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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:

FRANCIS HOWE I

GENERATION

born 1760's?^GUESSTIMATE

died presumably before the 1841 census

married 25 MAY 1790, Wormshill, Kent

ELIZABETH HUDSON?^.....

born ?

died ?

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, Kent^BMD

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 80^CERT

OTHERS?

FRANCIS HOWE I’s CHILDREN

FRANCIS HOWE II

GENERATION

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, Kent^CERT

SARAH SMITH

born?

died ?

nothing more is known about Sarah Smith

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

JOHN HOWE II

Boughton under Blean, Kent^CENSUS, baptized 21 FEB 1819, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent^CERT

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

baptized 1 MAY 1796, Lenham, Kent^BMD

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 80^CERT

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, Kent^CERT

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 73^CERT

● 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 Page^CERT

● 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/D^BMD

BAPTIZED

● all the baptisma were at St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent^CERT

DIED

NOTES

ELIZABETH HOW

Q1 1838^BMD

18 FEB 1838

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

SEE BELOW

MARY HOW

Q3 1842^BMD

25 SEP 1842

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

nothing more is known about her

ANN(IE) HOW

6 SEP 1845, Boughton under Blean, Kent^CERT

12 OCT 1845

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

SEE BELOW

JOHN HOW IV

Q4 1848^BMD

12 NOV 1848^CERT

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

● he was not listed in the 1851 census

● nothing more is known about him

OTHERS?

FRANCIS HOWE II’s CHILDREN

JOHN HOWE II

GENERATION

born Boughton under Blean, Kent^CENSUS, baptized 21 FEB 1819, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent^CERT

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, Kent^CENSUS

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

● 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, Kent^CERT, died Q1 1901, Canterbury, Kent R/D^BMD, age 60, buried 9 MAR 1901, Christ Church, Dunkirk, Kent^CERT

● 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, Kent^CERT

ELIZA ANNE HOWE

Q3 1842, Faversham, Kent R/D^BMD / Dunkirk, Kent^CENSUS

28 AUG 1842

nothing more is known about them

JOHN HOWE III

Q3 1844, Faversham, Kent R/D^BMD

21 JUL 1844

Q3 1846, Faversham, Kent R/D^BMD, buried 14 SEP 1846, age 2^CERT

ANN MARIA HOWE

Q4 1846, Faversham, Kent R/D^BMD / Dunkirk, Kent^CENSUS

13 SEP 1846

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

SEE BELOW

MARY ANN HOWE

Dunkirk, Kent^CENSUS

8 SEP 1849

Q2 1860, Faversham, Kent R/D^BMD, buried 5 MAY 1860, age 10^CERT

nothing more is known about her

FRANK HOWE

Q2 1852, Faversham, Kent R/D^BMD / Vale Of Dunkirk, Kent^CENSUS

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 1901^CENSUS

● nothing more is known about him

FREDERICK

Vale Of Dunkirk, Kent^CENSUS

25 JUN 1854

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

nothing more is known about them

RUTH HOWE

30 NOV 1856

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

BOAZ HOWE

2 JAN 1859

Q2 1931, Faversham, Kent R/D^BMD, age 72

SEE BELOW

JOHN HOWE V

Dunkirk, Kent^CENSUS

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

Q1 1838, Faversham, Kent R/D^BMD, baptized 18 FEB 1838, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent^CERT

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

married Q4 1857, East Ashford, Kent R/D^BMD / 4 OCT 1857, Christ Church, Dunkirk, Kent^BMD

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

born about 1837, Canterbury / Harbledown, Kent^CENSUS

died 4 FEB 1912, Birchington, Kent^WILL / Q1 1912, Thanet, Kent R/D^BMD, age 76 WILL

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

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

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

born 6 SEP 1845, Boughton under Blean, Kent^CERT, baptized 12 OCT 1845, St Peter & Paul, Boughton under Blean, Kent^CERT

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 I^CERT, son of Edward Wigley II and Sarah Punyer I

born 21 SEP 1848^{CERT, CENSUS}, St George in the East (Stepney), Middx^CERT

died 25 OCT 1945, West Ashford Hospital, Kent^CERT, age 97

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

CHILDREN: SEE WIGLEY FAMILY

JOHN HOWE II’s CHILDREN

ANN MARIA HOWE

GENERATION

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?

● 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

about 1859, Vale Of Dunkirk, Kent^CENSUS, baptized 2 JAN 1859, Dunkirk, Kent^CERT

died Q2 1931, Faversham, Kent R/D^BMD, 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 ?

nothing more is known about Eliza Suckling

CHILDREN

BORN

● unless otherwise specified, all children were born in Dunkirk, Kent^CENSUS

BAPTIZED

● unless otherwise specified, all children were baptized at Christ Church, Dunkirk, Kent^CERT

DIED

NOTES

ELLEN RUTH HOWE

Q4 1880^BMD, Hackney, Middx

26 JUL 1881, All Saints, Clapton Park, Hackney, Middx^CERT

SEE BELOW

ANN ELIZABETH HOWE

Q1 1883^BMD

25 MAR 1883^CERT

nothing more is known about them

ALICE LOUISA HOWE

Q3 1884^BMD

10 AUG 1884^CERT

ELIZA HOWE

Q3 1886^BMD

15 AUG 1886^CERT

MILDRED HOWE

Q4 1888^BMD

4 NOV 1888^CERT

SEE BELOW

EDITH EMILY HOWE

Q2 1891^BMD

7 JUN 1891^CERT

HENRIETTA MAY HOWE

Q3 1893^BMD

23 JUL 1893^CERT

nothing more is known about them

EDWARD JOHN HOWE

Q3 1895^BMD

13 OCT 1895^CERT

FREDERICK WILLIAM HOWE

Q2 1898^BMD

8 MAY 1898^CERT

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

FRANK VICTOR HOWE

Q4 1900^BMD

25 NOV 1900^CERT

Q1 1907, Faversham, Kent R/D^BMD, 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

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

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

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

died ?

married 24 APR 1916, Christ Church, Dunkirk, Kent^CERT

WILLIAM GARNER, widower, son of George Garner (deceased), hotel waiter^CERT

born about 1882^{MARR CERT}

died ?

nothing more is known about William Garner

CHILDREN?

MILDRED HOWE

GENERATION

born Q4 1888^BMD, Dunkirk, Kent^CENSUS, baptized 4 NOV 1888, Christ Church, Dunkirk, Kent^CERT

died ?

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

born ?

died ?

nothing more is known about Walter B. Hogben

CHILDREN?

EDITH EMILY HOWE

GENERATION

born Q2 1891^BMD, Dunkirk, Kent^CENSUS

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)

i = odd notes

● SOURCE ABBREVIATIONS:

^BMD online birth/marriage/death indexes ^CENSUS various census records ^CERT birth/marriage/death certificate ^FAM family sources

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

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