35......Sally [Sarah] bap 18 Jun 1815
36......Elizabeth bap 19 Jan 1817 Cavenham
37......Henry bap 15 Mar 1818 Cavenham
38......George bap 18 Jul 1819 Cavenham living with parents in 1851
39......Eleanor bap 29 Apr 1821Cavenham
40......Mary Ann bap 30 Mar 1823 Cavenham
41......Samuel (twin) bap 11 Jun 1826
42......James (twin) bap 11 Jun 1826
43 Henry STEARNE b 1770 d 1850 (Carpenter) m Sarah WHITEHEAD abt 1810
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
50 Henry BACK b abt 1803 d 4th qr 1870 [Thetford 4b 305] m Ann JOHNSON
Note: Henry was a waterman
Children of Henry aand Ann
51......Susanna b 1826 Thetford d 1914 Thetford
51a....Harriet bap 1828 [Norf Trans Site]
51b....Henry bap 1833 [Norf Trans Site]
GENERATION 5
29 Joseph FOWELL wheelwright, b 1815 d 25 Oct 1899 m 35 Sally (Sarah) OSBORN (b 18 Jun 1815 d 8 Feb 1873), 24th Dec 1840 in Cavenham, Sfk. [Witnesses H J COOPER and 47 Ellanor OSBORN.]
Joseph was for 40 years working at Charles Burrells, the Traction Engine maker, in Thetford (where they lived in Back St), rising to become Works Manager on the then princely sum of £5 a week, when he joined the firm making Fowell traction engines founded by his son George John (who had also been working at Burrell's as chief draughtsman on £3 a week.) [Brian Hutchings has a website with a lot about Fowell Steam Engines here ] In 1851 they had a 16 year old maid, Sarah RIACH born Lorford, Essex] In 1861 he lived at 73 Back Street and is recorded in the census as an agricultural engineer. In 1864 he was the librarian for the Methodist circuit. In 1881 he was a widower living with his two youngest daughters, Elizabeth and Hannah, and was employing 17 men and 1 boy. In 1881 and 1891 he was living in St Ives at Bridge Street, widowed, with daughters Elizabeth and Hannah, and was described as an Engineer employing 17 men and one boy - the latter as an agricultural machine attendant
In 1884 a record (MC/114/8/9 at NRO) shows that he sold four cottages in St Nicholas Street, Thetford. Joseph went to Gorleston to retire when the firm broke up, and lived at Osborne House, Gorleston, but was buried in Thetford cemetery.
You can read about the family firm by clicking in the gears.
Children of Joseph and Sally
52......George John b 17 Nov 1841 Thetford [Thetford 13 290] d 30 Nov 1900 St Andrews House, Ermine St Huntingdon
Note: George John died of tuberculosis
53......Joseph b 1st qr 1843 d Dec 1844 Thetford
54......Sarah b 3rd qr 1844 Thetford [VIII 287]
55......William b 1845
56......Joseph jnr b 1846, bap 1847 (model maker in the 1861 census) m (a) 37a Carolina ? ( b 1849, d 20 Jul 1877 bur 25 Jul 1877: died in Bethel Hospital, Norwich aged 28 of "acute mania exhaustion") (b) 37b Sarah Ann (Sally) ABLETT (b 2nd qr 1844 St Ives, Hunts [St Ives 14 221]) Brixton Hill Wesleyan Chapel, Lambeth 23rd Aug 1879 [Father: Henry ABLETT dec.] Witnesses: Joseph Pedley ABLETT and E FOWELL.
Notes: In 1881, Joseph, ("Engineers Manager" in 1879 and was a "Practical Engineer" in 1881) and Sarah Ann were living in East Dereham at Park Road, Clifton Villas with sister 69 Ellen in 1881. They had a servant: Sarah Colman aged 16 who lived in.
Joseph lived in Reeves Road, North Walsham in 1879 : Sarah Ann as a spinster at 41 Dalberg Rd, Brixton]
[Note: In 1891 Joseph, Sarah Ann and Daisy Emily were living at 24 Welt Street, Bury St Edmunds, and at Eastwood House, Leiston in 1901 with their daughter, Daisy Emmaline aged 14 born 4th qr 1887 [Uttoxeter 6b 308] when he was an assistant foreman at an engineering works (Garrets of Leiston). When they retired they went to live in Boxford, Suffolk.]
