| Rougham
Suffolk
The Howe family has been traced back to Rougham, just to the
east of Bury St Edmund's, Suffolk.
John How (1666 - ) married Dorothy Hunton
(1679 - 1758) on 24 September 1700 at Sapiston. Parents of John
may have been John Howe and Frances Craske who were married on
25 April 1661 at Culford. Dorothy's father may have been Bartholomew
Howe.
John and Dorothy How had five children,
all born in Rougham:
~ Mary 1705 -
~ Dorothy 1708 - 1783
~ Elias 1711 - 1711
~ Hunton 1716 - 1790
~ Ellis 1720 - 1720
Hunton Howe (1716 - 1790) married Ann
Coe in 1737 at Creeting St Mary's Suffolk, England. Hunton and
Ann had ten children all born at Rougham:
~ John Hunton 1740 - 1797
~ George 1741 -
~ Margaret 1741 -
~ Dorothy 1743 - married Eliakin Jackson
~ Thomas 1749 - married Elizabeth Alderton
Thomas and Elizabeth had a son Hunton
How who married Christian Levett
~ Susanna 1752 - 1752
~ Susanna 1753 -
~ Elizabeth 1754
~ Elizabeth 1757 - 1785
George Howe (1741 - ) married Sarah Bryant
on 30 March 1768 at Rougham. Sarah's parents were John and Jane
Bryant. George and Sarah had six children all born in Rougham:
~ John Hunton 1770 -
~ Sarah 1775
~ James 1777 married Ann Enall
~ Benjamin 1779 - 1864 married Priscilla
~ William Bryant 1779 - 1864
George and Sarah Howe's son
Benjamin leaves Rougham for London
Benjamin and Priscilla Howe had either four or five children:
~ Frederick Benjamin 1818 -
~ William Bryant 1813 - 1855
~ Henry 1819 -
~ Pendock Peter 1821 - 1898
~ George 1823 -
The baptism records of Pendock Peter Howe
indicate that Benjamin and Priscilla resided at Suffolk Road (Sommerstown)
and that Benjamin was a carpenter. Benjamin's
death certificate, at which his son Henry was the informant, indicates
that he was resided at 8 Clifton Street North, Shoreditch. His
occupation was given as Engineer Foreman.
Benjamin's three sons that
stayed in London
Four of Benjamin's sons, Frederick Benjamin, Henry, George and
Pendock Peter remained in England. Little is know about Frederick
Benjamin, Henry or George.
Frederick Benjamin was christened on 15
March 1818 at St Sepulchre, London, and his parents were Benjamin
and Priscilla HOWE.
Henry was christened on 30 July 1820
at St Pancreas, Old Church, and his parents were Benjamin and
Priscilla HOWE. At the time of his father's death he was residing
at 11 Somerset Place, Hoxton. The only other information is a
notation on a family record saying 1 child and Birmingham / London.
George Howe was recorded in family papers
as “still living” in 1890. As a child George lived
at Creed Place, Maze Hill East Greenwich, near Maze Hill Station.
Creed Place has now been included in Maze Hill Road.
Pendock Peter was recorded in the 1881
census as residing at 57 Bevenden Street, Shoreditch, London and
having been born in Somers Town (between what is now St Pancreas
and Kings Cross Stations). Pendock Peter Howe married Frances
Annette Dunbar 1850 in the June quarter of 1850 (Shoreditch Registration
District) and they had seven children:
~ Frances Annette 1852 - teacher
~ George Bryant 1856 - machinist
~ Peter 1858 - foreman engineer motor cars
~ Benjamin William 1860 - machinist
~ Priscillia Mary 1863 -
~ Horace Header 1868 - mechanical engineer
~ Florence 1869 -
Pendock Peter Howe gave his occupation
as engineer (1850) and machinist (1891).
Frances (Fanny) and her sister Priscilla
were both Certificated Teachers who in the 1901 Census were sharing
a flat at 6 Kinnoull Mansions, Hackney (St Johns), London - with
Frances, as the elder of the two, recorded as "Head of Household".
George Bryant was noted as the informant on
his mother's death and the certificate stated “G.B.Howe,
son, present at the death” of “25 Great James Street,
Hoxton New Town”.
Peter Howe married Anna Cook on 23 March 1888 at St
Peter's Church, Bethnell Green, London, England.
Horace Header was the informant at father's
death [1898] and gave his address as 57 Bevendon Street, Hoxton
New Town.
