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My grandad fred church born framwellgate moor county durham,his dad edward church born wakefield. My nana nora church/dowding born wheatley hill lived thornley her dad david . My father side, james winn from waldridge fell his wife lilly dowding from kimblesworth.

Welcome to the board Nigel, are you looking for some help with finding info ? if you are looking for connections search trees under 'Search' at top right of page :-)

Just to give an idea of date Fred Church and Nora Dowding married 1933 ( see freebmd.org.uk)

1911 for siblings

NAME: David Dowding
AGE IN 1911: 40
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: abt 1871
RELATION TO HEAD: Head
GENDER: Male
BIRTH PLACE: Kelloe, Durham, England
CIVIL PARISH: Wingate
COUNTY/ISLAND: Durham
COUNTRY: England
STREET ADDRESS: 9 Stockton St Wheatley Hill Thomley S O
MARITAL STATUS: Married
OCCUPATION: Store Miner In Coal Miner
REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Easington
REGISTRATION DISTRICT NUMBER: 552
SUB-REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Wingate
ED, INSTITUTION, OR VESSEL: 27
PIECE: 30019
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
David Dowding 40
Catherine Eleanor Dowding 38
Elizabeth Dowding 15
John Dowding 14
Thomas Dowding 13
Margaret Dowding 11
Sarah Ann Dowding 9

Marriages Dec 1894 (>99%)
DOWDING David Durham 10a 614

Luke Catherine Ellen Durham 10a 614

Nora and siblings born after 1911


Births Dec 1911 (>99%)
Dowding Norah Luke Easington 10a 917
Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Sep 1913 (>99%)
Dowding James W Luke Easington 10a 985
Births Sep 1916 (>99%)
Dowding Alice J Luke Easington 10a [6_]52
Dowding Robert L Luke Easington 10a 852

the Lily M Dowding/Winn marriage was 1932

Possibly this one
Births Jun 1909 (>99%)
Dowding Lily Mather Chester le S. 10a 656

NAME: Lily Mather Dowding
AGE IN 1911: 2
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: abt 1909
RELATION TO HEAD: Daughter
GENDER: Female
BIRTH PLACE: Durham, England
CIVIL PARISH: Plawsworth
COUNTY/ISLAND: Durham
COUNTRY: England
STREET ADDRESS: 23 Woodland Terrace
REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Chester le Street
REGISTRATION DISTRICT NUMBER: 554
SUB-REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Chester le Street
ED, INSTITUTION, OR VESSEL: 24
PIECE: 30108
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
Thomas Dowding 25
Ann Dowding 30
Lily Mather Dowding 2
J W Swinbank 21

Nora church(dowding) death was 26/11/77,
born 12/11/1910 wheatley hill.not sure if she had connections with evan family.

Nigel thanks for PM

Nigel wants to find out if " nora dowding is related to lilly dowding."

Working backwards this is David and catherine in 1901, David's age is actually 29 on the image not 21

NAME: David Dowding
AGE: 21
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: abt 1880
RELATION TO HEAD: Son
GENDER: Male
SPOUSE: Catherine Dowding
FATHER: David Dowding
BIRTH PLACE: Kelloe, Durham, England
CIVIL PARISH: Coxhoe
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH: Kelloe St Helen
TOWN: East Hetton
COUNTY/ISLAND: Durham
COUNTRY: England
STREET ADDRESS:

OCCUPATION:

CONDITION AS TO MARRIAGE:

EDUCATION:

EMPLOYMENT STATUS:

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REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Durham
SUB-REGISTRATION DISTRICT: St Nicholas
ED, INSTITUTION, OR VESSEL: 6
NEIGHBORS: View others on page
PIECE: 4683
FOLIO: 103
PAGE NUMBER: 30
HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE NUMBER: 147
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
David Dowding 60
John Dowding 32
David Dowding 21 <<<<<<<< 29
Catherine Dowding 28
David Dowding 6
Elizabeth Dowding 5
John Dowding 4
Thomas Dowding 2
Margaret Dowding 1

Lily Mather Dowding's parents Thomas and Ann had been married for 2 years on the 1911 census so this is their marriage, buying the cert ( from the GRO online) would give you Thomas' father's name

Marriages Sep 1908 (>99%)
DOWDING Thomas Chester le S. 10a 965

MATHER Ann Chester le S. 10a 965

This I think is the Thomas who is the father of Lily

1891 census

NAME: Thomas Dowding
AGE: 4
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: abt 1887
RELATION: Son
FATHER'S NAME: Thomas Dowding
MOTHER'S NAME: Isabella Dowding
GENDER: Male
WHERE BORN: Nettlesworth, Durham, England
CIVIL PARISH: Plawsworth
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH: Sacriston
TOWN: Nettlesworth
COUNTY/ISLAND: Durham
COUNTRY: England
STREET ADDRESS:

OCCUPATION:

CONDITION AS TO MARRIAGE:

EDUCATION:

EMPLOYMENT STATUS:

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REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Chester Le Street
SUB REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Chester le Street
ED, INSTITUTION, OR VESSEL: 15
NEIGHBORS: View others on page
PIECE: 4121
FOLIO: 39
PAGE NUMBER: 33
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
Thomas Dowding 30
Isabella Dowding 30
James Dowding 15
Isabella Dowding 10
Thomas Dowding 4 <<<<<<<
Margaret Dowding 1


As you can see there is a repetition of first names in the family, just to confuse things lol

I 'think' and I hope someone will double check that the David who is father to Norah is the uncle to the Thomas who is father to Lily.

I will ask my dad who was in his mothers family(lilly)I will post soon.

Lilly dad was thomas dowding.lilly sisters was bella,esta,maryanne.

Lilly was married to james winn who's dad was thomas winn ,thomas had a brother called barbra howey.

I just wonder why norah dowding is not mentioned on david dowding list,my dad seems to think someone told him norah was a evans? Don't know if this is true

Norah is not on the 1911 census because she was born after it was taken.

Just to add the siblings of Lily Dowding ( several named in PM from Nigel)

Births Mar 1912 (>99%)
Dowding John G O Mather Chester-le-S. 10a 1228

Births Jun 1914 (>99%)
DOWDING Isabel Mather Chester le S. 10a 1281

Births Sep 1917 (>99%)
Dowding Mary A M Mather Chester-le-S 10a 924

Births Sep 1919 (>99%)
Dowding Esther Mather Chester-le-S 10a 1099
Dowding James B Mather Chester-le-S 10a 1099

Death in infancy

Deaths Jun 1913 (>99%)
Dowding John G O 1 Chester-le-S. 10a 613

Deaths Sep 1919 (>99%)
Dowding James B 0 Chester le Street 10a 475



Likely Marriages

December 1942
Charlton Robert Dowding Durham C. 10a 922
Dowding Isabel Charlton Durham C. 10a 922

Marriages Mar 1959 (>99%)
DOWDING Mary A M GOODFELLOW Durham N. 1a 1117
GOODFELLOW Thomas DOWDING Durham N. 1a 1117

Marriages Jun 1938 (>99%)
Dowding Esther Colledge Durham 10a 942