Cavendish with George's parents in 1851
Children of George and Mary Ann
81......Sarah b 1848
82......William b 1850
Children of Samuel and Susan Elizabeth
83......Samuel bap 24 May 1846 Cavenham
84......James bap 29 Oct 1848 Cavenham
85......John bap 30 Jun 1850 Cavenham
86......Samuel bap 23 Oct 1851 Cavenham
87......John bap 17 Apr 1853 Cavenham
88......Sarah bap 31 May 1854 Cavenham
89......Elizabeth bap 6 Oct 1855 Cavenham
90......Caroline bap 15 Mar 1857 Cavenham
Note: Caroline was a laundress in 1881, living with her parents
91......George bap 12 Jun 1859 Cavenham
92......Harry bap 19 May 1860 Cavenham
93......Ellen bap 10 Mar 1862 Cavenham
94......Elizabeth bap 9 May 1864 Cavenham
95......George bap 6 Oct 1866 Cavenham
96......Julia Mary bap 20 Jun 1868 Cavenham
97......Edith b abt 1875 Cavenham
Note: the family was living at 23 White Hart Street in 1861: James was a model maker (for Burrells?)
Children of James and Elizabeth
98......Elizabeth Ellen b 10 Aug 1852 St Nicholas Lane, Thetford m Moses BROWN New Zealand
See the Brown branch here
99......Martha b 24 Aug 1854 Thetford d 12 Jul 1923 Dunedin m Alfred Carter BROAD 12 Dec 1876 Diss
See the Broad branch here
100....George Edward b abt 1857 married in Thetford Dec 1886
48 Frederick STEARNE m B2 Susanna BACK (b abt 1827 Thetford) 2 Aug 1848 St Cuthbert's Church Thetford
Note: Frederick was a blacksmith in 1841 living at Bury Road: Papermaker's Arms Inn, Thetford and in 1871 and 1881 still a blacksmith he was at Back Street, Thetford. Susanna was living in St Nicholas Street in 1891 and with her were grandchildren George (b 1876 labourer) Frederick (Errand boy b 1877), William (b 1879) and Thomas (b 1880) all Fowells.
Children of Federick and Susanna
Note: Thomas was a millwright Children of Thomas and Mary
114......Beatrice Alice FOWELL b Dec 1872
In 1861 George John was described as an engine fitter, in 1866 when he married he is shown as an engine fitter living in Back Street, Thetford, and Eliza was living at Albert Street, Hunslet, and in 1868 he was a member of the Methodist Church.
Eliza was a dressmaker in the 1871 census
101......Anna Back bap 1850 Thetford d 19 Mar 1932 at 18 Abbey Green, Thetford aged 80
102......Frederick b 1861 Thetford (Turner)
Note: In 1881 Frederick was a turner, living with his parents
103......Thomas b 1865 Thetford m Clara REEDER (b 1871 Brandon) 1st qr 1891
Note: In 1881 Thomas was an iron moulder, living with his parents
104......Susannah Rosa b 1868 Thetford m Frank Harry GILLINGWATER 2nd qr 1893 [Thetford 4b 625]
Note: In 1891 Susannah Rose was a dressmaker
105......John d.o.b. unknown d in infancy
105a....Jane d.o.b. unknown m Richard MENDHAM
106 Thomas CHELL b 22 Nov 1811 Fritchley, Crich, bap 26 Sep 1811 Chirk Derbyshire d 1883 Tanner Street, Thetford m Mary PEARSON (b 18 Nov 1819 Cromford Derbyshire bap 19 May 1816 Cromford d 1854 Lower Elbon St, Snainton, Notts) 12 Oct 1835 Matlock
107......Peter bap 27 Jan 1837 Crich d 1914 Thetford
Note: Peter was a foreman engineer
108......Edward b 5 May 1839 Crich d Apr 1910
109......George b 7 Mar 1842 bap 10 Apr 1842 Crich d 1927 Bromley m Mary SLACK 31 Dec 1866 Manchester
110......Selina b 30 Nov 1844 Lumsdale, Derbyshire, bap 15 Jun 1845 Crich m James CLARKE
111......Emily b 28 Jan 1848 Brimington, Derbyshire
112......Thomas b Jun 1851 Stavely, Derbyshire
113......Hannah b 1854 Brimington, Derbyshire
Also, unidentified in this generation:
115......Samuel FOWELL b Dec 1873 Thetford d 2nd qr 1874 Thetford
116....Anna FOWELL b 4th qr 1857 Thetford
116a....Frederick FOWELL b 4th qr 1855 Thetford
116b....Ellen FOWELL b 3rd qr 1866 Thetford

GENERATION 6
52 George John FOWELL b 1842 m 76 Elizabeth (Eliza) BROADBENT (b 1844 Leeds d 16 Aug 1932 ) 18 Jun 1866 Wesleyan Chapel Hunslet, Leeds [Hunslet 9b 406]
Note: Witnesses to the marriage were 75 Alfred and 77 Ellen BROADBENT. For some time I have been trying to find a link between the Fowells of Thetford and the Broadbents of Hunslet. George John certainly had connections through his employer (Charles Burrell) with the steam engine makers Fowler of Hunslet (Burrells built their first road locomotives on licence from Fowler) and may have been an apprentice there. The connection to the Broadbent family may have been encouraged by Hannah BROADBENT (born in Leeds abt 1839) who was a student at the Diocesan training institution at Norwich in 1861.
