Hi Christel, I can find in 1891 census Bowring William Head Married 48 Y1843 Gardeners Lab Winterbn S.Martn Dorset England Upwey1645 13 19 Bowring Eliza Wife Married 45 Y1846 Laundress Uploders Dorset England Upwey1645 13 19 Bowring Emily Daughter Unmarried 18 Y1873 Dressmaker Upway Dorset England Upwey1645 13 19 Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability William BOWRING Head M Male 38 Martinstown, Dorset, England Ag Lab Eliza BOWRING Wife M Female 35 Loders, Dorset, England Emily T. BOWRING Daur Female 9 Upway, Dorset, England Scholar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Upway, Dorset, England Family History Library Film 1341507 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 2103 / 12 Page Number 18 1901 census has from Dorset OPC Elwell Street; William BOWRING; head; W; 58; General Labourer; Winterbourne St Martin; Folio11Page13 Emily TRAVERS; dau; M; 28; Upwey; Folio11Page13 Ettie BOWRING; dau; 9; Upwey; Folio11Page13 William TRAVERS; g-son; 3; Upwey; Folio11Page13 Hilda TRAVERS; g-dau; 10m; Upwey; Folio11Page13 1872 Sep-20; Emily Travers BOWRING; daughter of; William & Elizabeth; Upwey; Labourer; C W Hony, Curate FreeBDM Deaths Dec 1898 Bowring Eliza 53 Weymouth 5a 174 Marriages Dec 1896 Bowring Emily Travers Dorchester 5a 743 Travers Ernest William Dorchester 5a 743 Births Mar 1898 Travers William Robert Weymouth 5a 278 Births Jun 1900 Travers Hilda Eliza B Weymouth 5a 287 ?? BOWRING, William Age: 22 Marriage Wife: Rebecca Stone WELLMAN Age: 22 Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1865 Recorded in: Winterbourne-St Martin, Dorset, England Husband's Father: George BOWRING Wife's Father: John WELLMAN Source: FHL Film 1239260 Dates: 1865 - 1865 Christel, I can find the following on FREEBMD, so it appears 'Ettie' was used as a given name Births Mar 1893 Strawbridge Ettie Elizabeth Chard 5c 382 Births Jun 1894 Ford Ettie Kate Dorchester 5a 312 may be Births Jun 1891 Bowering Edith Millicent M B Weymouth 5a 309 Not a definite answer to your question. May be of some help. Kind regards, Lynne, Sydney, AUSTRALIA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christel Muncaster" <christelhelen@yahoo.co.uk> To: "dorset mailing list" <dorset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 7:53 PM Subject: [DOR] BOWRING/BOWERING family > Hello > > I am trying to find details of Ettie Bowring, daughter of William Bowring > and Eliza Travers. She was born c1892 in Upwey. I can't find an > Ettie/Henrietta/Esther who will fit (is Ettie short for anything else?). I > also checked in the Dorchester district. > Could it be Matilda Alice [Dec 1891 dorchester] or Edith Millicent [Jun > 1891 weymouth]? I don't have either of them in the tree currently, can > anyone rule them out? > Since I don't know her "real" name I am struggling to find out what > happens to her ... > > Many thanks for any clues you can give me, > > Christel