Birth: July-September 1860 Newhaven, Sussex, UK
Father: Edward George Dowers 1834-1891
Mother: Louisa Lower 1841-1877
Christening: 30 September 1860 Newhaven, Sussex, UK
Marriage: 7 November 1880 St Mary, Newington, Surrey, UK
Husband: Henry Charles Scammell 1853-1892
Death: 18 November 1939 Belfast Mental Hospital, Antrim, Ireland, UK
Burial: 21 November 1939 Dundonald 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 Sarah Louisa Dowers in FreeBMD in July-September 1860 in Lewes (2b 157).
Christening of Sarah Louisa Dowers in the IGI on 30 September 1860 in Newhaven, Sussex, parents Edward George and Louisa Dowers.
In the 1861 census as Sarah L Dowers aged 9 months, born in Newhaven, Sussex and living with her grandmother (Lewis Lower), mother (Louisa Dowers), uncle (John) and aunt (Jane) in Newhaven, Sussex.
In the 1871 census as Sarah Dowers aged 10, born in Newhaven, Sussex, and living with her parents (Edward and Louisa), brother (Edward), and a boarder (Ellis Richards aged 54, born in Orwell, Cambridgeshire, single and a bricklayer) at 7 Pavilion Terrace, Battersea, London. Another two families lived at this address.
Her mother died in Wandsworth in 1877, and her father married Elizabeth Harriett Emmett [Papineau] in Deptford in 1880.
Marriage of Sarah Louisa Dowers and Henry Charles Scammell in October-December 1880 in St Saviour (1d 86).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Sarah Louisa Dowers and Henry Charles Scammell 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 Sarah Louisa Dowers, spinster, and Henry Charles Scammell, bachelor, both of this parish called on 17, 24 and 31 October."
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Sarah Louisa Dowers of full age, father John Scammell and Henry Charles Scammell 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 Sarah Louisa Dowers of full age, a spinster living at 101 Royal Road, father Edward George Dowers, a carriage inspector, and Henry Charles Scammell of full age, a bachelor employed as a fireman, of 101 Royal Road. father John Scammell, a charcoal merchant by banns witnessed by John Lower and Mr Scammell".
In the 1881 census as Sarah Louise Scammell aged 20, born in Newhaven, Sussex, and living with her husband (Henry Chris Scammell) and a cousin (Mary Ann Healy aged 5 and born in Newhaven, Sussex) at 14 Savona Place, Battersea, London.
Her daughter was born in Wandsworth in 1881, but the other three children were born in Belfast in 1883 to 1888.
Her husband died in Belfast in 1892.
David Gardner has an entry for Sarah Louisa Dowers born circa 1861 in Newhaven, her marriage to Henry Charles Scammell on 7 November 1880 at St Mary Newington, her four children, her death on 18 November 1939 at Belfast Mental Hospital, and burial on 21 November 1939 at Belfast Dundonald Cemetery.
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Sarah Louisa Dowers born in September 1860 in Newhaven/Lewes, Sussex, parents Edward George and Louisa Dowers. Another three entries give her mother as Louisa Lower.
Sarah Louisa Dowers was the wife of Henry Charles Scammell, third cousin twice removed of Cyril Larby, my second cousin once removed.
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