George John was chief draughtsman for Charles Burrell designing steam engines in Thetford (he also shared a patent for steel treads on wheels with Charles BURRELL), and in 1871 he is described as a mechanical draughtsman, but in 1876 he left to form his own agricultural engineering works in St Ives. You can see a full account of this here . In 1881 he was an "Agricultural Implement Manufacturer" living at 7 Cromwell Place, St Ives In 1891 the family was at 138 Station Road, St Ives. When the partnership with his father broke up in 1898, he went to Huntingdon to work for Baylis and Thackray, agricultural engineers, where he was joined by his eldest son, Alfred. He is buried in Huntingdon - see his obituary here.
In 1911, Eliza was the step-daughter of Harriet BROADBENT (b 1819 Bradford, Yorks), who was living with them as housekeeper in 1871 and 1881; Eliza was a dressmaker in 1871. She went to join her son Joe in New Zealand where she died Dunedin NZ after living 21 years there. Her address was 22 Cliffs Road, Dunedin. She was cremated 18 Aug. 1932, and her ashes placed in the Niche Wall in Chapel of Anderson Bay Cemetery, but have now been scattered under trees nearby following demolition of the crematorium., Dunedin.
Children of George John and Eliza
117......Ada b 4th qr 1868 cremated 12 Aug 1959 spinster Auckland NZ
Note: she had been living at Mellon's Bay Rd, Howick, a suburb of Auckland. Prior to that she had been living with her mother, 64a Elizabeth at 9 St Anne's Road Mornington in 1911, at 144 Forbury Road Caversham, Dunedin in 1919. Her hobby was painting..
118......Joseph (Joe) b 1st qr 1871 d 22 Jan 1943 Auckland New Zealand
Note: there is a potted history of the Fowells of New Zealand here
119......Alfred b 2nd qr 1872 d 1947
Children of George and Ellen
120......Nellie b 1879
121......Ethel b 1882
Child of Alfred and Caroline
122......Albert Ernest b 1887 d 1955
123......Louise b 1868
124......Kate b 1871
125......Clara b 1875
126......Nellie (aka Ellen) b 1877 d 1962
[There is a website for the Chell family here]
Note: Edward CHELL worked at Burrells in 1870, when he was paid £1.4s.0d a week
Children of Edward and Sarah
127......Joseph Thomas b 1865
128......Sarah b 1867
129......Ellen b 1868
Children of Thomas and Sarah
130......Florence b 1877
131......Arthur b 1879 184 Halliwell Road Lt Bolton m Edith OLDMAN 10 Jun 1905 Thetford
See the Oldman branch here
132......Harry b 1880 184 Halliwell Road Lt Bolton
133......Edith b 1887 Thetford
134......Charles b 1891 in Russia as British subject
135......Gertrude Mary b 1893 Thetford
Note: In 1871 David was an apprentice in Breconshire.The family lived in High Street, Dartford, Kent where David was a carrier in 1881 and 1891. In 1901 he was a draper.
Child of David and Martha
136......Llewellyn Fowell b 4th qr 1881 Dartford, Kent [Dartford 2a 461]
Note: In 1871 Henry was an agricultural machinist in Thetford (almost certainly for Charles Burrell). In 1861 Elizabeth who was the daughter of William (an alms worker) and Elizabeth LAMBERT was living at Guildhall Street, Thetford. The family was living at 10 Knight Street, St Botolph Lincoln in 1881 and 1891 when Henry was an agricultural machine maker working for Clayton and Shuttleworth, and was a visitor at 139 Great Park Street, Wellingborough (his son George's home) in 1901. In 1911 he was dealing in seed and corn thrashing machines. When Elizabeth died he employed Susan LAWS as a housekeeper and subsequently married her.
