David's Genealogy Page

1. My family tree, in the form of a GEDCOM file, that can be browsed with a Java applet.
2. Assorted documents, notes and pictures about some of my ancestors.

What's New?

• Sept 22, 2008: Corrected the entry for Joseph Dummett

• June 4-5, 2008: Added a publications list and two articles by the Rev. John Bowen-Jones.

• March 20, 2008: The first update in over four years!  Moved these pages to a new server: http://timbergroves.com/family. Also, tidied up the applet a bit and made some database updates.

• Jan 23, 2004: Added information on John Mair. I'm very grateful to Charles Esson for the research that produced this information.

Family Tree Java Applet

This applet lets you explore the family tree database.  Since this includes information about living people, a username and password are required to access it.  Email me if you don't know your username and password.

David BowenFrances BowenIsobel BowenIvor BowenKaty DeragonLucy KingMoira KnackstedtBob Lindsay-Smith

The applet provides five different views of the genealogy data:

Family

All of the detail information for the individual being displayed including parents, spouses, and children. Clicking on a parent, spouse, or child will display the family group view for that selected parent, spouse, or child.

Pedigree

Displays a four generation pedigree chart for an individual. Also lists spouses and children of the individual at the root of the tree. Birth and death information is displayed for a person as the mouse cursor travels over that individual. You can navigate up the tree by clicking on an ancestor.

Notes

Any notes on an individual, such as sources for information.

Search

Lists all individuals in the data base in alphabetical order by last name, and allows you to search for a particular surname of interest.

Statistics

Shows counts of all unique surnames contained in the database. The list can be ordered alphabetically by surname or by the frequency the surname appears in the file.

Family Tree Charts

Currently available charts:

• Ancestors of Judge Ivor Bowen
• Ancestors of Maisie Dummett
• Ancestors of James Esson
• Ancestors of James Lindsay Salmond Smith

Let me know if there are other ancestor or descendant charts that you'd like to see. 

Technical Issue with Viewing the Charts

• NOTE: if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, it may shrink the image to fit on the screen, instead of letting you scroll down it, thus making it completely unreadable. To fix this:
  1. Go to the Tools menu
  2. Select Internet Options
  3. Select the Advanced tab
  4. Scroll down to Multimedia
  5. Uncheck the box labelled "Enable Automatic Image Resizing"

Documents

Bowen

• Ivor Bowen, 1862-1934
  • Mentioned in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography
  • Note on the Family History and Pedigree by Judge Ivor Bowen, K.C.
  • Picture
  • Coat of Arms at Gray's Inn
  • Certificate of Marriage to Edith May Dummett
  • 1901 Census data on the household at 25 Park Place, Cardiff Glamorgan
  • Image of the census page
  • Article in 'Cronicl Powys'
  • Mentions in the London Gazette, 1915-1918
  • Obituary

• John Bowen-Jones, 1829-1905
  • Mentioned in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography
  • Pictures
  • Publications list from Ceredigian County Council
  • The Welsh and Religion - chapter published in Welsh Characteristics by W. J. Wallis-Jones, 1898.
  • The Tragedy of the Vale of Towy, from The Red Dragon Vol. I., 1882.

Dummett

• Edith May (Maisie) Dummett, born 1884
  • Pictures
  • Certificate of Marriage to Ivor Bowen
  • Certificate of Marriage to John Ridd Gould
  • LDS data

• Joseph Dummett, born 1846
  • Sadly, the following information refers to a different Joseph Dummett, not my great-great-uncle, except for the 1851 census data. This other Joseph Dummett was about the same age but lived in Somerton, Somerset, before emigrating to Canada. Thanks to Anne Bell for establishing that these were two different people.
    • Census data
    • emigrated to Ontario in 1869

• Robert Dummett, born 1843, Braunton, North Devon
  • Picture
  • LDS data
  • Notes by Roger Chubb (also from LDS)
  • 1881 Census data on his household at 95 Downs Road, London
  • Partner at Jeremiah Rotherham and Company in 1894. (cached)

• Robert Dummett, born 1801, Braunton, North Devon
  • Picture
  • Notes by Roger Chubb (from LDS)
  • Dummett: The Blind Postman of Braunton article by Peter Christie
  • Obituary in the North Devon Journal

Esson

• Notes by Charles Esson:
  • Margaret Esson and Siblings (hand-written)
  • James Esson and Isabella Gray
  • Alexander Esson and Margaret Robertson
• Margaret Esson
  • born Maggie Jane Gray, Backside of Ardonald, Cairnie, 1880.
  • Appointed as teacher by Insch School Board, 1901.
  • Pictures of Backside of Ardonald.
• James Esson, born 1866
  • Picture
  • Family tree by Charles Esson. In case the writing is hard to read, here is a larger version of the family tree, suitable for printing.
  • Born 1866 in Fyvie
  • Married Isabella Gray 1886, at Rothiemay
  • 1901 Census data for the household at Brawland-Knowes Cottage, Gartly.

