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I am struggling to find details of Ann Bowkett (b1801) who married Francis Brown (b1808) in Christ church with St.Mary and St Stephen, Spitalfields, Stepney. I have copies of banns and register for their marriage and census for years 1841-1881. what I would like are their parents etc. thank you

For Ref:
Name: Ann Bowkett
Spouse: Francis Brown (Widower)
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 29 Sep 1828
Parish: Christ Church with St Mary and St Stephen, Spitalfields
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Register Type: Parish Register
Both 'of this Parish'

Are you sure he was born 1808? He's listed as a widower in 1828.

This could be her


Name:Ann Bowkett

Baptism Date:16 Nov 1800

Parish:St James, Clerkenwell

County:Middlesex

Borough:Islington

Parent(s):
John Bowkett,Mary Bowkett

Record Type:Baptism

Register Type:Parish Register

In the census records that you have for this couple, where is Francis' birth listed?

Is this the family? Francis says born 1810, Sheepshead, Leicestershire.

Francis Brown

in the 1851 England Census
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Name: Francis Brown
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1810
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann Brown
Gender: Male
Where born: Sheepshead, Leicestershire, England
Civil Parish: Basford
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County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Registration district: Basford
Sub-registration district: Basford
ED, institution, or vessel: 3d
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 47
Piece: 2127
Folio: 197
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Francis Brown 41
Ann Brown 50
Mary Brown 18
Ellen Brown 15
Eliza Brown 10
John Jepson 9
John Bostock 10
Moses Bostock 9
Seth Richardson 22

Francis was a chimney sweeper. The last named person was a lodger. The 3 names previous to that were listed as servants, chimney sweeper apprentices.

Different partners listed on family trees on Ancestry for that Francis Brown on 1851 put up by Margee- Ann Clark, Ann Bowkett, Ann Hayes.

My feeling is that it's not the Francis that married Ann Bowkett as he was a widower in 1828.

But it seems to be the family that Linda is following because of the age difference.

This may be the baptism (Sheepshead mistranscribed)



Name:Francis Brown

Gender:Male

Baptism Date:31 Jan 1808

Baptism Place:Shepshed,Leicester,England

Father:James Brown

Mother: Ann

FHL Film Number:595770

Births Sep 1839 (>99%)
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Brown Isaac Basford 15 401


Deaths Sep 1842 (>99%)
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BROWN Isaac Basford 15 257


(above could relate to Basford Francis, seeing below on google search)


Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties Nottinghamshire, England
15 Jul 1842
INQUESTS BEFORE C. SWANN, ESQ., CORONER
Gretton, the sign of the Shoulder of Mutton. Basford. on view of the body Isaac Brown, aged three years, sou of Francis Brown, chimney-sweeper, Basford. From the evidence Man' Brown, ten years, it appeared the deceased and three other children w ere left at...

(on 1841, as born in County for both)

Chris :)

I'll remind Linda of how to find her replies :-)