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Louisa Powell

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ceri

ceri Report 27 Feb 2013 23:57

Sorry bout the delay in a reply had a family emergency to attend to.

Louisa and Richard's son James Richard Skeels is my connection.

James Richard Skeels born c1831 (Death cert confirms he died 1884, greengrocer, his daughter was the informant) married Caroline Liddle 1850 (Marriage Cert confirms father was Richard Scales - should say Skeels, a black smith)

James's Baptism record describes his parents as Louisa and Richard (Richard is a Blacksmith) There were 3 of them all baptised the same day
Name:James Richard Seales
[James Richard Skeels]
Record Type:Baptism
Baptism Date:3 Jul 1831
Father's Name:Richard Seales
Mother's name:Louisa Seales
Parish or Poor Law Union:Stepney St Dunstan and All Saints
Borough:Tower Hamlets
Register Type:Parish Registers

safc

safc Report 25 Feb 2013 12:04

????

name: Louisa Powell
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 04 Apr 1802
baptism/christening place: St. Mary's, Lambeth, Surrey, England
birth date:
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: William Powell
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Lucretia
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: I03676-7
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 254603
reference number: yrs 1801-1808 p 91

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 25 Feb 2013 11:47

How did you work back to Louisa?

Which of her children is your 'line'?

K

K Report 25 Feb 2013 06:47

This is the 1847 marriage of a John Cotterell to a Louisa Scales which lists Louisa as a widow and her father as William Stiles Calico Printer so it does seem unlikely that she was Louisa Powell

Name: Louisa Scales
Spouse Name: John Cotterill
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 13 Sep 1847
Parish: Fulham All Saints
Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham
Father Name: William Stiles
Register Type: Parish Register

K

K Report 25 Feb 2013 06:18

There is this death in Stepney which matches the Reg District where she was living in 1861

Name: Louisa Cottrill
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1804
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1867
Age at Death: 63
Registration district: Stepney
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1c
Page: 368

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 25 Feb 2013 00:51

Ancestry has cross ref the 1851 census to a marriage of Louisa Scales to John Cotterill in 1847 but I think that is wrong

ceri

ceri Report 25 Feb 2013 00:25

Hi, im trying to find information about Louisa Powell born c1806 Wandsworth, Surrey....she married Richard Skeels in 1822.

On the 1841 census, it appears she has remarried to John Cotterell

1841 England Census about Louisa Cotterel
Name: Louisa Cotterel
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Gender: Female
Civil parish: St Anne Limehouse
Hundred: Ossulstone (Tower Division)
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
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Registration district: Stepney
Sub-registration district: Limehouse
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 701
Book: 3
Folio: 6
Page Number: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
John Cotterel 25
Louisa Cotterel 35
Caroline Skeans 14
Elizabeth Skeans 12
James Skeans 10
Williams Skeats 8
John Skeats 6
Harriett Skeats 2

This is them on the 1851 census
1851 England Census about Lousia Cotteritt
Name: Lousia Cotteritt
[Lousia Cotterell]
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1804
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: John Cotterill
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: Wansworth, Surrey, England
Civil parish: Limehouse
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration district: Stepney
Sub-registration district: Limehouse
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 10
Piece: 1554
Folio: 101
Page Number: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
John Cotterill 39
Lousia Cotteritt 47
Elizabeth Skeals 22
William Skeals 18
John Skeals 16
Harriett Cotterill 12
Rossina Cotterill 10
Henry Cotterill 6

This is her on the 1861 census
1861 England Census about Louisa Cottrell
Name: Louisa Cottrell
Age: 57
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1804
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Wandsworth, Surrey, England
Civil parish: Limehouse St Anne
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Stepney
Sub-registration district: Limehouse
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 30
Piece: 286
Folio: 90
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Louisa Cottrell 57
John Skeel 25
Harriet Cottrell 21
Henry Cottrell 16
Rosina Cottrell 1

If Richard Skeels died i have found a possible 1837 death for him, but cant find a marriage for Louisa to John, i also cant find Louisa on any census after 1861,but cant find a death for her either, and cant see a birth for Louisa Powell to find her parents names

Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance