Peasants to Puddles
My Family History - By Nicky Rowberry
The Lowths
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I have recently been lucky enough to have been contacted by three distant cousins - all researching the Lowth surname. Much of the information given on these pages has been kindly supplied by one or other of my fellow Lowth descendants, who have all been researching the Lowths for much longer than me. If you wish to contact one of them for further information on the Lowths, try one of the following links: E-mail Glynn Lowth or E-mail Mel Lowth or E-mail Peter Tily. The photograph below of Mary Lowth was kindly supplied by Peter Tily.
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Emma Lowth 1858-1919 | Mary Lowth 1846-1930 |
Emma Lowth was one of my great great grandmothers. She was born on 1st April 1858 and baptised on 4th April at Scredington, Lincolnshire to William & Mary Lowth. The family can be found at Scredington in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses, although in 1861 the name was spelt Louth. It is unlikely that William Lowth would have been able to read or write, so it would have been up to the census enumerator, to decide as to how the name was spelt. The table below gives the details from the 1861 census (RG9/2346 folio 35 page 1)
| The undermentioned Houses are situated within the Boundaries of the | |||||||
| Parish [or Township] of | City or Municipal Borough of | Municipal Ward of | Parliamentary Borough of | Town of | Hamlet or Tyhthing of | Ecclesiastical District of | |
| Scredington | |||||||
| No. of Schedule | Road, Street and Name of House | Name and Surname of each person | Relation to Head of Family | Condition | Age | Rank, Profession or Occupation | Where Born |
| 5 | William Louth | Head | Married | 49 | Cottager | Horbling | |
| Mary Louth | Wife | Married | 42 | Aswarby | |||
| John Louth | Son | 9 | Scredington | ||||
| William Louth | Son | 6 | Scredington | ||||
| Emma Louth | Dau | 3 | Scredington | ||||
Emma must have moved to Nottingham at some point, presumably to find work, as she married Thomas James there in 1878. The rest of the family seemed to have remained in Lincolnshire, as William & Mary were still there in 1881, living with their grown-up son William, in the 1881 census at Heckington.
William was a labourer who had married Mary Leak in 1838 in Aswarby Lincolnshire. William was born in 1812 at Horbling, the son of Paul Lowth & Sarah Wyan.
The family tree below summarises what I know about the Lowth family. It is hopefully reasonably accurate, but if you spot any errors, or any relatives, please feel free to E-mail me Much of the information in the tree below had been kindly supplied by a combination of Glynn Lowth, Mel Lowth & Peter Tily, for which I am in their debt. However, I have also added some information gleaned from the IGI and, as yet, I have not had the chance to verify its accuracy with original sources. Therefore, please treat some of the earlier information, particularly that shown with dotted lines, with caution, unless you manage to verify it yourself. If you do spot any mistakes, please let me know.
Please click on one of the red links on the tree to move to a different page.
If any of the above is of further interest, please feel free to contact me at: n.rowberry@btinternet.com
Peasants to Puddles - My Family History. By Nicky Rowberry