57......Jane b 1st qr 1848 Thetford d 1st qr 1903 Thetford m Stephen OLDMAN 10 Dec 1869 Thetford Wesleyan Methodist Church
See the Oldman branch here
58......Ellen b 1st qr 1850 Thetford [Thetford 13 328] d 2nd qr 1917 [Holbeck 9b 713]
Note: Ellen was living with her brother 53 Joseph in 1881 at Park Road Clifton Villas 2, East Dereham
59......Henry (Harry) R b 4th qr 1851 [Thetford xiii 313]
60......Elizabeth b Sep 1853
Note: Elizabeth was a housekeeper in 1881. In 1901 she was living in Gorleston with her sister Hannah
61......Hannah b 1858 d 2nd qr 1909 North Witchford, Cambs aged 51
Note: Hannah wa a teacher in 1881. In 1901 she was living in Gorleston with her sister Elizabeth
32b Robert FOWELL b 1818 bur 4 Sep 1907 m Catherine BOOBY (b 1825/6 Thetford d 6 Mar 1901 Thetford aged 72 [Thetford 4b 266]) 4th qr 1848 [Thetford 13 823]
Note: Robert, a wheelwright and carpenter and Catherine lived at Prospect Place, Thetford in 1851, 25 St Nicholas St Thetford in 1861 (next door to Charles BURRELL), in Back Street in 1871 (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 3rd qr 1852 Thetford [Thetford 4b 382]
64......Elizabeth b 2nd qr 1854 Thetford
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
66......Robert bap 20 Oct 1858 Thetford Methodist Church
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
70......Ellis b 3rd qr 1867 Thetford Methodist Church - became schoolmaster
71......Elias bap 12 Aug 1870 Thetford Methodist Church
72......Arthur bap 12 Aug 1870 Thetford Methodist Church m ? March 1890 Thetford
33 Henry FOWELL b 1816, bur 24 Feb 1894 (draper in 1891) m (a) Ann CHURCHYARD (b 1802 d 1867 Thetford) 2nd qr 1848 (b)Eliza CATES, widow (b Garboldisham 1826: father Robert SHEARING) 22 Oct 1871
Note: Henry (as an ag lab in 1851 and a licenced Hawker in 1871 and 1881) and Eliza were living at 27 Earles St in 1881 [when Edward Alfred GOOCH (b 1880) was a boarder] and at 6 Earles Street, Thetford in 1891. Eliza's daughter Mary Ann CATES married 69 William FOWELL - see below.
Child of Henry and Eliza
74 ......Edwin Alfred Gooch, adopted, b 1880
74 John Maude BROADBENT b 1819 Bowling, Bradford d 1864 m (a) Hannah WOOD (d 1849 of phthisis (TB)) 1840 (b) Harriet MIDGLEY (spinster, b 1818) 7 Oct 1849 Birstall parish church after banns
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
26 George FOWELL m 37a Mary LAMBERT ( b 1804 Croxton bur Feb 1875 aged 67) 21 Nov 1841 Thetford St Cuthberts
Note: Mary was the daughter of Christopher LAMBERTWitnesses to the wedding were William LAMBERT and Mary Lambert. George was a carrier in 1841 when he married, Toll collector in 1851 and 1861, and he and Mary living in Pike Lane in 1851 and at 169 Old Market Place in 1861
Child of George and Mary
79......William Christopher b 14 May 1846 d 16 Mar 1934 5 Water Lane Thetford aged 87
Note: William Christopher and his wife, Anna Back Stearne were buried in Thetford Cemetery in plot JE186
18 William FOWELL m Mary abt 1856
Child of William and Mary
80......George b 1857 Thetford St Mary
22 George OSBORN m Mary Ann abt 1847
Note: George and Mary Ann were livong in Cavendish with George's parents in 1851
Children of George and Mary Ann
81......Sarah b 1848
82......William b 1850
41 Samuel OSBORN bap 11 Jun 1826 m 25a Susan Elizabeth (b 1825 London) abt 1845
Note: The family was living at 40 Cavenham St, Cavenham in 1881 and Samuel is recorded as "Head Gardener"
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
42 James OSBORN m Elizabeth SNELLING (b 1821 Thetford)
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
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
Note: Thomas was a millwright
Children of Thomas and Mary
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:
114......Beatrice Alice FOWELL b Dec 1872
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.
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.
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.
Eliza was a dressmaker in the 1871 census
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
77 Ellen BROADBENT m George Dayson CROSLAND 1878
Children of George and Ellen
120......Nellie b 1879
121......Ethel b 1882
78 Alfred BROADBENT m Caroline SPURR
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
34 Sarah FOWELL (d bef 1881) m 108 Edward CHELL (b 5 May 1839 d Apr 1910) 29 Dec 1864 Thetford [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
112 Thomas CHELL m Sarah SMITH June 1876 Thetford
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
62 Martha Ann FOWELL m David MICAH (b 1st qr 1852 Rhyader, Radnorshire [Rhayader 11b 167]) 1875 Dartford, Kent
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]
63 Henry Robert FOWELL m Elizabeth LAMBERT (b 1851 at Weeting, wid) 3rd qr 1874 Thetford
Note: The family was living at 10 Knight St St Botolph Lincoln in 1881 and 1891 when Henry was an agricultural machine maker, and at 139 Great Park Street, Lincoln in 1901
Children of Henry and Elizabeth
137......Arthur b 1876 St Peter at Gowts, Lincoln
138......George b 1878 St Peter at Gowts, Lincoln m Rose Hannah REEVES (b abt 1879 Wellingborough) 1st qr 1900 Wellingborough [Wellingborough 3b 189]
Note: George was a whitesmith
139......Frank b 1882 Lincoln
67 Evangelina FOWELL m Richard Hercules HOLLIS (b abt 1845 Paddington) 2nd qr 1877 Kensington [Kensington 1a 184]
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]
68 Ellen FOWELL m George Ebenezer HITCHCOCK (b 4th qr 1858 Colchester [Colchester 4a 221] bap 27 Nov 1858 St Giles, Colchester d 1st qr 1940 Carshalton [Surrey Mid E 2a 747]) 23 Oct 1882 Hoxton
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]
69 William FOWELL m Mary Ann CATES (b 1864 d 1934)
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]
72 Arthur FOWELL m Emily Jane BEDDOWS (b 1870 Thetford) 1st qr 1890 [Thetford 4b 564]
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]
152......Rosey 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
Note: Wiliam and Anna were living at 47 St Nicholas St in 1877, 91 St Nicholas St Thetford in 1891 and 55 St Nicholas St in 1901 Later they lived at 16 and then 18 Abbey Green Thetford.
