Hi Thanks you so much for all that information. It seems to make a lot of sence. The only question i have now is Was Charlotte and William Married before he died for her to become Charlotte Flowers? And does it say what the realationship is to Charlotte in the 1860 Census? I think i will send for the certificates and just see. It seem funny how Charlotte and Charles sailed on the ship with his future Wife and family. Thanks Again ----- Original Message ----- From: "lfenimore" <lfenimore@columbus.rr.com> To: <eng-cambridgeshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMS] help - Charles Flowers/CHARLES CORNWELL > On the New York Passenger lists there is a large Priest family plus > Charlotte Elizabeth Flowers aged 23 with Charles Flowers aged 7 who > arrived > in NYC 30 Jun 1855 on the Yorktown, sailing from London. The two families > are adjacent on the list. The youngest person in the Priest family is an > infant Rachel. Parents are James and Harriet, he was a farmer. > > By the 1860 census Charlotte Flowers, 28, b Eng ,seems to have married a > Joseph Irwin, 32, b Eng while Charles W. Flowers, aged 12, is in the > household. They were living in Ward 20, NYC. > > By the same 1860 census the Priest family has moved to Perrysburg, OH > where > their name is spelled Prist. James and Harriet [Wyatt, see FreeBMD] are > there along with all their children and Rachel, aged 5. [1851 has this > family in Little Milton, Bucks.] > > The enlistment for Charles W. Flowers in the 21st OH Volunteer Infantry > was > at Findlay , Ohio which is south east of Perrysburg [about a 45 minute > freeway ride today]. Ohio [and most] enlistment records only give age at > time of enlistment; they asked very little information. Exact date of > birth > or death is mostly found in pension applications. The roster for Co. K, > 21st OVI is on Google Books. > > Both the passenger list and census are consistent with Charles W. being > born > in 1848. He said he was 18 at enlistment in 1861. If born in 1845, he > was > only 16 and only 13 if born in 1848. Eighteen was the magic age for > enlistment. He must have been born closer to 1845. > > In 1851 his apparent father Rev. William B. Flowers is unmarried, 21, and > a > student at St. John's College, Cambridge which matches your age of 16 if > Charles was born in 1845 . William was from ?Tonington, Northamptonshire. > He is at school in Brackley in 1841. I see from internet postings he was > from Preston Capes and certainly seems to be the fellow who d. 1855 in > Cornwall as he disappears from clergy lists then. > > IN the 1851 census at Sandhill, Littleport, Cambridgeshire there is a > Hannah > Cornwell 49, mar, b. Littleport, with her grandson CHARLES CORNWELL, 5, b > Littleport, living with her. > Bapts to John & Hannah Cornwell of Littleport include Susan 1823, Harriet > 1821, Charles 1826 and Elizabeth 1827 - no Charlotte but could Charlotte > be > Elizabeth? That would make her 18 when Charles was born. > > There is a matching birth for CHARLES CORNWELL June quarter 1845 at Ely > reg. > dist. which includes Littleport. Vol. 14, p. 53. > > This looks like your Charles W. Flowers was aka Charles Cornwell. This > seems to match information given on the rootschat.com forum. > > I would order the certificate. > > Seems the parents weren't married & they were both very young in 1845. > Since he was born in March 1845, he was probably conceived in the summer > of > 1844 - William B. Flowers would have been on school holidays perhaps and > aged 15 [b. 1829], Charlotte may have been working somewhere and that is > how > they met. Certainly Charlotte and son Charles emigrated in 1855 the year > WBF died in Cornwall. Perhaps a legacy funded the ticket. > > Also the marriage of Charles W. Flowers and Rachel Priest is on the IGI as > 18 Apr 1871 in Wood County, Ohio. Perrysburg, where the Priests settled, > is > in Wood County. > > Interesting. > > Liane > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message