Help finding DOWLE family, (General)

by kath mackrill, Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 19:12 (5273 days ago) @ ttd0

I have read the comments about the Dowle family with interest. I am descended from a lady called Jane Dowle, born in Monmouthshire about 1819, who married Ralph Darling in Swansea in 1837. She gives her father's name as Henry Dowle, farmer. The only Henry Dowle I can find who fits is the chap mentioned in your messages, born in 1795 in Llangovern and living in Cwmcarvan in the 1840s and 50s. Henry married on 30 Jan 1823 in Llanishen to Mary Williams and had several children. However, the marriage is too late to fit in Jane Dowle born about 1819. I think they had a son called Elijah who must have been born in 1822 (according to his age at death in Jan 1905 of 83 in Llangvighangel) and who names Henry Dowle, carpenter, as his father on his marriage on 20 Feb 1844 in Cwmcarvan. It looks as if Elijah would have been born before the 1823 marriage, so could Jane also have been Henry's daughter? I cannot find a relevant baptism for either Jane or Elijah.

You seem to be descended from one of Henry's children, so I am hoping that you might know more about the family in general. I realise that most of the comments on the forum relate to Henry's father, the Henry Dowle from Coleford, but I need to confirm the details about the family in Monmouthshire. I do hope you can help. Many thanks.
Kath