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Endnotes
1. 1851 Census - LDS transcription, HO107/1864 Folio 154 p.13, This version gives name as Milden. Details to Ellen as recorded. 2. 1851 Census - 30 March, HO107/1864 ED5f p.13., 40 Mill Street. James Mildon, 37, painter & glazier, born Ottery St Mary. [Must have been 38.]. 3. 1861 Census - 8 April, RG9/1378 Schedule 153., Age given as 47. 4. Ottery St Mary PR [Marriages], Published, James Mildon m Rachael Bending. Witnesses John Bending & Elizabeth Marker. 5. St Catherine's House Index, Eliza Mildon, born Honiton [registration district of OStM] December 1838. Not with family at 1851 Census and no trace in Devon. 6. St Catherine's House Index, St Catherine's House, As recorded. 7. St Catherine's House Index. 8. 1851 Census - 30 March, HO107/1864 ED5f p.13, Age given as 10. Born Ottery St Mary. 9. 1851 Census - 30 March, HO107/1864 ED5f p.13., Julianna age 8, At school, born Ottery St Mary. 10. St Catherine's House Index, Birth registered September 1842. 11. 1851 Census - 30 March, HO107/1864 ED5f p.13., Fanny, age 6, At school, born Ottery St Mary. 12. St Catherine's House Index, Birth registered September 1848. Must have been 2 at 1851 Census. 13. 1851 Census - 30 March, HO107/1864 ED5f p.13., Ellen, age 3 [wrong] born Ottery St Mary. 14. St Catherine's House Index, Birth registered September 1848; therefore 2 at 1851 Census. 15. 1851 Census - 30 March, HO107/1864 ED 5f p.13, Born Ottery St Mary. 16. 1861 Census - 8 April, RG9/1378 Schedule 153, Ellen silk winder, aged 12. 17. Birth Certificate for Fanny Jane Meldon, Living 22.8.1863 at 1 Lord Street, Aston. 18. 1851 Census - 30 March, HO107/1864 ED5f p.13., John Mildon. 19. 1851 Census - 30 March, HO107/1864 ED5f p.13., John, painter & glazier, age 15, born Ottery St. Mary. 20. Death Certificate for John Meldon, Have certified copy., Died Mill Street, Ottery St Mary of pleuropneumonia 4 days certified. Age 35 years, occupation journeyman painter & glazier. Present at death: Mary Ann Pike. [signed X] [see 1841 Census]. 21. 1841 Census, HO 107 237 pp.30-31, Pikes present in Mill Street. 22. 1851 Census - 30 March, HO 107 / 1864 Folio 438 p.24, Rose Pollard, age 22, plain worker, born Broadclyst, lodger with Thomas Sweet, 91, ropemaker, at High Street Sidmouth. 23. Marriage Certificate for John Meldon & Rose Pollard, Have certified copy - very fragile., Marriage at Honiton Independent Chapel. JBM living Sidmouth, bachelor aged 20, painter; father James Meldon, Painter and Glazier. RWP living Sidmouth, aged 25, father Joseph, gardener. Names given as John Meldon and Rose Pollard. Witnesses Henry Parsons & Robert Knight. [Note: Registrar was John Knight.]. 24. Death Certificate for Rose Wills Meldon, Have certified copy 1871., Registered by John Brown Meldon, present at death. Died at 19 Court, Lancaster Street Birmingham of phthisis certified, aged 39. Wife of John Brown Meldon, House Painter Journeyman. 25. Marriage Certificate for John Brown Meldon & Ellen Piper, Have certified copy., Marriage after Banns at St Peters Church, Birmingham. John Meldon, widow, 36, resident Birmingham; father James Meldon, painter, deceased. EP, widow aged 33. [Signed X] Father William Harvey, brewer. Witnesses Joseph Harvey [signed X] & Harriett Proud [signed X]. 26. Birth Certificate for Fanny Jane Meldon, Have certified copy 1871, Born 1 Lord Street Aston. Father John Meldon, journeyman house painter. Mother Rose Meldon, formerly Pollard. | . |
27. Birth Certificate for Rachel Meldon, St Catherine;s House, Born Abercarne, Mynyddyslwyn in the district of Newport, S. Wales. Father John Brown Meldon, Master painter & glazier; mother Rose Meldon, formerly Pollard.
