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Old 09-07-11, 20:12
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Name - "official" name John Dowsett and what they were known as John Arthur Dowsett

Date and place of birth
1st Jan 1895 – Patcham, Sussex

Names of parents –
John Dowsett and Ann ?

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any - and any divorces
Marriage to Dorothy Scrutton 26 Aug 1916, Epping Parish Church, by licence
1928-He petitions for divorce against Dorothy – cross-allegations of adultery – it all eventually fizzles out in 1929


Occupation(s) - if any
Car Mechanic, Soldier, working in armament factory in Liverpool, may have been in business in Malta with HW Wicks

Military service – not sure
Addresses where they lived
- and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on, if applicable.

1901 – Patcham – aged 6
1911 – not sure – may be houseboy in mental institution


Date, place and cause of death – not sure


Date and place of burial / cremation.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any

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There is a medal index card for a John A Dowsett gunner no 21971 in the Royal Horse Artillery, which may or may not be him. There don't seem to be any surviving records though, unless he stayed in the army after WW1 in which case his records would still be with the MOD.

His birth certificate should give you his mother's maiden name.
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I can't see a likely death in this country
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Thanks Kite - on his marriage cert in 1916 he is a Soldier, stationed at Victoria Barracks, Windsor - so I guess that would fit.

I know I should have done, but I have never applied for thr birth cert - but I will do now.
I always seem to be looking forwards rather than backwards, if that makes sense!
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Marriage to Dorothy Scrutton 26 Aug 1929
Should that be 1916?
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He doesn't actaully have a middle name on his birth reg:

Births Mar 1895
Dowsett John Steyning 2b 282
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Muggins (or anyone else who has followed Muggins threads more closely than I have) - does the name Florence Hilda Baxter mean anything?
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I don't remember what we do or don't have already....

There is J Arthur Dowsett b c1895 sailed Dover to Curacao on the Styvesant on 23 April 1927, he is an engineer.
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I don't remember what we do or don't have already....

There is J Arthur Dowsett b c1895 sailed Dover to Curacao on the Styvesant on 23 April 1927, he is an engineer.

She has this one Chris.....

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...w.google.co.uk

Merry, i've looked at the surnames and done a search on here, nothings showing up.
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Merry, i've looked at the surnames and done a search on here, nothings showing up.

It's 99.9% likely to be a complete red-herring. I can't really post the details - It's a death notice in The Times - as two of the people mentioned may well still be alive. I have tried to sort out how they fit together - mainly for the purposes of eliminating them altogether, but am having real trouble doing so.

For those of you who have access to The Times and also have time on your hands! lol ....Search term:

Wicks and Dowsett

and look at the death notice for 29th Aug 1977 for Florence Hilda Baxter. The only bit I can see that ties in, is a marriage for female Thompson to male Wicks, but whilst male Wicks has parents, I can't see that his father (who married in 1936) was ever born.

I'm also thinking maybe at least one of these women has been married more than once making the task even more difficult, esp when it's probably a completely unconnected family. It's just seeing those two surnames in the same sentence made alarm bells ring, especially with that combination of forenames!

Sorry if I'm been overly cryptic.

The person recorded as daughter of the dec'd was living in the dec'd's home for the next few phone directiories.
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