Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameRachel HOWELL
Birth1815, Sweffling
Death10 Jul 1866, Halesworth
FatherGeorge HOWELL (1776-1864)
MotherPhoebe FISKE (1779-1858)
Spouses
Birth10 May 1818, Wissett
Death15 Jan 1898, Halesworth
FatherWilliam GARROULD (1776-1826)
MotherMaria EADE (1784-1863)
Marriage25 Dec 1839, Sweffling Parish Church
ChildrenMaria (1840-1840)
 Ellen (1840-1857)
 Kate (1843-)
 Horace (1844-1929)
 Louisa (1846-1913)
 Elizabeth Rosa (1848-1922)
Notes for Rachel HOWELL
Rachel Howell was born around 1815, probably in Halesworth but possibly in Sweffling, and was the daughter of George Howell (1776) and Phebe. She married George Henry Garrould (1818) at Sweffling Parish Church on 25th December 1839. In 1841 she was living in Reynold's Yard, Halesworth. In 1851 and 1861 she was listed as living in Chediston Street in Halesworth. She died in Chediston Street from stricture of the oesophagus - probably quinsy - on 10th July 1866, aged 51, and was buried in the Nonconformist section of Halesworth cemetery on 14th July.

Sources
• 1. Tom Broughton's files. Mother of Louisa Garrould is given as Eliza in Tom's files. This is wrong. • 2. 1881 Census. George Garrould's wife is given as Eliza, aged 60 and born in Norwich. • 3. Birth Certificate. Rachel Garrould is listed as the mother on Louisa's birth certificate. Maiden name Howell. • 4. Marriage Registers. Howell, Rachel. Dec. 1839. 12. 759. Plomesgate. • 5. Death Registers. Garrould, Rachel. Sep. 1866. 4a. 419. Blything. Aged 51. • 6. Marriage Certificate. Rachel Howell. Married to George Henry Garrould on 25 December 1839 at Sweffling Parish Church. Of full age, spinster resident in Halesworth. Dressmaker. Father: George Howell, Shoemaker. • 7. Death certificate. Rachel Garrould. Died 10th July 1866, Chesterton Street, Halesworth. Age 51. Wife of George Garrould, Shoemaker. Cause of death: Stricture of the oesophagus, exhaustion, certified. Informant: George Garrould, present at death, Chesterton Street, Halesworth. Registered 13th July 1866, Henry White.• 8. National Burial Index (Suffolk FHS). Rachel Garrould. Buried 14th July 1866. Age 51. Halesworth. Cemetery.9. Halesworth Cemetery Gravestone. 23/24 H/S double [transcribed by Halesworth W.I. in 1981]. “In affectionate remembrance of/Rachel/the beloved wife of/G.H. Garrould/who died June 18th 1868/aged 54 years/her end was peace”. “Elisa/the beloved wife of/G.H. Garrould/who died May 18th 1897/aged 78 years/Safe in the arms of Jesus/safe on his gentle breast”. “Also George Henry Garrould/who died January 15th 1898/at rest”. • 10. 1851 Census (Halesworth Museum file). Halesworth. Rachel Garrould. Age 30. Born Rendham. • 11. 1851 Census. Chediston Street, Halesworth. Rachel Garrould. Wife. Age 30. Born Rendham. • 12. 1841 Census. Reynold's Yard, Halesworth. Rachel Garrold. Age 25. Born Suffolk.
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