His will, made in 1922, includes "I leave all my estate to my wife Susan during widowhood, but on her death or remarrying I leave all my estate in equal shares to my three sons, but I have not heard from Arthur or Frank in over four years. I fear that they are dead and if I do not hear from them before I die, I leave all my estate to George" (which is what happened)
Children of Henry and Elizabeth
1st year 4 shillings per week
137......Arthur b 17 Jul 1875 9 Monson Street, St Peter at Gowts, Lincoln
Note: In 1890 he was an errand boy and a witness in a court case in Lincoln. In 1891 Arthur was a plumbers apprentice. In 1892 he won a book as a prize, still held in the family
138......George b 18 May 1877 9 Monson St, St Peter at Gowts, Lincoln bap 13 Jun 1877 St Marys Wigford d 5 Jan 1961 Wellingborough.
Note: George was apprenticed on 17 Apr 1893 for 6 years to Henry GADSBY, an umbrella maker, cutler, locksmith and general mechanic. Living expenses were provided by Henry Robert Fowell, his father, but Mr Gadsby paid George at the following rates
2nd year 5 shillings per week
3rd year 6 shillings per week
4th year 7 shillings per week
5th year 8 shillings per week
6th year 10 shillings per week
139......Frank b 30 Nov 1882 10 Knight Street, Lincoln (registered 1 Jan 1883) d 15 Feb 1965 at 67 Hollingbury Park Ave, Brighton.. m Nora Marguerite POWER (b 1886) 16 Nov 1909 St Brides Church, Fleet Street [London City 1C 15]
Note: Frank was working in the film and theatrical industry (around 1905 he was on Broadway in the USA) and seems to have lost contact with the family but was an editor when he married. The 1911 census shows him as a jounalist living at Honester, Manor Lane, Sutton, Surrey. He was a prolific writer and regularly wrote articles for "Youngs" magazine - aimed at young ladies. In 1913 he and Frank Palmer published a book "Censorship in England" which applied to dramatists and literary figures in 16th and 17th centuries.Up to around 1920 he was a film actor/co-director with London Film ProductionsIn 1921 the telephone directory shows his address as 2 Whitcombe House, London WC2.
Note: the family lived at John Street North, Marylebone in 1881, at 23 Elgin Terrace, Paddington in 1891 and at 3 Albert Terrace, Portsmouth in 1901. Richard was a wood turner.
Children of Richard and Evangelina
140......Rosina b 1st qr 1879 [Marylebone 1a 537]
141......Frederick Thomas b 3rd qr 1880 [Marylebone 1a 584]
142......Gertrude Evangelina b 4th qr 1885 [Paddington 1a 59]
143......Grace Eveline b 4th qr 1888 [Paddington 1a 50]
144......Beatrice May b 1st qr 1897 [Portsea Island 2b 500]
Note: George was the son of George HITCHCOCK (b abt 1824 Dedham) and Elizabeth GRIMWOOD (b abt 1822 Colchester). In 1861 George is recorded at Magdelan St, Colchester; in 1871 at Brewery Tap, Bristol and on board Sir Robert Peel (ship) in 1881 as a steward (Master: James William HARLOCK) and at 97 Alderton Rd Rotherhithe in 1891 when he is recorded as a steward (sea) mercantile marine. In 1901 the family was at 4 Drummond Road, Bermondsey, but George was not present.
Children of George and Ellen
145......Lucy Ellen b 3rd qr 1885 Shoreditch [Bethnal Green 1c 267] d 2 Apr 1956 Lewisham bur 9 Apr 1956 Grove Park
146......George Ebenezer b 18 Sep 1887 Bermondsey
147......Herbert Edward b 4th qr 1889 Bermondsey [St Olave 1d 305] d 1964 Hassocks, Sussex m Ethel Mary ALLEN b 1892 London
148......Charles Grimwood b 2nd qr 1892 Bermondsey [St Olave 1d 302] d 1934 Middlesex
149......Robert Victor Fowell b 2nd qr 1896 Bermondsey [Camberwell 1d 955]
Note: William was a tea dealer in 1868, had a general stores at 43 Earles Street in 1901, was a JP in 1925, and on his death this was bought by a Major BANTOCK, who subsequently sold it (in 1972) to a Mrs COX who used the premises as a florists shop. She is now (2002) retired and lives on the premises. She told me that it originally belonged to Stephen OLDMAN.
Mary was the daughter of William CATES and Eliza SHEARING.After William's death, Eliza married 33 Henry FOWELL.
William and Mary Ann had one lodger, 44 Edward GOOCH who was a solicitors clerk in 1901, and Agnes PARK, a 19 year old servant living in.
