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CUMBRIAN LOWDENS LATER TO BE LOWDONS.

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Shirley

Shirley Report 14 Jan 2008 03:09

Can anyone help me find info on,Robert Lowden 1844,I know he was born in harrington cumberland,at some stage he married Ann Gibbins and had a family.
I have drawn a complete blank for his life before marriage,can anyone help me please.
Shirley.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 03:26

For reference purposes

1891 Census

Name: Robert Lowdon
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Annie
Gender: Male
Where born: Harrington, Cumberland, England

Civil Parish: Prudhoe
Ecclesiastical parish: Prudhoe
Town: West Wylam
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Registration district: Hexham
Sub-registration district: Bywell
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Annie Lowdon 43 b.ca 1848, Burnopfield, Durham
Isabella Lowdon 12
John Lowdon 23
Mary H Lowdon 6
Robert Lowdon 49 Mason
Robert Lowdon 11
Sarah Lowdon 18
Thomas Lowdon 14
William Lowdon 16
Ann Mc Guire 11
John Mc Guire 17
William Mc Guire 20
Thomas Murphy 56


Address:- 2 Cross Row, Prudhoe, Northumberland


sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 03:33

I cannot find a marriage registration on www.freebmd.org.uk for a Robert Lowden/Lowdon and an Ann/Annie Gibbins.

Where did you get her name from?

Is it possible that they did not marry?

Is it possible that she was using another name, ie, Gibbins was her maiden name and she had a prior marriage ......... this would mean that she married Robert under the second name.



If you do not already have a birth certificate for one of the children, I suggest you obtain one. Thta will tell you the mother's maiden name.

Here is the registration for Isabella's birth

Births Jun 1878 (>99%)

Lowdon Isabella Tynemouth 10b 210



sylvia

Lewella

Lewella Report 14 Jan 2008 03:35

This looks like him in 1871

1871 England Census
about Robert Lowdon
Name: Robert Lowdon
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Arinton, Cumberland, England

Civil Parish: Prudhoe
Ecclesiastical parish: Mickley
Town: West Wylam
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Occupation: Stone mason
Condition as to marriage: unmarried

Registration district: Hexham
Sub-registration district: Bywell
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 52
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Lowdon 28
John Nesbit 28
Margaret Nesbit 28
William Ramsay 24

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 03:35

similar information is on the 1881 census .......... the children's ages give an indication as to when Robert might have married

about Robert Lowden
Name: Robert Lowden
[Robert Lowdon]
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Earinton, Cumberland, England

Civil Parish: Prudhoe
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Stone Mason

Registration district: Hexham
Sub-registration district: Bywell
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Lowden 35
Ann Isabella Lowden 2
Elizabeth Lowden 12
John Lowden 16
Robert Lowden 37
Robert James Lowden 1
Sarah Jane Lowden 8
Thos. Lowden 4
Wm. Lowden 6
Thomas Murphy 46


sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 03:41

Robert in 1871, unmarried

1871 Census

Name: Robert Lowdon
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Arinton, Cumberland, England

Civil Parish: Prudhoe
Ecclesiastical parish: Mickley
Town: West Wylam
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Registration district: Hexham
Sub-registration district: Bywell
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 52
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Lowdon 28 Lodger, Unmarried, Stonemason
John Nesbit 28
Margaret Nesbit 28
William Ramsay 24


sylvia

Shirley

Shirley Report 14 Jan 2008 03:49

My Many thanks to Sylvia and Lew,for all your help.
Shirley

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 04:04

How wll do you know Cumberland??

Could Harrington be close to Cockermouth?

I found the following on the LDS (Mormon) site .... www.familysearch.org.

It is an extracted record, which means it has been taken from the parish register. You have to be very wary of Submitted records on that site ... they can be very very wrong!

It does say he was 3 when he was christened, which means he was born about 1844


IGI Individual Record FamilySearchâ„¢ International Genealogical Index v5.0
British Isles


ROBERT LOWDEN Pedigree
Male

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 28 MAR 1847 All Saints, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England

Age at Christening: 3

Death:
Burial:


Parents:
Father: JOSEPH LOWDEN Family
Mother: SARAH

-------------------
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.


sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 04:05

Lew


I'm following you this time lol!!!


sylvia

Lewella

Lewella Report 14 Jan 2008 04:09

Hi Sylvia xxx

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 04:10

If the LDS information is correct, could this be Robert with his parents.

The image does seem to read LowdeN

1851 Census

Name: Robert Lowder
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Joseph
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Cockermouth, Cumberland, England

Civil Parish: Cockermouth
Town: Cockermouth
County/Island: Cumberland
Country: England

Registration district: Cockermouth
Sub-registration district: Keswick
ED, institution, or vessel: 9a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 13
Household Members: Name Age
James Lowder 4
Joseph Lowder 33
Joseph Lowder 7
Robert Lowder 10
Sarah Lowder 34
William J Lowder 12



Of course, I may well be out in left field and up the creek without a paddle on this one!!


sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 04:11

Lew

How are you today?

xxx

Lewella

Lewella Report 14 Jan 2008 04:12

Goodly thanks, about to go for a swim - 28C here

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 04:14

a swim??????????


it's mid-evening, and about 6C here!

That's what you get for living in Canada!!!

Lewella

Lewella Report 14 Jan 2008 04:16

Yes, well it is 3.17pm mid summer in Mudgee NSW

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 04:19

Lew,


You don't live in Mudgee do you???


My best friend from high school lives just outside there! We stayed with her in October 2006.



What a small world!


sylvia

Shirley

Shirley Report 14 Jan 2008 04:25

yes sylvia harrington and cockermouth are very close together,i used to live in cumberland,before emgrating to tasmania,where it's a lovely 27degrees.
shirley

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 04:33

so I may well have found the right one???

If so, the census said that parents were both born in Ireland.

Name Age
James Lowder 4 b.ca 1847, Cockermouth
Joseph Lowder 33 b.ca 1818, Ireland
Joseph Lowder 7 b.ca 1844, Cockermouth
Robert Lowder 10
Sarah Lowder 34 b.ca 1817, Ireland
William J Lowder 12 b.ca 1839, Ireland


The dates seem to indicate they left Ireland some time between 1839 and 1841.


sylvia


SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Jan 2008 04:35

and here they are in 1841


Name: Jos Lowden
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Gender: Male
Where born: Ireland

Civil Parish: Brigham
Hundred: Allerdale above Derwent
County/Island: Cumberland
Country: England

Registration district: Cockermouth
Sub-registration district: Cockermouth
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Jos Lowden 20 Cotton Weaver
Sarah Lowden 20
William Lowden 1



sylvia

Shirley

Shirley Report 14 Jan 2008 04:40

this seems to be the right track thanks alot