28. 1861 Census - 8 April, No trace of any Meldon/Mildon in Mynyddyslwyn. 29. Birth Certificate for Charles Alfred Bower, St Catherine's House, Living at Brunswick Road, Kings Norton. Father George, clerk at a flour mill; mother S.A. Bower. 30. Marriage Certificate for C.A. Bower & R.J. Meldon, St Catherine's House, Married at Register Office, Birmingham. CAB aged 21, bachelor, occupation telegraphist, living Icknield Port Road, Birmingham, father George Bower, coalagent. RJM aged 20, spinster, of Spring Hill, Birmingham, father John Meldon (deceased) painter. Witnesses Sarah Ann Bower & William Henry Arundel. 31. Birth Certificate for Charles Alfred Bower. 32. Will of Charles Alfred Bower, Somerset House. Have copy., Made 3.3.1906. Left all to wife for her lifetime, afterwards to be divided equally among children Alfred Percy, Alice Elizabeth, Minnie Frances & Nellie Laura. Executors Thomas Ernest Pearce & Walter Harry Hill. Witnesses Frank George Owen, 12 Branksome Avenue, Handsworth, Birmingham, clerk & Elizabeth Millington, 143 South Road, Handsworth, clerk. Probate granted Birmingham 9.6.1916. Effects £1289 15/7d. 33. 1881 Census RG11/2951 F45 P33. 34. Will of Alfred Percy Bower. 35. Marriage Certificate for W.J.Owen & M.F.Bower. 36. Birth Certificate for Minnie Frances Bower, Have copy of short certificate., Born at 9 Victoria Buildings, Coralie Street, Birmingham. Registered at All Saints. 37. 1881 Census, No Bowers found at 9 Victoria Buildings, Coralie Street, Birmingham. 38. Death Certificate for Minnie Frances Owen, Died at 124 The Causeway, Petersfield, Hants. Home address 2 Day Lane, Lovedean, Horndean, Petersfield. 39. Birth Certificate for William John Owen, Have certified copy, Born Laburnum Place, Alum Rock Road, Saltley. Father William John Owen, wire drawer; mother Elizabeth Ann Owen formerly Hipkins. 40. Will of William John Owen, Somerset House. Have copy., Sole beneficiary Minnie Frances Owen. Made 26.12.1909. Witnesses C.A. Bower, Nellie Laura Bower. Probate granted Birmingham 23.2.1932. Effects £2004 17/7d. 41. Marriage Certificate for W.J.Owen & M.F.Bower, Have certified copy., Marriage at West Bromwich Register Office. WJO bachelor aged 23, school teacher of 195 Soho Road Handsworth. Father William John, wire drawer. MFB spinster aged 24 of 29 Lansdowne Road, Handsworth. Father Charles Alfred, Asst. Superintendent Telegraph Dept. Witnesses C.A.Bower, Irene Rose Owen. 42. Leila Cleaver, Life of Leila, (Typed duplicates), Have copy., Walked to Register Office - no carriage. First house after marriage in Handsworth near Bowers. 43. Birth Certificate for William John Owen, Have copy, Born Laburnum Place, Alum Rock Road, Saltley. 44. Will of William John Owen, Somerset House. Have copy. 45. Will of Alfred Percy Bower, Somerset House. Have copy., Made 20.12.1916 by L/Cpl. A.P. Bower, 14th. Battn. R.W.R. Left equal shares to his mother, Mrs. R. Bower, 48 Albion Road, Handsworth; Mrs. A.E. Hollis, 48 Albion Rd.; Mrs. M. Owen, Conoor, Walmley Rd., Erdington; Mrs. Nellie Lines, The Nest, Walmley Rd.; & Miss Winifred Downing, 127 Birchfield Rd., Handsworth "to be distributed equally amongst their families except Miss Winifred Downing who is to keep her share for herself." Active service will, so no witnesses or executors. Probate granted 6.12.1919 to Alice Elizabeth Hollis, wife of Edward Hollis. |
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