Child of William and Mary Ann
150......Maud Lilly b 4th qr 1892 Thetford [Thetford 4b 363]
Note: Arthur was an engineer's fitter in 1891 living at 32 Victor Rd Willesden and a mechanical engineer in 1901 at 27 Napier Rd Willesden
Children of Arthur and Jane
151......Kate b 3rd qr 1890 [Thetford 4b 351]
Note: Kate is said in the family to have married a schoolmaster, but I have not been able to find a marriage
152......Rosaline b 2nd qr 1894 Willesden [Hendon 3a 197]
79 William Christopher FOWELL b 14 May 1846 Thetford (gen labourer) m 101 Anna Back STEARNE (b 11 Apr 1851 d 19 Mar 1932 at 18 Abbey Green Thetford) 25 Dec 1870, St Peter's Thetford Witnesses: Frederick STEARNE and Jane MENDHAM
153a....Alice b 16 Jan 1873 Thetford d 9 Jan 1894 Thetford m Henry STREET 4th qr 1893 [Thetford 1015]See the website with her descendants and relations here
157......William Christopher b 21 Mar 1879 Thetford bur Southend on Sea m Florence CROWE: no issue
Note: William was a carpenter/joiner for Southend Corporation & plated football for Southend.
He was a Corporal in the Royal Engineers & served in Egypt in W.W.1
158......Thomas Arthur b 15 Dec 1880 Thetford killed in action WW1 24 Sep 1917
Note: Thomas Arthur was a member of the Royal Garrison Artillery Siege Battery of the Royal Artillery, where he was a gunner. He was also a member of the Abbey Quoits Club at the Waters Meadow, Thetford. He is the one on the 2nd from left, 2nd row down holding a quoit in the picture which you can see here
159......Annie Elizabeth b 21 Sep 1882 Thetford d 11 Nov 1899 aged 17 bur 18 Nov 1899
160......Emma Mary b 1 JOct 1884 Thetford
Note: Emma Mary is recorded as living at home with her parents but employed as a general domestic servant. She lived and worked in Thetford all her life.
161......Harry b 28 Oct 1886 Thetford d 29 Oct 1886 Thetford
162......Rose Maud b 1st qr 1888 [Thetford 4b 419]
Note: Rose Maud went to Providence, Rhode Island, and retired to Florida where she m William CHARRON, a French Canadian (no issue)
163......Jane Sophia (Ginny) b 9 May 1889 Thetford [not in 1901 census] d 16 Mar 1865 aged 75 m Arthur R RICKWOOD (from Bury Rd Thetford.) 3rd qr 1915 [Thetford 4b 966]
Note: Jane and Arthur lived at Nags Head Road, Ponders End. There was no issue. When Arthur died, Ginny moved to Southend and then back to Suffolk to be near 103 Jack
164......Arthur John (Jack) b 17 Mar 1891 Thetford d 9 Aug 1974 aged 83 bur with sister Ginny in Blythborough churchyard
Note: Jack was a wheelwright and worked at Burrells, then moving to Southwold where he worked with horses until he died
165......Florence Ida b 1895 Thetford
Note: Florence Ida's husband worked as an iron moulder at Burrells. Their daughter-in-law also worked in the 1960s in the same building when it was a transport cafe. When her mother died Florence Ida inherited properties in Water Lane, Abbey Green, St Nicholas St and Back St in Thetford
See Lax branch here
Note: Thomas had been a blacksmith in 1861 lodging with Ellen BECKWITH at 38 Fountain Street Leeds. In 1871 he was a farmer of 72 acres, living with Joseph and Ann WAITE at Skellgate, Low, Ripon. He was a coal merchant in Birstwith in 1881 living at 37 Blossomgate, Ripon andat Hunslet in 1891 when the family lived at 10 Bismark Grove, but by 1901 he had become a manufacturer of glass bottles. His firm held the Marmite bottle contract for almost 50 years. In 1901 the family lived at 10 Roxborough Street, Hunslet, Yorks.
Children of Thomas and Ellen
166......Elizabeth Ellen b 4th qr 1882 [Hunslet 9b 300]
167......Frederick b 1st qr 1884 [Hunslet 9b 268]
168......Thomas b 1st qr 1885 [Hunslet 9b 287]

GENERATION 7
Child of Llewellyn and Nellie
136b......Catherine W b 3rd qr 1916 [Dartford 2a 1146] m Henry A WOODWARD 3rd qr 1946 [Bournemouth 6b 393]
137 Arthur FOWELL m Annie Curtois PERRIN ( d 10 May 1955 West View Institution, Lincs) 2nd qr 1899 [Lincoln 7a 1235]
Note: In 1901 Arthur is a plumber, glazier and gas fitter, living with his family at 53 Dixon Street, Lincoln. He emigrated alone to Canada around 1906, and in 1911 (Canadian census) he was living at Battleford, Saskatchewan and gave his status as married and a farmer.
