Elizabeth Dowsett (nee Lake)






1851 CENSUS
PARISH Bethnal Green
BOROUGH Tower Hamlets
WARD St Andrews
ADDRESS 6 Wilmot Street
NAMESTATUSAGERELATIONSHIPOCCUPATIONWHERE BORN
Samuel Dowsett M 41 Head Silk Weaver Midx, Bethnal G
Elizabeth Dowsett M 39 Wife Silk weaver Midx, Bethnal G
Samuel Dowsett U 17 Son Errand Boy Midx, Bethnal G
Martha Dowsett U 12 Daughter   Midx, Bethnal G
Sarah Dowsett U 10 Daughter   Midx, Bethnal G
Louisa Dowsett U 8 Daughter   Midx, Bethnal G
Simeon Dowsett U 7 Son   Midx, Bethnal G
Henry Dowsett U 5 Son   Midx, Bethnal G
George Dowsett U 3 Son   Midx, Bethnal G
James Dowsett U 4 Son   Midx, Bethnal G


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1871 CENSUS
PARISH Bethnal Green
BOROUGH South Hackney
WARD St Jude
ADDRESS 21 Unreadable Location
NAMESTATUSAGERELATIONSHIPOCCUPATIONWHERE BORN
Sarah Croffik*   ** Grand Daug Scholar Bethnal Green
Samuel Dowsett   62 Head Weaver Bethnal Green
Elizabeth Dowsett   58 Wife   Bethnal Green
Sarah Dowsett   31 Daughter Weaver Bethnal Green
Louisa Dowsett W 29 Daughter ? Bethnal Green
Henry Dowsett   25 Son ? Bethnal Green
James Dowsett*   26 Son ? Bethnal Green
George Dowsett   23 Son ? Bethnal Green
Thomas Dowsett   17 Son ? Bethnal Green
William Dowsett   14 Son ? Bethnal Green


NOTE: Original is very difficult to read. The unlikely name Sarah Croffik is probably our Sarah Crockett. Her age has been scanned as 11, which is wrong for our Sarah, however the original is just as likely to be a 4 as an 11, 4 would be the correct age for Sarah Crockett. In addition Sarah Croffik is stated to be Samuel Dowsett's granddaughter, which again is correct for our Sarah. Louisa Dowsett is stated as being a widow (Robert Dale Crockett died in 1867) and is again correct. Louisa has dropped her married name and reverted to Louisa Dowsett and is living with her parents.