Peter Howe (1858) married Anna Cook on 23 March
1888 at Bethnell Green and they had seven children:
~ Peter Harry 1888 - 1945 married Hattie
~ Annette Elizabeth 1892 - married Charles Thatcher
~ Horace Robert 1894 - 1957 married Rosa May Newman
~ Ivy Francis 1896 - 1975 married Henry William Sowter
~ Eva Winifred 1900 - married Walter Ardley
Two separate lines descend from Pendock
Peter Howe, also known as Peter Howe. The first via Horace Robert
and the other via his sister Ivy Francis.
Benjamin's son, William Bryant,
leaves London for Sydney, Australia 1849
William Bryant Howe married Mary Lambert at All Souls - Langham
Place, St Marylebone, County of Middlesex by Banns on 31 May 1835.
Between 1835 and 1849 William Bryant and Mary had four children:
~ William Bryant Howe, their first born, died aged 16 months at
5 Barratt's Court Marylebone (Barratt's Court was known as St
Christopher's Place by 1888).
~ Henry Benjamin or Bryant Howe, their second born, was born 1
June 1840 and christened on 7 November 1841 Saint Leonard's, Shoreditch,
London, England.
~ Benjamin Thomas Howe, their third born, was born 23 November
1844 at 1 Hague Street, Bethnal Green, London and christened St
Anne's, Soho, Westminster.
~ Alice Priscilla Howe was born on 11 November 1846 Lambeth, London
and christened on 4 June 1849 at St Anne's, Soho, Westminster.
Following a family dispute William Bryant, Mary
and their children Henry, Benjamin Thomas, and Alice Pricillia
sailed, as assisted immigrants, on 9 June 1849 aboard the “James
Gibb”, from London for Sydney, Australia. The voyage took
six months.
~ George Thomas Howe was born on the voyage.
William Bryant, Mary and their children Henry, Benjamin Thomas,
Alice Pricillia and George Thomas settled in Redfern.
~ James Peter Howe was born on 3 November 1854.
William Bryant, an engineer, was employed
at Tooth's Brewery where he caught a chill in the freezing room,
which caused his death. William Bryant was buried in St Stephens
Churchyard Newtown Sydney in January 1855.
Benjamin Thomas Howe, son of
William Bryant selects land at Somersby New South Wales
Benjamin Thomas Howe married Elizabeth Clarke in 1867 at Redfern
Sydney. Elizabeth Clarke had been an assisted immigrant arriving
in Sydney on 26 May 1855 aboard the "Asiatic". Benjamin
Thomas and Elizabeth had eleven children:
~ Sophia M L 1868 - )
~ Benjamin Bryant 1869 - 1941
~ James Fetherstone 1871 - 1939 - an electrical engineer with
the railways would marry his first cousin Annie Emma Howe,
~ Frances Isabella 1873 - 1919)
~ George William 1874 - 1938
~ Elizabeth 1876 - 1955
~ Peter John Featherstonehaugh 1878 - 1943
~ Ormonde Henry 1880 - 1957
~ Hilliary 1882 - 1962
~ Jessie R 1884 - 1886
~ Mary E - 1884).
Benjamin Thomas joined the firm of Goodlet
& Smith at age 15 years circa 1858, where he became foreman,
eventually retiring in 1914, after 56½ years’ service.
Goodlet & Smith Ltd were timber and glass merchants with main
premises at Harris Street, Pyrmont, but also had a cement manufacturing
plant and a “Steam Brick and Terra Cotta Works” at
Granville. In 1890 Benjamin Thomas moved to the Somersby District.
Benjamin Thomas was a timber and joinery mill foreman eventually
becoming forman of machinist at Pyrmont.
Benjamin Thomas, Benjamin Bryant and George
William came to Somersby when the only road was Old Penang Road.
The Howe's cut a track from Dodd's’s to their selection
so bullocks could bring in timber for their house. Eventually
Benjamin Thomas and his sons, James John Featherstone, George
William and Ormonde Henry selected land at Somersby in the Brisbane
Waters Region, near Gosford.
The selections of Ormonde Henry Howe (9 &
47 Parish of Narara), Benjamin Thomas Howe (16 & 85 Parish
of Narara), Peter James Featherstone Howe (18 & 81 Parish
of Narara), George William Howe (75 Parish of Narara) stretched
north west from those of W P Dodd's (15, 22 & 25 Parish of
Narara).
Somersby Falls is located in the Public
Recreation Reserve (53 Parish of Narara) to the west of Benjamin
Thomas’ southern selection (16 Parish of Narara).
Many of Benjamin’s family were buried
at Point Clare cemetery near Gosford.
