James D. Dowding (1814 - 1904)

Born 1814 in Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire, Wales

Husband of Mary (Palmer) Dowding — married 28 May 1844 in St Mary's Church, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1904 at about age 90 in Buda, Bureau, Illinois, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Dowding Name Study.

James was born on born on 8 Oct 1814.^{[citation needed]}

James, the son of William (a sawyer) and Elizabeth Dowding of Mitchel Troy in Monmouthshire, was christened there on 20 Oct 1814.^[1] This place and parents correlate with marriage and 1841 and 1851 census information.

1841: At Earth Cottage, Monmouth, Monmouthshire:^[2]

Elizabeth Dowding Female 60 Monmouthshire

James Dowding Male 25 Monmouthshire

Ann Dowding Female 20 Monmouthshire

Howell Dowding Male 15 Monmouthshire

1844: James Dowding, a labourer, married Mary Palmer, a servant, at Monmouth Church on 28 May 1844 when both single, of full age and of the Parish, with the fathers named as William Dowding, a labourer, and William Palmer, a mason, and with witnesses Philip Jones and Anne Dowding.^[3]

A newspaper announcement for their marriage on 28 May was published in the Monmouthshire Beacon on 01 June 1844.^[4]

1851: At Wonastow Road, Monmouth, Monmouthshire:^[5]

James Dowding Head Married Male 36 Farm Labourer Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire

Mary Dowding Wife Married Female 40 - Newland, Gloucestershire

Howell Dowding Son - Male 5 - Monmouthshire

James Dowding Son - Male 3 - Monmouthshire

William Dowding Son - Male 0 - Monmouthshire

James died in Illinois on 15 Aug 1904.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Image of Church Baptism Register entry, on FindMyPast
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7Q3-LG9 : 25 May 2019), James Dowding in household of Elizabeth Dowding, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ Image of Church Marriage Register entry, on FindMyPast
4. ↑ Monmouthshire Beacon 01 June 1844 Page 3, image on Find My Past
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGT5-R44 : 11 September 2019), James Dowding, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales; citing Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, p. 28, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH7-X3D : 13 December 2017), James Dowding, 1860.
• 1870 United States Federal Census Concord, Bureau, Illinois.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNQ-85J : 22 August 2017), James Dowding, Buda, Bureau, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 6, sheet 72C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0177; FHL microfilm 1,254,177.
• 1900 United States Federal Census Concord, Bureau, Illinois.
• England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, April 1844, James Dowding to Mary Palmer in Monmouthshire.
• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DZX-96D : 13 December 2014), James Dowding, 1844; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1844, quarter 2, vol. 26, p. 93, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, May 15, 1856, James Dowding and family.
• "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSW-JKZW : 6 November 2017), James Dowding and Mary Palmer, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, 28 May 1844, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm.
• "Wales, Monmouthshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCTV-KVF : 10 February 2018), James Dowding and Mary Palmer, 05 May 1843, Marriage Banns; from "Parish Records Collection 1538-2005," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Monmouth, St Mary, Monmouthshire, Wales, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 2,411,573.

• Secondhand family information