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Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 29 Send Message	Susan	Report	19 Jul 2016 13:55
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 29 Send Message	Is some kind person able to look up the records that relate to my 3x great grandfather Job(e) Dowding and his wife Jane who lived in Wingfield near Bradford on Avon Wiltshire please. Their son Elijah is my 2x great grandfather and altho' someone kindly found a record of his christening (1822) it is earlier than other records indicate. I wondered whether the baby of 1822 had died and they had reused the name. It could be that a 'replacement' child was called Edwin Elijah (as shown in the record of 2xg granddad's death in 1855) but chose to use his middle name. I have been sent christening, birth and/or census details for Elijah's brother James and sisters Sarah, Emma, Matilda, Louisa and Eliza, but would be grateful for knowledge of any more. So as not to waste anybody's time I have already got details of Job's marriage (1809) and death (1847)and Elijah's marriage(1850) and death (1855) also. Sorry it's a long shopping list but I am keen to get to grips with this final bit of my fathers family history. Thank you in anticipation
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 8 837 Send Message	malyon	Report	19 Jul 2016 14:56
	these are the only births I can find in Wiltshire Frederick Dowding England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 birth: 23 November 1813 Nettleton, Wiltshire, England christening: 14 January 1814 Nettleton, Wiltshire, England residence: 1813 Nettleton, Wiltshire, England father: Edward Dowding mother: Jane Edward Dowding England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 birth: 8 January 1811 Nettleton, Wiltshire, England christening: 3 February 1811 Nettleton, Wiltshire, England residence: 1811 Nettleton, Wiltshire, England father: Edward Dowding mother: Jane
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49 504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	19 Jul 2016 15:26
	Seems to be the only Elijah baptism Elijah Last name Dowding Birth year - Birth date - Baptism year 1822 Baptism date 06 Oct 1822 Place Wingfield Father's first name(s) Job Father's occupation lab Mother's first name(s) Jane County Wiltshire Country England Record set Wiltshire Baptisms, 1530-1886 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Births & baptisms Collections from Great Britain
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73 136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	19 Jul 2016 15:39
	?????????? Jobe Dowding England and Wales Census, 1841 Name Jobe Dowding Event Type Census Event Date 1841 Event Place Winkfield & Rowley, Wiltshire, England Residence Note Pumbery Farm Gender Male Age 60-64 Age (Original) 60 Birth Year (Estimated) 1777-1781 Birthplace Wiltshire Registration District Bradford Union Book Number 14 Parish Winkfield & Rowley County Wiltshire Page Number 6 Registration Number HO107 Piece/Folio 1166/6 Affiliate Record Type Household Jobe Dowding M 60-64 Wiltshire James Dowding M 25-29 Wiltshire Sarah Dowding F 30-34 Wiltshire Matilda Dowding F 14 Wiltshire Emma Dowding F 10 Wiltshire
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73 136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	19 Jul 2016 16:00
	????????? Name Job Dowding Event Type Death Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep Registration Year 1847 Registration District Bradford On Avon County Wiltshire Event Place Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, England Volume 8 Page 168 Line Number 100
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 29 Send Message	Susan	Report	19 Jul 2016 16:50
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 29 Send Message	Thank you, The 2 references to Job confirm the other information I had had. The family of Edward Dowding is intruiging as its only 16 miles away from Job's family. I wonder if they were related. Even more so as the inquest into the death I have attributed to my Elijah was registered as Edwin Elisha Dowding and the inquest report in the paper named the person as Fredrick Dowding. To borrow a phrase from Alice; Curioser and curioser!

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