In 1912 he made his will, leaving everthing to his parents, naming father and brother George as executors. This he posted to his father but the will was never proved. His wife and son were not mentioned in the will
On 27 Apr 1916 he joined the Canadian Army, claiming not to be married but a plumber and steam fitter, and became a lance-corporal (no 294273). His description was height 5'3" eyes grey, dark comlexion with medium dark hair and his religion was shown as Methodist. He came to England with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and ther trace has been lost. At some stage he must have transferred to the Lincolnshire Regiment, for his death is recorded as Private Arthur Fowell no 12176 in the GRO war deaths 1915
Annie and Reuben stayed in Lincoln and in 1911 they were living at 54 Cranwell Street, Lincoln Annie was a music teacher and Reuben was attending Glenfield House Seminary.
Annie's will, made on 23 Jun 1941 when she was living at "Oaklea" 80 Boultham Road, Lincoln left her estate to charity, and explained "The reason I have not made any provision for my husband or son is because my husband has deserted me for many years past and contributed nothing to my support, and my son has caused me very considerable expense on account of drinking and other reasons"
Child of Arthur and Annie
137b......Reuben Verdi b 1st qr 1900 [Lincoln 7a 539] d aged 64 1st qr 1965 at 51 Coultham St, Lincoln
Note: Rueben was involved in church ministry
Note: In 1893 George was apprenticed to Henry GADSBY of the City of Lincoln for 6 years - umbrella maker, cutler, locksmith and general mechanic. In 1901 he was a whitesmith journeyman living at 139 Gt Park Street, Wellingborough. George was a electrician general mechanic in 1911 working for Dexter's, an ironmonger, and was still at the same address in Wellingborough. Subsequently he worked until retirement at Wellingborough gasworks as a tinsmith. In 1937 they sold their house and built a new one at 34 Cross Road, Wellingborough and named their house "Almonds". They celebrated their diamond wedding on 3 Jan 1960. Both were cremated and there is a memorial plaque in Kettering Crematorium
Children of George and Rose
138b......Frank b 5 Nov 1902 139 Gt Park St, Wellingborough [Wellingborough 3b 142] bap 22 Jul 1903 St Marys Le Wigford Primitive Methodist Chapel, Lincoln d 1 Feb 1979 Rushden
Note: Frank was apprenticed for 7 years with Nixon's of Wellingborough.
138c......Reginald Leslie b 8 Feb 1907 at 139 Gt Park Street,Wellingborough. [Wellingborough 3b 116] d 4 Dec 2000 Kettering
138d......Freda Rose b 21 Nov 1910 139 Gt Park Street, Wellingborough [Wellingborough 3b 97] d 19 Dec 1987 Norwich
Children of Thomas and Lucy
169......Thomas James b 10 Sep 1906 New Cross, London bap St Luke's Deptford (date unknown) d 29 Mar 1979 Greenwich
170......George Herbert b 21 Nov1907 New Cross, London d 1981 Wareham, Dorset
171......Lucy Emily b Jul 1909 Deptford London d 30 Apr 1910 Deptford bur Ladywell
171a....John George S b 2nd qr 1910 [Greenwich 1d 1098]
172......Lily Ethel b 9 Oct 1911 SE London d 12 Apr 1992 St Leonards on Sea
173......Herbert Edward b 2 Sep 1913 Carshalton d 27 Jul 1988 Lewisham m Hilda MARRISH (b 1910) abt 1935 (issue: two living children)
174......Doris Violet b 1921 London m William BULLOCK (b 1918) abt 1943
Children of George and Elizabeth
175......George William b 19 May 1911 d 2003 Greenwich m Eunice WILLIAMS 7 Aug 1938 (issue: 1 living child)
175a....unknown daughter, d 1913
176......Herbert James b 24 Jan 1918 m Kathleen BARTON (b 1918) 1940 (issue: 1 living child)
177......William Joseph b 1919
Child of George and Faith
178......John David b 1935 d 1935
Child of Herbert and Ethel
147a......Frederick J dob unknown
Note: Charles was a dock labourer
