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WIGLEY FAMILY HISTORY

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HOWE

THE HOWE FAMILY, KENT

including THE BRETT FAMILY, CANTERBURY, KENT

● as the name Howe is so common, there mighy be several inaccuracies

● in some records the name is spelt How, but a standard spelling of Howe has been used here

GENERATIONS ARE NUMBERED FROM THE FIRST TRACED ANCESTOR, RICHARD WIGLEY II (about 1600-1661), AND HAVE THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND COLOUR:

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10

13

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5

8

11

14

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6

9

12

15

 

 

FRANCIS HOWE I

GENERATION

5

 

born 1760's?GUESSTIMATE

 

died presumably before the 1841 census

 

married 25 MAY 1790, Wormshill, Kent

ELIZABETH HUDSON?.....

 

born ?

 

died ?

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nothing more is known about Francis Howe or Elizabeth Hudson

 

 

CHILDREN

BAPTIZED

DIED

NOTES

 

SARAH HOWE

25 JAN 1791, Wormshill, Kent

 

?

nothing more is known about her

 

FRANCIS HOWE II

22 DEC 1793, Lenham, Kent

©

buried 16 APR 1820, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent, age 25?CERT

SEE BELOW

 

JOHN HOWE I

1 MAY 1796, Lenham, KentBMD

©

©

15 MAR 1877, Oversland, Boughton under Blean, Kent, age 80 [died of diarrhea and urinary abcess]CERT, buried 22 MAR 1877, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent, age 80CERT

 

OTHERS?

 

 

FRANCIS HOWE I’s CHILDREN

 

 

FRANCIS HOWE II

GENERATION

6

 

baptized 22 DEC 1793, Lenham, Kent

©

buried 16 APR 1820, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent, age 25?CERT

©

married 8 NOV 1818, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, KentCERT

SARAH SMITH

 

born?

 

died ?

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nothing more is known about Sarah Smith

 

 

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

 

JOHN HOWE II

©

Boughton under Blean, KentCENSUS, baptized 21 FEB 1819, St Peter &  Paul, Boughton under Blean, KentCERT

Q2 1900?, Dunkirk, Kent?, age 81?BMD, buried 19 JUN 1900, Christ Church, Dunkirk, Kent, age 81?CERT

SEE BELOW

 

OTHERS?

 

 

 

 

 

JOHN HOWE I

GENERATION

6

 

baptized 1 MAY 1796, Lenham, KentBMD

©

©

died 15 MAR 1877, Oversland, Boughton under Blean, Kent, age 80 [died of diarrhea and urinary abcess]CERT, buried 22 MAR 1877, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent, age 80CERT

©

married 18 FEB 1837, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent, ANN PAGE?CERT, widow, née ANN KNOWLES I, daughter of William Knowles I and Elizabeth --?

baptized 30 NOV 1806, St Cosmas & Damian, Challock, KentCERT

©

©

died 28 NOV 1879, Oversland, Boughton under Blean, Kent, age 73 [died of exhaustion, epilepsy]CERT, buried 3 DEC 1879, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent, age 73CERT

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● the birth certificate of John and Ann’s daughter Anne showed her mother as Ann Knowles, and the mother's maiden name of their other 3 children as Knowles

● but no Howe/Knowles marriage can be found in Challock in this period

● however, it is possible that Ann married (1?) 12 OCT 1826, St Mary the Virgin, Selling, Kent, James PageCERT

● in the 1826 marriage, Ann was shown as “spinster”, and could not write

● but in the 1837 marriage, unfortunately neither John Howe nor Ann were shown as single or otherwise, but Ann could (now) write

● a Thomas Knowles – her brother? – was a witness, and he could not write

 

 

CHILDREN

BORN

● all the births were registered in Faversham, Kent R/DBMD

BAPTIZED

● all the baptisma were at St Peter &  Paul, Boughton under Blean, KentCERT

DIED

NOTES

 

ELIZABETH HOW

 

Q1 1838BMD

©

18 FEB 1838

 

Q4 1900, Thanet, Kent R/D, age 62?BMD

SEE BELOW

 

MARY HOW

 