Sophia M L Howe marries and
moves to Sawtell
Sophia M L Howe (1868- ) , daughter of Thomas Howe, married
Alfred Martin in 1892 at Somersby and settled at Sawtell next
to Bonville, some 7 miles from Coffs Harbour on the north coast
of New South Wales. Alfred Martin used to build coaches and landaus
in the old country. They had four children:
~ Majorie 1893 -
~ Phyliss E 1896 - 1934
~ Dorothy -
~ Geoffrey H 1900 -
Phyllis married Norman Williss and lived only
1½ minutes away. Norman WILLIS grew bananas on a plantation
2½ miles from their home.
Dorothy married Geoffrey Unknown circa 1928,
and had two children. Geoffrey carried on the farm at Dorrigo;
being roughly 60 miles from Sawtell.
Benjamin Bryant Howe a hotelier
in Bathurst New South Wales
Benjamin Bryant (1867) was the licensee of the Oxford Hotel
on the corner of William & Piper Streets Bathurst between
1911-1913. Later he owned the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Keppel and Havannah
St, Bathurst New South Wales, Australia which was operated by
his eldest son, George James.
Benjamin Bryant married Catherine Anastasia
Bernell in 1887 at Rockley, near Bathurst. Benjamin and Catherine
had six children:
~ George James 1898 Oberon -
~ Margaret H 1900 Oberon -
~ Peter N 1902 Oberon -
~ Cyril Benjamin 1904 Oberon -
~ John E 1907 -
~ another unknown.
George James was known to be the Manager
of the Great Western Furniture Company in June 1928.
James Fetherstone Howe a wanderer
James Featherstone Howe, a son of Benjamin Thomas Howe and Elizabeth
Clarke, was born on 26 May 1871 at Botany Road, Redfern, New South
Wales. James married his first cousin Annie Emma Howe on 15 November
1905 at All Saint’s Preston Victoria and died on 3 November
1939 at Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay Randwick.
Letters of James indicated that he worked
in the railways “April 1904 farewell at Railways Institute
was filled with mates at Redfern on receiving promotion to higher
duties at Waverly. Whilst on relieving duties at Newcastle, on
the occasion of my marriage (1905) I was at Waverly. On leaving
Waverly for work outside the Department, nearly 200 men gave me
a glorious evening. Entering the Department again at Randwick
where I stayed 2 years as I left the works, where 1,500 men were
employed, hammers were struck on steel slates and anvils. I went
to Melbourne where I was happy in my surroundings.”
Annie Emma and James Featherstone had
two children:
~ Dorothy Anne (1907-1988) and
~ Harry Featherstone (1914-1935).
James Fetherstone maintained a correspondence
with his daughter Dorothy Anne which provided much information
on the Howe family and events of the time e.g. “William
Bryant Howe quarreled with his father, a man of means, because
he married Mary Lambert, a Roman Catholic, the father was against
the marriage Grandfather (William Bryant Howe) was an engineer
employed at Tooth's Brewery, he caught a chill in the freezing
room which caused his death, he was buried in St Stephens Churchyard
right in the heart of Newtown, I have been there with my father,
but he could not find the grave. He was, I believe, a big man
with dark curly hair.”
The letters also gave so insight to the
Great Depression of the 1930’s.
~ 25/3/1928 - Somersby, New South Wales, Australia. It is Gran's
birthdays today. My 57th birthday tomorrow i.e. born 26/3/1871.
~ Sitting "alongside the old deserted sawmill that I know
that my father spent much time in his declining years to help
them along"
~ 16/5/1928 Gosford "must leave Gosford soon as I am taking
food that they can hardly spare".
~ 29/6/1928 Leeton Hotel, Leeton "saw my nephew, Ben's boy,
George James Howe, there (i.e. Goulburn), he is the manager for
the Great Western Furniture Company and he was married 2 months
ago. I here that Ben is on the point of selling his hotel for
£9,000.
~ 22/9/1928 Bathurst. 300 out of 500 unemployed. Spent the last
3½ years in Melbourne (1925-1928).
~ Christmas 1929, Bathurst "My cousin Alice's two sons amongst
those camping under the Denison Bridge. My nephew Jack and I may
go on the track carrying our swags.
George William Howe moves to
Rockley, near Bathurst
George William Howe married Sarah Maria Hope in 1899 at Rockley
near Bathurst and they had six children:
~ Henry O 1900 -
~ Allan V 1901 -
~ Hilda I 1904 -
~ John William 1908 -
~ Walter P 1911 -
~ Mavis J 1918 - .
George William Howe moves
to Mt David, near Bathurst
After spending five years with his father and brothers in the
Somersby area George William (1874-1938) went to live at Mt David
(58 km from Bathurst and 58 km from Oberon). He was there in 1925
when his father died but returned to Somersby in 1923 and settled
on his property. George died at Newcastle Hospital on 25 November
1938.