Gould

• Picture of George, John (seated) and William Gould

Gray

• Isabella Gray, born 1856
  • Picture
  • Family tree by Charles Esson.
  • Born 1856 in Cairney
  • Married James Esson 1886, Rothiemay
• William Gray, born 1811
  • Died 1892, Old Machar Poor House, Aberdeen

Lindsay

• Elizabeth Lindsay (also Elizabeth Salmond)
  • Married Andrew Kyd Smith 1875, Brechin Road, Arbroath
  • Died 1919, 3 Baldovan Street, Arbroath
• Louisa Lindsay, born ~1828
  • Married William Salmond 1857, Dunnichen, Forfarshire
  • Died 1878, Livingston Cottage, Brechin Road, St Vigeans.

Lucas

• Janet Lucas (also Jannet Lucas)
  • Born 1788, Cortachy And Clova, Forfarshire
  • Died 1869, Den of Letham, Dunnichen, Forfarshire. The death record gives her age as 82, but she would have been only 80 assuming that the birth date is correct.

Mair

• John Mair
  • Letter from Charles Esson re John Mair
  • Extract from the records of the Church Session of Cairney, 1880, in which Isabella Gray presented a written acknowledgment from John Mair of the paternity of her illegitimate child.
  • Obituary in the Aberdeen Press and Journal 27 January, 1927

Salmond

• William Salmond, born 1834, Kirkham, Forfarshire
  • Married Louisa Lindsay 1857, Dunnichen, Forfarshire
  • 1871 census data for the Salmond household, Brechin Road, Arbroath. The wife's name seems to be Susan, but it should be Louisa.
  • Married Ann Cowley 1879, Brechin Road, Arbroath
  • Died 1889, 7 Murray Place, Arbroath

Smith

• Alexander Salmond Smith
  • Born 27 December 1889 at 21 St Vigeans Road, St Vigeans.
  • Married Susan Robertson 1917, Arbroath
• James Lindsay Salmond Smith
  • Born 12 February 1884 at 21 St Vigeans Road, St Vigeans.
  • Married Margaret Esson 22nd July 1916, St George, Edinburgh
  • War letters
  • Listed in University of Edinburgh Roll of Honor 1914-1919:
    Arbroath High School. M.A. 1908 ; B.Sc. (Distinction) 1914. Lecturer in Botany. O.T.C. Artillery, 1916. Cadet Bombardier; Officer Cadet July 1916. R.G.A., 2nd Lieut. Oct. 1916. Lieut. Aug. 1917; Staff Captain Oct. 1917. France and Italy Nov. 1916 to Feb. 1919. M.C. Dec. 1917; Croce di Guerra Oct. 1918.
• Andrew Kyd Smith
  • Born 16 July 1881 at 17 (?) St Vigeans Road, St Vigeans.
  • Married Betsy Black 1905, Masonic Hall, Hill Street, Arbroath.
• William Salmond Smith
  • Born 24 February 1877 at Livingstone Cottage, Brechin Road, St Vigeans
  • Married Elizabeth Cowie 1903, Masonic Hall, Hill Street, Arbroath.
• Andrew Kyd Smith, born 1856
  • Married Elizabeth Lindsay 1875, at Brechin Road, Arbroath
  • Household of 21 St Vigeans Road, Arbroath, in the 1901 Census
  • Died 1935

Sources

• General Register Office of Scotland.
• 1901 Census of England and Wales
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the following people for contributing to this web site:

1. Charles Esson has contributed a great deal of information based on extensive research.
2. Bob Lindsay Smith provided a GEDCOM file with lots of data. He also contributed the images of the marriage certificates of our grandmother, Maisie Dummett, and the obituary of Robert Dummett from the North Devon Journal.
3. Frances Bowen contributed some notes from Charles Esson, including the Esson and Gray family trees.
4. Isobel Bowen contributed the note by Judge Ivor Bowen. She also got me started on all this with initial information about the Smiths and the Essons.
5. Ivor Richard Bowen contributed photographs of Ivor Bowen, Maisie Dummett, John Bowen-Jones, Ann (Owen) Bowen-Jones, and Mary (Griffiths) Bowen. He also contributed information about his children and grand-children, as well as extracts from the Dictionary of Welsh Biography and The Times concerning Ivor Bowen and his father John Bowen Jones.
6. Katy Deragon filled in a number of birth dates and places.
7. Moira Knackstedt provided information about William Smith's and Alexander Smith's descendents.
8. Roger Chubb provided the pictures of Robert Dummett the Blind Postman, his son Robert Dummett, and the Gould brothers. Roger also contributed indirectly to this web site by contributing to the LDS database the data on Dummetts and Goulds that I got from there.
9. Lucy King provided information about her family.
10. Anne Bell let me know that I had confused two different Joseph Dummetts.