Q3 1842BMD

25 SEP 1842

©

Q2 1844, Faversham, Kent R/D, age 1?BMD, buried 26 MAY 1844, St Peter &  Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent, age 1CERT?

nothing more is known about her

 

ANN(IE) HOW

©

6 SEP 1845, Boughton under Blean, KentCERT

12 OCT 1845

20 MAR 1911, Workhouse Infirmary, Faversham, Kent, age 65 [died of hemiplegia cardiac failure]CERT

SEE BELOW

 

JOHN HOW IV

 

Q4 1848BMD

12 NOV 1848CERT

Q3 1849, Faversham, Kent R/D, age 0?BMD, buried 25 AUG 1849, St Peter &  Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent, age 1O monthsCERT?

● he was not listed in the 1851 census

  nothing more is known about him

 

OTHERS?

 

 

FRANCIS HOWE II’s CHILDREN

 

 

JOHN HOWE II

GENERATION

7

©

born Boughton under Blean, KentCENSUS, baptized 21 FEB 1819, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, KentCERT

©

died Q2 1900?, Dunkirk, Kent?, age 81?BMD, buried 19 JUN 1900, Christ Church, Dunkirk, Kent, age 81?CERT

married 16 OCT 1841, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent

ANN BROWN, daughter of William Brown, labourer?CERT

 

born about 1820, Dunkirk, KentCENSUS

©

died Q2 1895, Faversham, Kent R/D, age 74?BMD, buried 11 MAY 1895, Christ Church, Dunkirk, Kent, age 74?CERT

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● in the marriage certificate John was shown as John How, father’s name “Frank How, labourer”

 

● an unmarried Ann Brown was the mother of a Ruck William Brown, baptized 17 NOV 1839, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, KentCERT, died Q1 1901, Canterbury, Kent R/DBMD, age 60, buried 9 MAR 1901, Christ Church, Dunkirk, KentCERT

● in the 1841 census John was living with the Walter family, and an Ann Brown, 20, and a Ruck Brown, 1, were living in the same household, so they were presumably his later wife and later stepson

● nothing more is known about her

 

CHILDREN

BORN

BAPTIZED

DIED

NOTES

● all baptisms and burials took place at Christ Church, Dunkirk, KentCERT

 

ELIZA ANNE HOWE

Q3 1842,  Faversham, Kent R/DBMD / Dunkirk, KentCENSUS

©

28 AUG 1842

 

?

nothing more is known about them

 

JOHN HOWE III

Q3 1844, Faversham, Kent R/DBMD

21 JUL 1844

©

Q3 1846, Faversham, Kent R/DBMD, buried 14 SEP 1846, age 2CERT

 

ANN MARIA HOWE

Q4 1846, Faversham, Kent R/DBMD / Dunkirk, KentCENSUS

13 SEP 1846

 

Q2 1915, Canterbury, Kent, R/D, age 69?

SEE BELOW

 

MARY ANN HOWE

Dunkirk, KentCENSUS

8 SEP 1849

©

Q2 1860, Faversham, Kent R/DBMD, buried 5 MAY 1860, age 10CERT

nothing more is known about her

 

FRANK HOWE

Q2 1852, Faversham, Kent R/DBMD / Vale Of Dunkirk, KentCENSUS

28 MAR 1852

 

Q1 1909, Faversham, Kent R/D, age 57 (so born about 1852)?BMD, buried 16 MAR 1909, Dunkirk, Kent?BMD

● unmarried in 1901CENSUS

● nothing more is known about him

 

FREDERICK

Vale Of Dunkirk, KentCENSUS

25 JUN 1854

©

Q3 1866, Faversham, Kent R/D, age 12BMD, buried 1 SEP 1866, age 12CERT

nothing more is known about them

 

RUTH HOWE

30 NOV 1856

Q1 1871, Faversham, Kent R/D, age 14BMD, buried 14 JAN 1871, age 14CERT

 

BOAZ HOWE

2 JAN 1859

 

Q2 1931, Faversham, Kent R/DBMD, age 72

SEE BELOW

 

JOHN HOWE V

Dunkirk, KentCENSUS

23 AUG 1863

©

Q2 1895, Faversham, Kent R/D, age 31?BMD, buried 11 MAY 1895, age 31?CERT

● previously JOHN IV – renumbered MAY 2021

  nothing more is known about him

 

OTHERS?