Child of Charles and Florence
148a......Florrie dob unknown
Note: Robert was in the Royal Navy, no 115305. When Hettie married she did not have the permission of her parents, Robert went back to sea and Hettie returned home saying nothing. She was beaten by her mother when the truth came out. She was the daughter of George JOLLY and Caroline CHEESEMAN
Children of Robert and Hettie
149a......Eileen b 1922
149b......Sylvia b 4 Nov 1923 d 1st qr 1996 Warrington m William BOYD-VANDELEUR (issue 2 living children)
149c......Kathleen Margaret b 8 Jan 1926 m David DENNIS 13 Mar 1946 (issue: 3 living children)
Children of Robert and Florence
149d......Cynthia
149e......Malcolm
149f......Raymond
118 Joe FOWELL m Mabel Osborne BROAD (b 3 Jun 1886 d 1960) Dunedin, NZ 1909 ( probate granted 21 Oct 1960)
Note: Joe was an engineer and worked on the construction of the SS Earnslaw now at Queenstown. See website for this vessel here and see the Earnslaw, still working here He was also a gold dredge master in Central Otago, later a shareholder in another large dredge, secretary and manager of Otago Brush Co. In later years Joe went north, pig and dairy farming at Whitford near Howick. After Joe died, Mabel went to visit England, staying at The Overseas League, St James, London SW1 until her return to the southern hemisphere (Sydney) on 20 Dec 1949 on the RMS Strathaird - the same vessel on which Robert Albert BROAD, her nephew, and his family emigrated to Freemantle in 1951See the Broad branch here
Children of Joe and Mabel Osborne
179......Winifred Waiata b 9 Feb 1910 Dunedin m William Silvester DAVIS in 1943
180......Betty Osborne b 1912, Dunedin
181......Joseph George ("Boy") b 15 Jan 1914 Leeton, NSW
182......Mary Leonard (Molly) b 1916 Dunedin NZ
183......Margaret Ada (Peggy) b 1918 NZ
184......Robert Alfred b 1922 NZ
Child of Albert and Eva
187......Nora b 1919
Child of Albert and unknown
188......Audrey b 1946 m Brian DOUGLAS
Child of George and Rosaline
152b......Arthur C F b 3rd qr 1920 [Kettering 2b 295]
NOTE: In 1901 Frederick was living with grandmother Susan Stearne and was a baker journeyman
Children of Frederick and Alice
188a....Carrie
189......Florrence Idab 4th qr 1894 [Thetford 4b 363]
190......Kathleen (Billie)
156 Susannah Jane FOWELL m Note: The family lived at Tin Row, Downside, Cobham, Surrey Ernest was the son of William FRANKLIN b 1845 d 1913 and Rebecca BROWN b 1847. He was reported missing, presumed dead at Arras in France in WW1 on 23 Apr 1917. He had been a night watchman at Cobham Brewery, a brewery engine driver and a storeman before becoming a private in the Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment (no G37902)
Children of Ernest and Susanna
191......Ethel May Franklin FOWELL b 20 Nov 1895 at 44 St Nicholas St, Thetford bap 29 Jul 1909 d 7 Oct 1993 at 14 St David's Rd Ramsgate Kent (of myocardial infarction)
Note: Ethel was born before the marriage and thus retained the Fowell surname.
192......Elsie Alice b 1897
193......Florence Annie b 6 Sep 1900 Downside, Cobham (shop assistant) d 11 Mar 1980
Child of Henry and Emma
194......Kenneth Henry d 11 Nov 2007
Note: Kenneth was an old soldier and a POW. Ironic that he should have died on Armistice Day
Children of Thomas and Florence
195......Evelyn
196......Doreen Winfred
197......Thomas b 17 Sep 1918
Also in this generation, but as yet unplaced were:
197a......Alfred FOWELL b 2nd qr 1872 Thetford
197b......Beatrice Alice FOWELL b 4th qr 1872 Thetford

GENERATION 8
138b Frank FOWELL m Lilian (Lily) M PEARCE (b 17 Nov 1904 d 15 Jun 1979 Wellingborough hospital) 17 Dec 1927 [Wellingborough 3b 371]Note: One of the bridesmaids was Lily's cousin Amy JOHNSON the pilot.After working for a while in Bedford Frank was employed at the Gas Company in Rushden for 30 years.Lily worked for a while as clothing machinist
