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John McDowell b 1815 married charlotte peageon 1835 stoke damerel devon no sign of them in ancestry or family search Parents of John William and Mary can anyone tell me how to find them please Joyce

What are you looking for? 1841: Amelia McDowall abt 1840 Devon, England Stoke Damerell Devon Charlotte McDowall abt 1816 Devon, England Stoke Damerell Devon John McDowall abt 1816 Devon, England Stoke Damerell Devon Louisa McDowall abt 1838 Devon, England Stoke Damerell Devon Merry

I've posted three times more on here, but nothing's showing :o(( Merry

If you know where they are born you will need to search the PR's. if they are not available online, you will have to try the LDS or CRO and view the films. Merry

McDowell does not sound like a Devon name! As he married in Stoke Damerel, was John in the navy? This might be him from National Archives catalogue: ADM 29/35/978 Original page number: 978 John MCDUELL; Rating; Born: [Not Given]; Age on entry: 16; Dates served: 21 June 1826-1 April 1845; Date and Type of Application: Admiralty 19 May 1845 John MCDOWELL; Rating; Born: [Not Given]; Age on entry: 16; Dates served: 21 June 1826-1 April 1845; Date and Type of Application: Admiralty 19 May 1845 If his wife came from Devon, have a look at Devon FHS's website as they have transcribed a lot of parish registers.

Do you reckon this may be Charlottes lot in 1841 (perhaps Manuel from Fawlty Towers transcribed): NB Bit of an age gap between them, isnt there? Is she a second wife? Or do you mean they married 1835? Charles Pigeon abt 1833 Devon, England Kenton Devon >>>>>Charlotte Pigeon abt 1831 Devon, England Kenton Devon Emma Pigeon abt 1840 Devon, England Kenton Devon John Pigeon abt 1827 Devon, England Kenton Devon Joseph Pigeon abt 1801 Devon, England Kenton Devon Mary Pigeon abt 1806 Devon, England Kenton Devon Mary Pigeon abt 1829 Devon, England Kenton Devon Robert Pigeon abt 1837 Devon, England Kenton Devon

In 1841 John McDowell, who SAYS he was born in Devon (I wonder???!!) was a Shoemaker Journeyman. I can't find any of them after the 1841, but am not looking more now, in case you have them already................ Merry

Joyce?

Hello Mary Pheonix Heather Thank you very much for all this information you were quick yes John Charlotte married June 29th 1835 What is PRS /LDS /CRO ??? I have charlotte name as padgan also peageon I havent looked for mcdowall I see williams daughter amelia b June 1819 was mcdeuell and louisa b July 1821 was macdowell so the pidgeon family is something to start with now I want to find were john was born also his father william Many Thanks Joyce

This link http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/surnameframe.htm is definitely worth looking at. I searched on Mcd and had rather more hits on the 1861 census than Ancestry showed.

oops! PR's = Parish registers LDS = Latter Day Saints CRO = County Record Office Merry

Phoenix, Sorry to hijack this thread, but can you tall me more about information on mariners from the National Archive please. I too have a missing-from-the-1841-census-mariner from Devon and maybe these records will help. I've had a look at the web site, but other than the Battle of Trafalgar I'm not sure where to look!! Lizzie

Hello Jim Pheonix and mary Thank you all so much I think you should take up being researchers I am boggled eyed at the moment so many different spellings thats why Im not getting anywhere The genealogy chap fromstaunton park F.H.S. never gave me all this information I know charlotte married a Beeching My Great Grandfather was William Henry b 1848 I cant thank you all enough Joyce from Portsmouth [email protected]

Hi Lizzie Sorry, I was out last night and have only just noticed your message. If your ancestor was a naval rating, discharged to pension, then you may find details of him on the Catalogue Choose search the archives from the menu, and Catalogue Put his name in the 'word or phrase' search box and ADM 29 in the 'department or series code' search box If anything suitable comes up, it's then a visit to Kew, but the adm 29 reference on Microfilm will list all the ships he was on board, with dates, so you can find out quite a bit about him. There is also quite a bit on the merchant navy in the 1830s and 1840s, but there is no online catalogue for that.