 

 

JOHN HOWE I’s CHILDREN

 

 

ELIZABETH HOWE

GENERATION

7

©

Q1 1838, Faversham, Kent R/DBMD, baptized 18 FEB 1838, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, KentCERT

 

died Q4 1900, Thanet, Kent R/D, age 62?BMD

 

married Q4 1857, East Ashford, Kent R/DBMD / 4 OCT 1857, Christ Church, Dunkirk, KentBMD

WILLIAM NEWING, son of William Newing and Harriet --?CENSUS

 

born about 1837, Canterbury / Harbledown, KentCENSUS

 

died 4 FEB 1912, Birchington, KentWILL / Q1 1912, Thanet, Kent R/DBMD, age 76  WILL

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● Ancestry DNA shows that various descendants of William and Elizabeth and the Author are related – they would be approximately his 3rd cousins

 

● William possibly married (2) Q1 1902, Thanet, Kent R/D, Ann Hyde

● in the 1911 census he was listed with his (2nd?) wife Ann

● a George Robert Hyde was mentioned in his probate record

● nothing more is known about him

 

CHILDREN: NOT RESEARCHED

 

 

 

 

 

ANN(IE) HOWE

GENERATION

7

©

born 6 SEP 1845, Boughton under Blean, KentCERT, baptized 12 OCT 1845, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, KentCERT

©

died 20 MAR 1911, Workhouse Infirmary, Faversham, Kent, age 65 [died of hemiplegia cardiac failure]CERT

married 4 OCT 1871, Faversham R/O, Kent, DAVID WIGLEY ICERT, son of Edward Wigley II and Sarah Punyer I

born 21 SEP 1848CERT, CENSUS, St George in the East (Stepney), MiddxCERT

©

died 25 OCT 1945, West Ashford Hospital, KentCERT, age 97

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family sources say that Ann(ie) Howe ran a school

 

 

CHILDREN: SEE WIGLEY FAMILY

 

 

JOHN HOWE II’s CHILDREN

 

 

ANN MARIA HOWE

GENERATION

8

 

baptized 13 SEP 1846, Dunkirk, Kent

died Q2 1915?, Canterbury, Kent, R/D?, age 69?

 

married Q2 1879, Bridge, Kent R/D, GEORGE FREDERICK BRETT, son of Thomas Brett, linen weaver, and Eliza --

 

born about 1846, Canterbury, Kent

died Q1 1916, Canterbury, Kent?

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● nothing more is known about George Frederick Brett

 

 

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

 

FREDERICK HOWE BRETT

1880 Q4, Canterbury, Kent

1904 Q4, Canterbury, Kent, age 24

nothing more is known about him

 

JOHN HOWE BRETT

1882 Q4, Canterbury, Kent

?

SEE BELOW

 

ANNIE MARIA BRETT

1884 Q1, Canterbury, Kent

Q1 1904, Canterbury, Kent R/D, age 20

 

CHARLES BRETT

1886 Q2, Canterbury, Kent

1904 Q2?, Canterbury, Kent?, age 18?

nothing more is known about him

 

total 4 children by 1911 census, 3 dead

 

 

 

 

 

BOAZ HOWE

GENERATION

8

©

about 1859, Vale Of Dunkirk, KentCENSUS, baptized 2 JAN 1859, Dunkirk, KentCERT

died Q2 1931, Faversham, Kent R/DBMD, age 72

married 25 DEC 1879, St Dunstan & All Saints, Stepney, Middx, ELIZA SUCKLING, daughter of John Suckling, carman

 

born Q1 1857, Hackney, Middx R/D

died ?

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nothing more is known about Eliza Suckling

 

CHILDREN

BORN

● unless otherwise specified, all children were born in Dunkirk, KentCENSUS

BAPTIZED

● unless otherwise specified, all children were baptized at Christ Church, Dunkirk, KentCERT

DIED

NOTES

 

ELLEN RUTH HOWE

Q4 1880BMD, Hackney, Middx

©

26 JUL 1881, All Saints, Clapton Park, Hackney, MiddxCERT

?

