Dennis Herbert Fowler - Profile

Dennis Herbert Fowler – Profile

Dennis Herbert Fowler was recorded as living at Keeper’s Cottage, East Worlington which is the reason for further research into his life.

Dennis Herbert Fowler was born on 30^th March 1908 in Tottenham, Middlesex and his Baptism date was registered as 10^th May 1908 in Edmonton, London. (England and Wales Births 1837 – 2006; London Church of England Births and Baptisms 1813 - 1924).

His father Henry Herbert Chester Fowler who was a Civil Engineer, was 26 and his mother Daisy Annie was 23 when Dennis was born. (Ancestry On-line)

They lived at Clyde Lodge, Clyde Road, Tottenham (1911 England Census)

He had one sister, Eileen Philippa Rose, born in 1907. (1911 Census for England and Wales)

Dennis married Eileen Margaret Bayliss in 1936 in Billericay, Essex.

In 1938 Dennis and Eileen were living at 200 High Road N15 (Tottenham Polling District 5)

In 1938 Denis and Eileen had a daughter Mary Jacqueline who was registered in Edmonton, Middlesex in 1938 (England and Wales Births 1837 – 2006)

Dennis qualified as a LMSSA (Licentiate in Medicine Surgery Midwifery of the Society of Apothecaries) on 21^st January 1938 (The Medical Register).

In 1939 Dennis and his wife, Eileen, were registered as living at Keeper’s Cottage, East Worlington. (1939 Register).

In 1940 Dennis and Eileen had a son, Simon Bayliss Fowler, whose birth was registered in Barnstaple, implying he was born while the family were resident at Keeper’s Lodge. (England and Wales Births 1837 – 2006).

In April 1948 Dennis and Eileen and their two children were registered on a ship named Llanstephan Castle, Union Castle Line, to sail from London with the destination of East London, South Africa. The sailing record showed their address in England as 22 Tudor Way, Southgate, London. (Board of Trade and Statistical Department and Successors Outward Passenger List).

In 1951 Dennis’s address was recorded as 15 New Africa House, Union Avenue, Salisbury South Rhodesia (Medical Register 1951) and in 1959 his address was recorded as 23 Baines Avenue, Salisbury, South Rhodesia (Medical Register 1959).

In 1953 Dennis, Eileen, Simon and Mary were registered on the SS Uganda, leaving Biera with the destination being London. The last permanent Residence was recorded as South Rhodesia. The proposed address in the UK was recorded as The Old Cottage, Wargrave, Berkshire. (Incoming Passenger List London)

He died in 1988 in Harare, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe, at the age of 80 (Ancestry online)

In 2002 Eileen Fowler died in Harare, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe at the age of 94. (Ancestry online)

Note: Further research into Dennis and Eileen’s children was not undertaken as they do not meet the 100 years ruling.