Re: MARY ELLEN BOWKER
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Re: MARY ELLEN BOWKER
Harrie Lamers 4/15/10
Hi Harrie,
Thank you for writing.This is the first time I have ever been on an European list, so please bear with me.
There has been a change in the name of the child I am searching for.Rather than the name in the subject line above, I am now sure the name is Mary Elizabeth Clayton.She was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, U. K. in 1855.I have have been told that she was orphaned at a young age when her parents died. Apparently, there was a Dutch connection, presumably in her parentage and she went to live with Dutch relations in Holland.I was told it was The Hague.For any of us working in genealogy, we know that stories very often end up being stretched or misinterpreted as they are handed down from one generation to another.
I found Mary E. Clayton today on the 1871 census for Everton, Liverpool (Lancs.) living with a Frederich Heukensfeldt. age 46, born Holland, The Netherlands, and his wife, Elizabeth, age, 43, born in Liverpool, Lancashire.Also living with this couple is Mary Clayton, niece, age 17, born in Liverpool, Lancs.I have spent many hours searching for her parents without success.The Heukensfeldt couple cannot be found on later U. K. censuses which might give credence to the fact that they returned to Holland with Mary Elizabeth.I have been told that Mary Elizabeth later returned to the U. K. where she met and married Walter E. Smith in 1879 in Lancashire.
I have full information regarding her husband and children and the fact that they lived in a house in Trafalgar Rd. in Birkdale, Southport.The name of this house is Heukensfeldt and from what I am told, the money came from her wealthy Dutch relatives.The house did indeed exist and I have verified this.Each and every one of their sons carries the middle name, Heukensfeldt.
I have had a look at the site you sent; however, I do not speak either Dutch or German and I am having a difficult time in navigating it.Perhaps you would be kind enough to tell me where to go from here.
Best regards,
Dorothy
Ottawa, Canada
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