Hi

Are there any researchers looking at either of these families in Gamlingay. Please contact me to compare notes.
Regards

David

David: I'm looking for family of Herbert Lowings, Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire. I have very little info, but my mother told me that she thought her grandmother's name was Mary Dasely or Daisley. Is it possible that they are one & the same? I have been looking for a long time for their family. Herbert Lowings was born in Gamlingay in 1887. He had brothers Joseph & Albert. Herbert & Albert married 2 sisters, Polly & Etty Hutchinson. They came to Canada in the early 1900's because my mother was born here in 1910. Hopefully I can find out more about my roots before it's too late. Thanks, Marilyn

Hi Marilyn,

In the 1901 census RG13/1520 folio 34B
Heath Rd, Gamlingay
Thomas Lowings head married 60 Under gardener
Mary Lowings wife 50
Joseph Lowings son single 27 Ordinary ag lab
Herbert Lowings son 13
All born Gamlingay

1891 RG12/1276 folio 42B
Heath, Gamlingay
Thomas Lowings head married 54 Market gardener
Mary Lowings wife 41
Joseph Lowings son single 18 ag lab
Albert Lowings son 13
Horace Lowings son 10 scholar
Herbert Lowings son 4
All born Gamlingay

1881 RG11/1655 folio 31 B
Heath Rd, hamlet of Great Heath, Gamlingay
Thomas Lowings head marr 43 Under gardener
Mary Lowings wife 30 Straw plaiter
Walter Lowings son 9 scholar
Joseph Lowings son 7 scholar
Albert Edward Lowings son 3
Infant Lowings son 7 weeks
All born Gamlingay

1871 RG10/1576 folio 74B
Gamlingay Sinks
Thomas Lowings head marr 30 Lab
Mary Lowings wife 28 (I think this age must be wrong)
Both born Gamlingay

If you check http://freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
there's a marriage in the September quarter 1870 in Caxton registration district (which includes Gamlingay) of Thomas Lowings where one of the other parties is Mary Ibbott. You need the marriage cert to find out who the fathers were and also to confirm that Ibbott was Mary's maiden name (if she was a widow that fact should be stated and her maiden name given). You could also buy Herbert's birth cert which will also give his mother's maiden name - it would be safer to get this first just in case Mary Ibbott died and Thomas remarried another Mary, although I can't see a second marriage for Thomas. On the face of it though, your mother's grandmother wasn't Mary Daisley.

In 1861 there's a Thomas Lowings 21 ag lab b Gamlingay son of Gabriel Lowings 49 and Elizabeth Lowings 48 both born Gamlingay, living in Gamlingay. There's also a Mary Hibbett 10 daughter of John 60 and Eliza 37 all born Gamlingay living at Gamlingay Sinks.

Regards

David

Thank you David. this is a lot more info than I had before. Will take time & study it & take your advice. Thanks aga in, Marilyn

Good morning David: Just a brief question.After receiving your info, in my excitement forgot to ask you what is your connection to the Lowings family? I also have the attestation or enlistment papers in the Canadian Army for Herbert, Joseph & Horace Lowings if you're interested. Please let me know, thanks, Marilyn

Hi Marilyn

No connection at all I'm afraid. I do have a few Gamlingay ancestors but none of your names (so far!)

Regards

David

Good morning David: Thanks again for your help. Sorry we're not related. Am still searching for more info on the Lowings, but also on my grandmother Polly Lowings. I have found nothing so far. She married Herbert Lowings I assume in England before coming to Canada. Her sister Elizbeth Esther (Ettie) married Albert Lowings & they came to Canada together. My mother was born here in Canada 1n 1910 so assume it was pre 1910. The sister's surname was Hutchison. Hope someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks again, Marilyn

If you check on http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl you'll see a marriage in Biggleswade registration district vol 3b page 801 in the December quarter 1909 where two of the parties on the page are Herbert Lowings and Polly Hutchison

Similarly Albert Edward Lowings married Elizabeth Esther Hutchison in the December quarter 1905 in Biggleswade registration district vol 3b page 805

In the 1891 census
RG12/1254 folio 130B
Railway Crossing, Potton, Bedfordshire (a different county to Potton, but only 2 miles apart!)
George Hutchinson head married 39 Coprolite* raiser b Potton
Fanny Hutchinson 38 b Gamlingay
Charles Hutchinson son 17 Ag lab b Potton
Edward Hutchinson son 12 scholar b Potton
Alfred Hutchinson son 10 b Potton "Idiot"
Elizabeth Hutchinson daughter 8 scholar b Potton
Henry Hutchinson son 6 scholar b Potton
Polly Hutchinson dau 4 scholar b Potton
Rosy Hutchinson dau 2 b Potton
Frederick Hutchinson son 9 wks b Potton

*coprolite is fossilised dinosaur poop, which ground down was used as a fertiliser.

George Hutchinson married Fanny Daisley in the Dec quarter 1872 in Caxton registration district (which includes Gamlingay)
George Hutchinson was baptised on 14 Nov 1852 at Potton, son of James and Mary Ann

1861 census
RG9/994 folio 74A/B
Meeting Lane Potton
James Hutchinson head marr 46 ag lab b Potton
Mary A Hutchinson wife 46 b Potton
Eliza Hutchinson dau unmarried 23 Straw plaiter b Potton
James Hutchinson son 12 ag lab b Potton
George Hutchinson son 9 ag lab b Potton
Charles Hutchinson son 3 b Potton

I can't find the marriage of James and Mary Ann which seems should have taken place c1835
James Frank Hutchison baptised 12 May 1816 at Potton, son of James & Elizabeth

See www.familysearch.org to trace the Hutchisons in Potton

Regards

David

Good afternoon David: I can't tell you how grateful I am for all the info you have given me. I have been searching for some info on my grandmother's family & got absolutely nowhere. Thank you so much for taking the time to help.It is very important that I know my mother's family history. Have most of my father's, but nothing for my mother's parents. I now have so much more. Thanks again, Marilyn

You're welcome Marilyn. And I've just realised that in the middle of my last message is probably the Daisley name that your grandmother didn't imagine after all!

David