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William Dewey

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Compton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: September 24, 1914
Ringwood, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Jeremiah Dewey and Martha Dewey
Husband of Caroline Dewey
Father of Emily Jane Dewey; Betsie ('Bessy') Harriett Wyeth; Frank William Dewey; Marianne Stroud Dewey and Harry Charles Dewey
Brother of Prudence Dewey; Mary Ann Napier; Rachel Tuck; Henry Dewey; Charles Dewey and 1 other

Occupation: Watch and Clockmaker
Residence: Ringwood, Hampshire
Managed by: Private User
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About William Dewey

Sources

[1] Marriage of William Dewey & Caroline Stroud of Ringwood in 1853
Name Caroline Stroud : Marital Status Single : Marriage Age 29
Birth Date abt. 1824 : Marriage Date 8 Aug 1853
Marriage Place Chichester, St Peter the Great, alias Subdeanery, Sussex, England
Parish St Peter the Great or Subdeanery, Chichester
Spouse William Dewey
West Sussex, England, Church of England Marriages & Banns, 1754-1936
West Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference: Par 44/1/3/2
accessed: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/90603204:62131
[2] Post Office Directory, Dorset, Hants. & Wiltshire : 1855 listing William Dewey, Watchmaker, High Street, Ringwood, Hants. U.K. City & County Directories, 1766-1946
[3] Census
(i) Census, 1841: Parish West Orchard Series HO107 Page 15-Feb
County Dorset Piece 0290 Family 1061
Country England Registrar's district Fontmell Line 16
Date 1841 Superintendent registrar's Dist. Shaftesbury, Image 14 : Enum. Dist. 2
Name Age
Head (implied) Jeremiah Dewey 48
Wife (implied) Martha Dewey 45 - 49
Daughters (implied): Prudence Dewey 15 - 19, Mary Dewey 13, Rachel Dewey 11 & Caroline Dewey 1
Son (implied) William Dewey 15 - 19, Henry Dewey 9 Son & Charles Dewey 5
accessed: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10150-2403293-/william-d...
(ii) Census 1861 : Residence: High Street, Ringwood, Hampshire, England
Age: 37 : Marital status: Married
Husband: William Dewey : Wife Caroline Dewey : Children: Emily Jane Dewey, Betsy Harriet Dewey & Frank William Dewey
Parish Ringwood Series RG09 Family 33
Township Ringwood Piece 668 Line 19
Registration district Ringwood Registrar's district Ringwood Image 7
County Hampshire Enumerated by John Burford
Country England Enum. District 3 : Date 1861
accessed: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10152-66301330-/caroline...
(iii) 1871 England & Wales Census - William Dewey
County: HampshireTownship: Ringwood Page: 40 Family: 26 Line: 16 Image: 5
accessed: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10153-4896017/william-de...
(iv) Census 1881
Rural district Ringwood Series RG11 Image 7 Parish Ringwood Piece 1198
Township Ringwood Registrar's Dist. Ringwood : Ecclesiastical dist. Ringwood
Enumerated by George D Bartlett
Regn. dist. Ringwood Enum. Dist. 3
County Hampshire Page 40 Country England Family 32 Date 1881 Line 1
accessed: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10154-33664566/william-d...
(v) Census 1891 : Caroline, William, Harry & Emily Dewey
N.A. UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England & Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 908; Folio: 34; Page: 4; GSU roll: 6096018 : Enumeration Dist. 3
accessed: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/6598/images/HAMR...
[4] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index -Wills & Administrations), 1858-1995
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/1766480:1904

Photograph of William Dewe, front of his Watchmakers shop : Baker, Ted. Ringwood Papers Vol. 2 Victorian Market Place and, Allen, Ruth & Dine, Derek. Ringwood Seen & Remembered. Hampshire County Library, 1965.

The family of William & Caroline Dewey also researched by 'scattymal' -Southampton, Hants : : Colman/Bulpett/Deweys : for the children of Caroline and William Dewey :
Url: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/166026097/family?cfpid=...

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William Dewey's Timeline

1824
1824
Compton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire, England (United Kingdom)
1854
March 23, 1854
Ringwood, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1857
July 27, 1857
Ringwood, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1859
1859
Ringwood, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1861
June 16, 1861
Ringwood, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)