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William Do(w)man born c. 1760
« on: Sunday 29 January 17 16:04 GMT (UK) »
I'm tracing William Do(w)man and his wife Elizabeth.

Here's what I know:
- The earlist baptism I can find for their children is their son George baptised on 17 November 1786 in Garsington.
- William was buried in Iffley on 13 January 1847 aged 87, so born around 1760.
- On the 1841 census, he's in Iffley, age rounded to 80, and born in county.
- His wife Elizabeth was buried in Garsington on 21 April 1819 aged 54, so born around 1765.
- On Oxfordshire Record Office's Herigate Search, there's a settlement certificate for the couple, dated 14 October 1786, for William Dowman and his wife Elizabeth from Sandford to Garsington.

So, I presume William had something to do with Garsington before the birth of his son George. And that Sandford didn't want to be burdened with him and his pregnant wife.

I can't find a marriage for William and Elizabeth. Perhaps she was from Sandford.
Could William have arrived in Garsington as an apprentice?

Is anyone able to shed any light on this couple?

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Re: William Do(w)man born c. 1760
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 29 January 17 16:09 GMT (UK) »
I can see on Ancestry that someone has an 1848 article attached to Thomas Dowman on their tree, a son of William and Elizabeth, about Thomas's death. I wonder if it contains any useful information?
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Re: William Do(w)man born c. 1760
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 26 February 17 21:13 GMT (UK) »

There's no William DO(W)MAN recorded on the OFHS's Oxfordshire Marriage Index (1538-1837).  Also no earlier DO(W)MAN marriages, so it doesn't seem that William's parents married in Oxfordshire.

Ancestry has two baptism for a William DOWMAN:

1759 - Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire - son of George and Mary DOWMAN
1761 - Stroud, Gloucestershire - son of Sarah DOWMAN

Have you checked out both of these?

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Re: William Do(w)man born c. 1760
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 26 February 17 21:24 GMT (UK) »
Thanks, Pennie.
I'll look into them! :)
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