Charlotte POWELL, born c. 1801 [Middx]

[karenlee]

1871 Census England Middlesex Hampstead St John
RG10/190/78/27
Stamford Place

BENWELL
George Head Marr 36 Cab Man Middlesex Hampstead
Louisa Wife Marr 30 Laundress Middlesex Hampstead
George Son Unmarr 9 Scholar Middlesex Hampstead
John Son Unmarr 6 Scholar Middlesex Hampstead
Clara Dau Unmarr 4 Scholar Middlesex Hampstead
Alice Dau Unmarr 9mths Middlesex Hampstead

So keeping up the family tradition in working with horses and laundry by the looks...

Cheers
Karenlee

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Baptisms for the children of George and Louisa BENWELL

All in St John at Hampstead Camden

July 13th 1862
BENWELL George Edward son of George BENWELL, Waiter, and his wife Louisa of Hampstead. Born June 23rd 1862

November 27th 1864
BENWELL John son of George BENWELL, Labourer, and his wife Louisa of Hampstead.  Born October 31st 1864

September 29th 1867
BENWELL Clara daughter of George BENWELL, Coachman, and his wife Louisa of Hampstead.  Born September 2nd 1867

July 24th 1870
BENWELL Alice Elizabeth daughter of George BENWELL, Coachman, and his wife Louisa of Hampstead.  Born June 24th 1870

December 1st 1893
BENWELL Rose daughter of George BENWELL, Cabdriver deceased, and his wife Louisa of 12 New End Hampstead. Born November 24th 1878

BENWELL Emily daughter of George BENWELL, Cabdriver deceased and his wife Louisa of 12 New End Hampstead.  Born January 27th 1879

BENWELL Arthur son of George BENWELL, Cabdriver deceased, and his wife Louisa of 12 New End Hampstead.  Born December 25th 1889

Christ Church Enfield
November 16th 1873
BENWELL Walter son of George BENWELL, Labourer, and his wife Louisa of Hampstead.  No birth date supplied.

Unable to find a baptism entry for daughter Sarah born about 1876.

Cheers
Karenlee

[kr236rk]

Morning Ric

I found Ann on the 1841 Census and the witnesses at her marriage helped me to track Sarah's marriage.  The only child of Thomas and Charlotte that I have not yet found anything other than census data for is Charlotte....

I was ready to dismiss the POWELL/BENWELL marriage until I saw the witnesses.  Will chase them up on the census and see where they were and if there were any other children for Louisa.

As for the death for Thomas POWELL, if that is him, then he was buried in Hampstead but that does not mean his death was registered there...he may have died away from home and his body returned for burial in the family churchyard....... theory only of course.

Cheers
Karenlee

Thanks Karenlee,

Nice in a way that the BENWELL/POWELL marriage came to light, so that Louisa was not solitary as it seemed from the earlier records.

Thomas POWELL: So would the Parish Registers for Hampstead 1845 throw any light on Thomas' place of birth please, he does not seem to have been born in Hampstead / Middlesex? Sorry if I am asking idiotic questions but I literally began exploring internet resources/Ancestry.com 5 days ago so am a real newb at this work. Back in the day I used to visit several major BMD offices before they all went online, and have not done a great deal of genalogical research since those times :-o

Anyway, many thanks again for your kind help!

Ric

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Ric

Bingo.... proof positive that this is your family... look at the witnesses to this marriage...


St John at Hampstead Camden
July 7th 1900

WEST Henry William 24 Bachelor Signalman 13 Prospect Street Sydenham Henry William WEST Gardener

BENWELL Sarah 24 Spinster 21 New End George BENWELL Deceased

Witnesses were George BENWELL Rose BENWELL and John INNELL

Phew.... thank goodness he was there as proof.....Sarah's address fit with Census as well. This clinches it for me that we are on the right track.

Karenlee

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Sorry Ric, our posts crossed.

There is nothing more on his burial record than what I sent you as it was direct from the Hampstead St John Parish Burials Register.  I can do a search and see if anything else comes up in other sources.

Please don't think that asking questions is idiotic...how on earth would anyone ever learn anything if they did not ask.

I will keep hunting the second family of Louisa POWELL/BENWELL and see if I can find anything else for you.

Cheers
Karenlee

[karenlee]

1891 Census England London Hampstead
RG12/106/18/29
12 New End

BENWELL
Louisa Head Wid 48 Laundress London Hampstead
Walter Son Unmarr 17 Errand Boy London Hampstead
Rose Dau Unmarr 12 Scholar London Hampstead
Emily Dau Unmarr 10 Scholar London Hampstead

1901 Census England London Hampstead
RG13/121/68/15
4 Gardener Road

BENWELL
Louisa Head Wid 58 Laundress London Hampstead
George Son Unmarr 38 Road Labourer London Hampstead
Emily Dau Unmarr 20 Laundress London Hampstead
George CROUCHER Lodger Marr 64 Cab Driver Groom Sussex Balcomb

This is most likely Louisa's burial entry from the Parish Register...

St John at Hampstead Camden
June 17th 1927
BENWELL Louisa of 4 Gardener Road aged 84

Cheers
Karenlee

[kr236rk]

Ric

Bingo.... proof positive that this is your family... look at the witnesses to this marriage...


St John at Hampstead Camden
July 7th 1900

WEST Henry William 24 Bachelor Signalman 13 Prospect Street Sydenham Henry William WEST Gardener

BENWELL Sarah 24 Spinster 21 New End George BENWELL Deceased

Witnesses were George BENWELL Rose BENWELL and John INNELL

Phew.... thank goodness he was there as proof.....Sarah's address fit with Census as well. This clinches it for me that we are on the right track.

Karenlee

Yes! John INNELL! Not that many INNELL's about at the best of times!

Gosh, thank goodness there are genalogical sleuths like yourself and someone else I know to make sense of all this data!

Mention of WEST rings a bell for me - probably sheer coincidence - there are WEST's mentioned on the other side of my tree, but over Essex way.

WEST Henry William, 24, Bachelor, Signalman, 13 Prospect Street, Sydenham, 1900. He may have worked upon the Crystal Palace Higher Level station track which served the Crystal Palace. That would be amazing, I have walked the remnant of that track and there is a picture of a signal box here [half way down the page] taken shortly after the High Level station was abandoned

http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Crystal_Palace_line_1.html

I have never understood how so much effort expended in building tunnels, bridges and quite amazing feats of architectural brickwork could have been just thrown away throughout the 50's and 60's, you'd have thought all that industry could have been set to serve some worthwhile purpose?

Never mind though.

Thanks,

Ric

 

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This is interesting Ric..... looks like Walter BENWELL was a Navy man....

1901 Census Royal Navy Gibraltar "Minerva"

BENWELL Walter Marr 27 Private born Hampstead Middlesex

UK National Archives has a record for a Walter BENWELL Reg # 7182 Royal Marine Light Infantry Chatham Division enlisted Jan 30th 1893 born October 30th 1873.

Poss marr for him
 
Dec Qtr 1898 West Ham 4a 470
BENWELL Walter
ELEY Mary Ann

Karen

[kr236rk]

This is interesting Ric..... looks like Walter BENWELL was a Navy man....

1901 Census Royal Navy Gibraltar "Minerva"

BENWELL Walter Marr 27 Private born Hampstead Middlesex

Poss marr for him

Dec Qtr 1898 West Ham 4a 470
BENWELL Walter
ELEY Mary Ann

Karen

Quite amazing! The surname is unknown to me, until now. And the surname INNELL has never to my knowledge been satisfactorily (meaning) explained.

Ric