SEE BELOW

 

ANN ELIZABETH HOWE

Q1 1883BMD

25 MAR 1883CERT

?

nothing more is known about them

 

ALICE LOUISA HOWE

Q3 1884BMD

10 AUG 1884CERT

?

 

ELIZA HOWE

Q3 1886BMD

15 AUG 1886CERT

?

 

MILDRED HOWE

Q4 1888BMD

4 NOV 1888CERT

?

SEE BELOW

 

EDITH EMILY HOWE

Q2 1891BMD

7 JUN 1891CERT

?

 

HENRIETTA MAY HOWE

Q3 1893BMD

23 JUL 1893CERT

?

nothing more is known about them

 

EDWARD JOHN HOWE

Q3 1895BMD

13 OCT 1895CERT

?

 

FREDERICK WILLIAM HOWE

Q2 1898BMD

8 MAY 1898CERT

27 SEP 1916, age 18, buried /  commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, France (WW1 casualty)COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

 

FRANK VICTOR HOWE

Q4 1900BMD

25 NOV 1900CERT

Q1 1907, Faversham, Kent R/DBMD, age 6

 

OTHERS?

total 10 children by 1911 census, of whom 1 died before

 

 

ANN MARIA HOWE’s CHILDREN

THE BRETT FAMILY, CANTERBURY, KENT

 

JOHN HOWE BRETT

GENERATION

9

born Q4 1882, Canterbury, Kent

died ?

married Q2 1904, Canterbury, Kent R/D, ALICE JENNETT NORTON

born about 1883. Canterbury, Kent

died ?

nothing more is known about Alice Jennett Norton

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

IVY MAY BRETT

Q4 1904, Canterbury, Kent

?

probably their daughter - nothing more is known about her

ALICE JANNETT BRETT

Q2 1906, Canterbury, Kent

?

probably their daughter, judging by the name - nothing more is known about her

CHARLES FREDERICK BRETT

Q4 1907, Canterbury, Kent

?

nothing more is known about them

ALBERT JOHN BRETT

Q1 1909, Canterbury, Kent

?

ANNIE ELIZABETH BRETT

Q2 1910, Canterbury, Kent

?

 

OTHERS?

total 5 children by 1911, all alive

 

 

 

 

ANNIE MARIA BRETT

GENERATION

9

born Q1 1884, Canterbury, Kent

died Q1 1904, Canterbury, Kent R/D, age 20

married Q1 1903, Canterbury, Kent R/D, JOHN WILLIAM STEWART

nothing more is known about John William Stewart

 

CHILDREN?

 

 

BOAZ HOWE’s CHILDREN

 

 

ELLEN RUTH HOWE

GENERATION

9

©

born Q4 1880, Hackney, Middx….., baptized 26 JUL 1881, All Saints, Clapton Park, Hackney, MiddxCERT

died ?

married 24 APR 1916, Christ Church, Dunkirk, KentCERT

WILLIAM GARNER, widower, son of George Garner (deceased), hotel waiterCERT

 

born about 1882MARR CERT

died ?

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nothing more is known about William Garner

 

 

CHILDREN?

 

 

 

 

 

MILDRED HOWE

GENERATION

9

©

born Q4 1888BMD, Dunkirk, KentCENSUS, baptized  4 NOV 1888, Christ Church, Dunkirk, KentCERT

died ?

 

married Q3 1919, Dunkirk, Kent, WALTER B. HOGBEN

 

born ?

died ?

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nothing more is known about Walter B. Hogben

 

 

CHILDREN?

 

 

 

 

EDITH EMILY HOWE

GENERATION

9

born Q2 1891BMD, Dunkirk, KentCENSUS

died ?

married Q4 1914, Dunkirk, Kent, LEWIS C. DAWKINS

nothing more is known about Lewis C. Dawkins

 

CHILDREN?

 

 

 

 

NOTHING MORE IS KNOWN ABOUT THESE FAMILIES

 

 

 

· NOTES:

Roman numerals after a person’s name, eg. Richard I, are purely to distinguish different people with the same name

R/D = Registration District

R/O = Register Office (for an explanation of these two terms, see homepage)

 ©  = certificate available

 i   = odd notes

● SOURCE ABBREVIATIONS:

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IGI International Genealogical Index (not always completely reliable)  WILL will/letters of administration/probate details

 

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