Ancestral Trails 2016 » John DOWDESWELL (1828-1901)

Personal data John DOWDESWELL 


Household of John DOWDESWELL

He is married to Elizabeth CROXFORD.

They got married on January 21, 1861 at St Mary the Virgin, Maulden, Bedfordshire, he was 33 years old.Source 4


Notes about John DOWDESWELL

1861 aged 32, living at Farm House, Flitwick Road, Maulden with his wife, Elizabeth 32, and servant Amelia Sinfield 22. 1871 aged 42, living at Duck End, Maulden with his wife, Elizabeth 42, niece Mary Croxford Young 9 and general servant Clara Dearman 17. 1881 aged 52, living at Duck End, Maulden with his wife, Elizabeth 52, nephew Frank Kingston 22, niece Mary Croxford Northwood 4, and general servant Lizzie Cox 20.

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Sources

  1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
    son of William & Mary DOWDESWELL
    / www.ancestry.com
  2. BMD Index
    Dec Qtr 1901 Ampthill 3b 219 - aged 73
    / www.findmypast.co.uk
  3. England & Wales, National Probate Calender (Index of Wills & Administrations), 1861-1941
    John DOWDESWELL of Ampthill Bedfordshire retired farmer and corn dealer died 12 November 1901 Probate Northampton 18 May to Robert Michael WHITE solicitor's and school board clerk Charles BRIGHTMAN farmer and William John CRISP farmer. Effects £16994.15s.8d
    / www.ancestry.com
  4. England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973
    Elizabeth READ 32 & John DOWDESWELL 33
    / www.ancestry.com

Historical events

Christening day October 2, 1828

  • The temperature on October 2, 1828 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1828: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
    • April 20 » René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter (and the first to return from) Timbuktu, following Major Gordon Laing.
    • May 19 » U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
    • August 27 » Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of Montevideo
    • November 16 » Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.
    • December 1 » Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution.

Day of death November 12, 1901

  • The temperature on November 12, 1901 was between 5.0 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
    • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
    • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
    • August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
    • September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
    • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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