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mcdowell and bailey family

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joysie4

joysie4 Report 5 Sep 2010 21:54

could anyone help me with edmund mcdowells family please he was born 1879 stoke damerel devon m may bailey 1905 portsmouth
daughter may emily mcdowell b 1906 portsmouth
did they have any more children as someone on genes said they had a percy but surname is different macdowall
and i dont think this is correct

Joyce

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 5 Sep 2010 21:59

Is this the family?

MCDOWELL, Alfred Ernest Head Married M 38 1873 Late Chief Cook R N Pensioner Devonport Devon VIEW
MCDOWELL, May Wife Married
10 years F 29 1882 Housewife Portsea Portsmouth VIEW
MCDOWELL, Alfred Son Single M 9 1902 School Fratton VIEW
MCDOWELL, Edmund Son Single M 8 1903 VIEW
MCDOWELL, Ernest Son Single M 5 1906 VIEW
MCDOWELL, May Daughter Single F 5 1906 VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
5497 Reference:
RG14PN5497 RG78PN251 RD90 SD1 ED19 SN50

Registration District:
Portsmouth Sub District:
North End and Buckland Enumeration District:
19 Parish:
Portsmouth

Address:
28 Dover Road Copnor Portsmouth County:
Hampshire

Thelma

Thelma Report 5 Sep 2010 22:04

???????
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Percy E McDowell
Name: Percy E McDowell
Year of Registration: 1911
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Mother's Maiden Name: Bailey
District: Salisbury (1895 Onw)
County: Wiltshire
Volume: 5a
Page: 310 (

Thelma

Thelma Report 5 Sep 2010 22:06

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Blanche L McDowell
Name: Blanche L McDowell
Year of Registration: 1915
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Mother's Maiden Name: Bailey
District: Portsmouth (1900 Onw)
County: Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 779 (

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 5 Sep 2010 22:14

Joyce, just want to point out that the minimal difference in McDowall and McDowell is irrelevant. Few precise spellings in those days!
jan

Thelma

Thelma Report 5 Sep 2010 22:27

The birth,for Percy, has the same spelling as the rest of family but is suspect as it is in a different district.

joysie4

joysie4 Report 5 Sep 2010 22:32

Thank you for the quick reply i have the mcdowell family

i want to know who
percy and blanches parents are also were were they born and married and died if possible if they are related to me that is

I have a blanch b 1876 parents john bailey b 1843 canterbury and emma couzens m1868

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 5 Sep 2010 22:37

Might have helped to actually say this in the first place Joyce.
Jan

joysie4

joysie4 Report 5 Sep 2010 22:56

Sorry about that mistake

But i havent got a percy or Blanche with the mother bailey