Children of Frank and Lily
138e......Eric Geoffrey b 4th qr 1928 [Wellingborough 3b 166]
138f......Jean Margaret Freda b 4th qr 1934 [Wellingborough 3b 161]
138g......John David b 3rd qr 1943 [Wellingborough 3b 293]
Note: Reginald worked first for United Steel Co ltd at Irthlingborough as assistant chemist, when he attended evening classes and qualified in Inorganic chemistry and practical mathematics.. He moved job to Lloyds Ironstone Co, Corby where he was an assistant chemist for three and a half years, then working until 1960 at Kettering Iron and Coal as an analytical chemist, finally working in the same capacity for Stewarts and Lloyds, Corby. Marjorie was a bookkeeper
Children of Reginald and Marjorie
138h......Michael John b 2nd qr 1935 [Kettering 3b 208] m Margaret Roberta (Bobby) ROUTH (b 26 Nov 1944 Rothwell) 9 Nov 1963 Rothwell
Note: There were three daughters and five grandchildren of this union. Michael was a farm worker and lorry driver
138i......Peter David b 11 May 1937 Rothwell Ketteringm Betty May MAULE (b 18 May 1938 Kettering bap 20 May 1938 recd into church 24 Jul 1938) 11 Oct 1958 St Andrews Church, Kettering
Note: There were two daughters and four grandchildren of this union. Peter was a printing ink technologist
138d Freda Rose FOWELL m the Reverend Charles T SHARLAND (b 9 Jul 1908 St Thomas, Devon [St Thomas 5b 27] d 17 Jan 1999 Norwich) 2 Apr 1934 Primitive Methodist Chapel, Wellingborough[Wellingborough 3b 264]
Note: Freda began her career as a teacher at Park St Schools, Wellingborough and as physical training instructress at Wellingborough Evening School. She left work on marrying and went with her new husband to southern Sudan where he was stationed. There she did welfare and emergency medical work among the Fejelu, one of the tribes of equatorial Africa, and assisted the teaching staff at Lainya where Charles was the principal of a technical college for native students. After 20 years they returned to live for a while in Liverpool, ending up in Norwich where Charles was a canon of Norwich cathedral.
Child of Charles and Freda
138j......June b 1935 in the Belgian Congo
138k......John F F b 3rd qr 1937 at 139 Gt Park Street, Wellingborough [Wellingborough 3b 151]
198......Sheila Christine b 6 Jan 1934 d 1st qr 1934 [St Olave 1d 138]
199......Valerie Lily Violet b 5 May 1938 d 1996
Children of George and Marjorie
200......living female b 1937 Chiselhurst
201......living female b 1947 Bromley m Mr SAMMY 14 Sep 1968 Lewisham
Child of Frank and Lily
202......living female b 1947
Child of Herbert and Hilda
202a....living male b 2 May 1940
203......living male b 22 Oct 1946
Child of Frederick and Miriam
147b......Lamorna A b 1st qr 1943 [Surrey Mid E 2a 361]
Children of William and Eileen
203a......Kail
203b......Paul
Children of David and Kathleen
203c......Ian b 1947
203c......Sandra (Bunty) b 1950
203c......Joanna b 1958
Children of William and Winifred
204......Joan
205......Pauline
206......Tony
207......Ann
180 Betty Osborne FOWELL m Alan Presland McNEILL NZ
Note: Betty is an artist in her spare time. You can see a sample of her art here.
Children of Joseph George and Marjory
211......Janet Ada b 1941 NZ
212......Margaret Osborne b 1942 NZ m (a) John Clyde MALE 1963 and (b) Allan DRINKROW QSM
213......Susan Flora b 1945 New Zealand
Children of Jim and Molly
214......Judith
215......Dennis
216......Luke
217......Mark
218......Barry
219......Colleen
183 Margaret Ada (Peggy) FOWELLm Gilmour Scott PRICE, 1942 Whitford NZ
Children of Gilmour and Peggy
220......Rodney b 1945 NZ
221......Jennifer b 1947 NZ
222......Gail b 1948 NZ
223......Kent b 1950 NZ
Note: Robert was cremated 22 Feb 1991 Manakau Memorial Gardens, Howick.
Child of Robert Alfred and Mhairi
A1......Caroline Gay (Lindy) b 25 Sep 1946 Howick
Note: Lindy was confirmed 24 Jul 1960 All Saints Church, Howick
A2......David Robert b 3 Jan 1948 Howick
A3......John Stephen b May 1950 Howick d 19 Dec 1951 New Zealand
A4......Diana Kathryn b 24 Jul 1952 Howick
A5......Barbara Annette b 26 Sep 1954 Howick
Note: Charles Frederick was the son of George David RACKLIFFE (b 1865 d 1935 and Annie LAPISH (b 1865 d 1938) and was a scales repairer. He died of empyema, with broncho-pneumonia and enlarged glands. He was buried in grave no D386, New Stoke cemetery, Guildford
No issue recorded
Note: Arthur was a painter, the son of George David RACKLIFFE and Annie LAPISH
Child of George and Annie
225......Barbara m Mr STANGROOM

GENERATION 9
226......living male b 1967 Hagley, Worcestershire
227......living female b 1972 m Mr SMITH (b 1962)
Child of Peter and Judith
228......Sheryn b 19 Aug 1967
229......Grant Allan Douglas b 7 Mar 1969
Child of Frederick and Sandra
229a......Jason David b 29 Jun 1973 Lilydale, Victoria, Australia bap Jul 1973 Mooroolbank
Children of Peter and Joan
230......Jodi
231......Simon
Children of Frankie and Pauline
232......Debbie
233......Karen
234......Angela
235......Julie
Children of Tony and Lynn
236......Haley
237......Andrew
238......Nicole
Children of John and Anne
239......Joanne
240......Craige
209 Pam McNEILL m Ian HUBBARD
Pam inherited the artistic gene. You can see one of her pictures here
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Children of Ian and Pam
241......Alec Ernest Crosby b 28 Aug 1969 NZ
242......Keith Ian Crosby b 29 Oct 1970 NZ
Children of Don and Kerry
243......Julie May b 20 Jul 1974 Perth WA
244......Jamie Allan b 18 Jun 1976 Serukam, West Kalimantan, Borneo (now living in WA)
245......Joanne Pamela b 30 Aug 1987 Perth WA
Children of John and Margaret
246......Marcus b 26 Oct 1965
247......Simon Clyde b 4 Oct 1967
Children of H Walker and Judith
248......Innis
249......Kelvin
250......Denise
Children of Dennis and Tina
251......Albert
252......Corina
253......Annette
Children of Mark and Mary
254......Clinton
255......Thomas
Children of Barry and Sue
256......Graham
257......Bridget
Children of Barry and Colleen
258......Debbie
259......Brenda
260......Steven
261......Tracey
Children of Rodney and Pamela
262......Tina NZ
263......Daina
Children of Dick and Jennifer
265......Trudi NZ
266......Carmen NZ
267......Gerard NZ
268......Dionne NZ
Children of Tony and Gail
269......Jodie NZ
270......Erin
271......Glen NZ
Children of Kent and Christine
272......Kaylene b 26 Jan 1982 NZ
273......Scott b 26 Jan 1984 NZ
Note: Roger was the son of Colin PRIEST and Betty Olive WOOD
Children of Roger and Lindy
A6......Vicki Anne b 3 Feb 1972 Middlemore
A7......Jenny Louise b 21 Feb 1974 Middlemore
Children of David and Faye
A8......Shelley Kim b 13 May 1967 Edgecombe
A9......Jason b 4 Mar 1970 Howick
A10....Duan Robert b 26 Jan 1974 Howick
Child of David and Denise
A11....Samuel Robert b 23 Jun 1991 Auckland
Child of Darryl and Diana
A12......Ben b 11 Dec 1977
Children of Alan and Barbara
A13......Kirsty b 1 Mar 1973 Middlemore
A14......Kyall b 9 Sep 1976 Middlemore

GENERATION 10
Children
274......living female b 2000
Child of Alec and Melanie
275......Indiana Harrison b 12 May 2004
Child of Trevor and Julie
276......Jethro David b 27 Nov 2002 NZ
277......Hannah Elisabeth b 26 Jul 2004
Children of Marcus and Tracie NZ
278......Cory (male) b 1991 NZ
279......Ben b 24 Jun 1993 NZ
280......Thomas b 13 Mar 1999 NZ
Children of Simon and Kris
281......Michael b 19 Aug 1989 NZ
282......Steven b 8 Mar 1992 NZ
Children of Philip and Tina
283......Sian NZ
284......Lana NZ
285......Rhiann NZ
Children of Russel and Trudi
286......Charles NZ
287......Molly NZ
Child of Mr Allen and Carmen
288......George NZ
Children of Brendan and Jodie
289......Rhianna NZ
290......Keegan NZ
Child of Glen and ?
291......Brodie NZ
Child of Peter and Vicki
A15......Thomas Roger b 6 Jul 2005 Christchurch
Note: Damien was the son of Peter WESTWOOD and Gabrielle MADDEN
Children of Damien and Jenny
A16......Jessica Kate b 27 Feb 2005 Auckland
A17......Alysha Maree B 29 Jun 2006 Waiheke Island
Children of Brad and Shelley
A18......Brianna Monet b 27 May 1996 Sydney
A19......Jordan Dali b 7 Apr 1998 Sydney
Children of Duan and Tracy
A20......Ella Jane b 5 Oct 2004 Thames
A21......Dylan Jarred b 31 Oct 2006 Middlemore
Children of Mr Goldsworthy and Kirsty
A22......Chloe b 23 Nov 1998
A23......Joseph b 6 Feb 2000 Howick
Child of Kyall and Sharon
A24......Emma Victoria HUGHES b 6 Nov 1944
Child of Kyall and Susan
A25......Daniella Brooke WOS b 5 Nov 1999 Wellington
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