Birth: 26 August 1852 Battersea Fields, Battersea, Surrey, UK
Father: John Scammell 1826-1905
Mother: Harriet (Harriett) Bridger 1830-1881
Christening: 10 October 1852 St Mary, Battersea, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 7 November 1880 St Mary, Newington, Surrey, UK Wife: Sarah Louise Dowers 1860-1939
Death: October 1892 Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, UK
Burial: Balmoral Cemetery, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, UK
Harriet (Harriett) Louisa Scammell [?] 1881-a1914
Sarah Jane Scammell 1883-1909
Henry Scammell 1885
Edward George Scammell 1888-1972
Birth of Henry Charles Scammell in FreeBMD in July-September 1852 in Wandsworth (1d 366).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 for Henry Charles Scammell on 10 October 1852 at Battersea St Mary, parents John and Harriet Scammell. "Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Battersea in the County of Surrey in the Year 1852 Number 1523 Henry Charles born August 26th, on October 10th, parents John, a charcoal dealer, and Harriet Scammell in Battersea Fields".
In the 1861 census as Henry Scammell aged 9, born in Battersea, Surrey, and living with his married mother (Harriot), sister (Mary A), and three lodgers (John Seymour aged 27, born in Norwood, Surrey and a labourer, George Pickett aged 25, born in Tackley, Oxfordshire and a labourer, and Sarah Garrett aged 29, born in Poole, Dorset and a dress maker, all single) at 9 York Street, Battersea, Surrey. His father was lodging at 27 and 28 Castle Street, St Andrew Holborn, Middlesex where his status was single.
His father married Esther Muspratt in Southwark in 1867.
In the 1871 census as Henry Scammell aged 18, born in Battersea, Surrey, single, an engine cleaner, and living with his widowed mother (Harriet), brother (Joseph), sister (Mary A) and a boarder (John Seymour aged 37, born in Merrow, Surrey, single and a boiler maker) at 1 York Mews, Battersea, Surrey.
Marriage of Henry Charles Scammell and Sarah Louisa Dowers in FreeBMD in October-December 1880 in St Saviour (1d 86).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Henry Charles Scammell and Sarah Louisa Dowers whose banns were called on 31 October 1880 at Newington St Mary. "Entry 538 in the year 1880 at the Parish Church of St Mary, Newington in the County of Surrey between Henry Charles Scammell, bachelor and Sarah Louisa Dowers, spinster, both of this parish called on 17, 24 and 31 October."
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Henry Charles Scammell of full age, father John Scammell, Sarah Louisa Dowers on 7 Movember 1880 at Newington St Mary. "Entry 223 in 1880 at the Parish Church in the at the Parish Church of St Mary, Newington in the County of Surrey on 7 November 1880 between Henry Charles Scammell of full age, a bachelor employed as a fireman, of 101 Royal Road. father John Scammell, a charcoal merchant and Sarah Louisa Dowers of full age, a spinster living at 101 Royal Road, father Edward George Dowers, a carriage inspector, by banns witnessed by John Lower and Mr Scammell".
In the 1881 census as Henry Chris (sic - in the index, Chas on the original) Scammell aged 27, born in Battersea, Surrey, a general labourer, and living with his wife (Sarah Louise) and wife's cousin (Mary Ann Healy aged 5 and born in Newhaven, Sussex) at 14 Savona Place, Battersea, London. His mother and his brother were living at the same address.
His mother died just after the 1881 census.
At the christening of his daughter in December 1881 his occupation was a fireman and they were living at 14 Savona Place, Battersea.His daughter and two sons were born in Belfast in 1883 to 1888.
Entry in Ancestry All Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958 results for Henry Scammell in October 1892 in in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, date of birth is given as 1849.
Linda A Hardy has an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Henry Charles Scammell born in 1854 in Battersea, Surrey and his marriage to Sarah Louisa Dowers in 1880 in St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey.
David Gardner has an entry for Henry Charles Scammell born on 26 August 1852 in Battersea, his baptism on 31 July 1850 at St Mary, Battersea, parents John Scammell and Harriet Bridger, his marriage to Sarah Louisa Dower on 7 November 1880 at St Mary, Newington, his four children, his death in 1892 in Belfast, and burial on 13 November 1892 in Balmoral Cemetery.
Henry Charles Scammell was the third cousin twice removed of Cyril Larby, my second cousin once removed.
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