Children of William and Anna
153......Mary Maria b 25 Apr 1871 Thetford d 15 Dec 1911 aged 40 [Thetford 4b 19]
153a....Alice b 16 Jan 1873 Thetford m Mr STREET 4th qr 1893 Thetford d 9 Jan 1894 Thetford
154......George Frederick b 17 Dec 1874 Thetford (living with grandmother Susan Stearne in 1891, Labourer) d abt 1974 aged 100
Note: George was a plumber in 1901 working for Baxendales of Miller Street Manchester
155......Frederick William b 18 Jun 1876 Thetford (living with grandmother Susan Stearne in 1891, Errand boy) d 1946 Finchley
156......Susannah Jane b 9 Oct 1877 at 47 St Nicholas St Thetford, domestic servant d 2 Sep 1962 at 4 Mangles Rd, Guildford, Surrey aged 84
Note: Susannah was, according to the family sent "up north" to work in a mill. She is recorded in the 1891 census as 13, living at 204 Bradford Rd, St Philip's district, Manchester with her uncle and aunt, Thomas and Sophia STEARNE and their daughter Mary, aged 5. Susannah was a calico weaver at this time: she lived later at 44 St Nicholas Street Thetford. She died of senile mycardial degeneration and emphysema and is buried in plot D386 Stake Cemetery, Guildford 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
58 Ellen FOWELL m Thomas LAX ( b 26 Feb 1836 Birstwith Yorkshire 1836 bap Hampsthwaite 27 Mar 1836) 4th qr 1881 St Ives, Hunts
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]
59 Henry (Harry) R FOWELL m Elizabeth LAMBERT (b 1851 Weeting d 3rd qr 1917 Lincoln [Lincoln 7a 466]) 3rd qr 1874 [Thetford 4b 654]
Note: The 1881 and 1891 censuses show Harry as an agricultural machine maker (Threshing machine maker in 1891) living at 10 Knight Street Lincold St Botolph.
Children of Harry and Elizabeth
59a......Arthur b 3rd qr 1875 Lincoln [Lincoln 7a 480]
Note: Arthur was a plumber's apprentice in 1891
59b......George b 2nd qr 1877 Lincoln [Lincoln 7a 660]
59c......Frank b 1883 Lincoln [Lincoln 7a 634]
GENERATION 7
There is a short history of this part of the branch which emigrated to New Zealand about the turn of the century here
145 Lucy Ellen HITCHCOCK m Thomas James BRAY (b 21 Aug 1871 Rotherhithe bap 24 Feb 1882 St Barnabus, Rotherhithe d 26 Sep 1937 Bermondsey) 17 Oct 1906 Deptford
Note: In 1901 Lucy was a corset maker. In 1881 Thomas lived at 23 Osprey St Rotherhithe and in 1891 he was in the Royal Navy as a stoker, 2nd class in Hampshire. In 1901, still a stoker in the Royal Navy, he was living at 19 Cope Street Rotherhithe.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
146 George Ebenezer HITCHCOCK m (a) Elizabeth Ellen BUTLER (b 1887 Rotherhithe d 1934) 1st qr 1910 St Gertrude's Bermondsey (b) Faith JENNERS (b 1890) 6 Nov 1934 Lewisham Registrar's office
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
147 Herbert Edward HITCHCOCK m Ethel Mary ALLEN (b 1892) 1916
Child of Herbert and Ethel
147a......Frederick dob unknown m Miriam JILLINGS
148 Charles Grimwood HITCHCOCK m Florence HARPER1915 Deptford, Kent.
Note: Charles was a dock labourer
Child of Charles and Florence
148a......Florrie dob unknown
149 Robert Victor Fowell HITCHCOCK m (a) Hettie JOLLY (b 1 Jan 1896 Lewisham d 23 Dec 1942 London) 2nd qr 1920 Kensington [1a 417] (b) Florence abt 1947
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