James Peter Howe a politician
and proprietor of a leather factory
James Peter Howe, youngest son of William Bryant, mechanical
engineer, and Mary Lambert was born 3 November 1854 in Sydney.
He was educated in Chippendale under Mr S. Burrows.
From the age of 15 he ,worked as a patent
and fancy leather dresser with Alderson & Sons becoming branch
manager by 1890 (aged 26 years).
James Peter Howe married Annie Emma Burchmore
on 27 November 1878 at St Paul's Sydney
Between 8/9/1888 and 21/10/1891 James
Peter was a Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly as the Member
for Redfern then Burke. In addition to being a State politician
James Peter was an Alderman of the Municipal Council of Waterloo
from 1886 and Mayor from 1888 - 1889.
James Peter was also President of Redfern
Protection Union, a supporter of friendly and benefit societies,
a Freemason becoming Senior Grand Warden of New South Wales.
James Peter and family moved to Melbourne and
lived at "Cranford", 12 Hotham St, Sth Preston. In 1910
J.P. Howe & Co leather manufactory started operations in Preston.
James Peter continued his interest in local politics and became
a Councilor and President of Preston Shire Council.
James Peter and Annie Emma had nine children:
~ Annie Emma 1879 - 1965
~ William Bryant 1881 - 1956
~ Mary Susan 1882 - 1883
~ James Peter 1884 - 1884
~ Nellie Alice 1885 - 1929
~ Ruby Ethel 1887 - 1958
~ Harry Benjamin 1890 - 1932
~ George Frederick 1896 - 1917
~ Dorothy Burchmore 1897 - 1972.
Annie Emma Howe married her first cousin James
Fetherstone Howe (son of Benjamin Thomas of Somersby) on 15 November
1905. James Fetherstone was an electrical engineer with the railway
works at Redfern. Annie Emma and James Featherstone had two children:
~ Dorothy Anne 1907 - 1988)
~ Harry Featherstone 1914 - 1935.
Harry Featherstone died as a result of burns
received at the Howe leather factory when a drum of celluloid,
used for manufacture of patent leather, exploded.
Frederick Howe, grandson of
George and Sarah Howe, establishes second Australian line in Sydney
Australia 1852
Frederick Howe, son of James Howe and Ann Enall and cousin of
William Bryant Howe, left England for Sydney Australia.
Frederick (1805-1901) was born at Walsham le
Willows Suffolk and married Elizabeth Anne Nunn (1807 - 1864)
in 1841 at Hoptown Suffolk. They had seven children:
~ Robert Brook 1833 - 1864
~ George Enall 1835 - 1904
~ Amelia 1837 - 1930
~ Henry Nunn 1838 - 1907
~ Bryant John 1843 - 1852
~ Elizabeth 1845 -
~ Frederick 1847 - 1924
~ Anna Louise 1850 - 1929
On 8 September 1852 Frederick and Ann,
together with their children, sailed from Plymouth for Australia
aboard the ship "Humboldt". The Humboldt arrived in
Sydney on 19 December 1852, carrying board 214 adults, 70 children
aged between 1 to 14 years, and 6 children aged under 1 year,
of whom only 3 children (2 aged over 1 year) died during the passage.
Robert Brook Howe married Emily Webberon
6 August 1859 at Newtown, Sydney Australia and they had 13 children:
~ Thomas Brook 1860-1936
~ Walter J 1861-1897
~ Mary Cordelia 1863-1941
~ Bryant J 1864-1865
~ Percy 1866-
~ Emily Clara 1867-1945
~ Ernest 1869-1912
~ Elizabeth 1871-1935
~ Matilda 1873-
~ Lucy Curtis 1875-1961
~ Francis Fitzgiffith 1877-1946
~ Wilfred Stanley 1879-1953
~ Nelson 1881-1883
Henry Nunn Howe married Jane Maria Willis
in 1860 Newtown, Sydney and they had 14 children:
~ Frederick N 1860 Newtown - 1930
~ Ada J 1863 Newtown - 1865
~ Alice G E 1865 Newtown - 1865
~ Henry 1867 Newtown - 1867
~ Florence E 1868 Newtown -
~ Henry E 1870 Newtown -
~ Herbert Charles 1872 Newtown - 1873
~ Lily Jane 1873 Newtown - 1875
~ Edith Jane 1875 Newtown - 1905
~ Annie Elizabeth 1877 Newtown - 1952
~ Agnes 1878 Newtown - 1944
~ Herbert William G 1880 Newtown -
~ Alfred E 1882 Newtown - 1962
~ Percy E 1886 Newtown - 1962
Frederick Howe married Eliza Anne Willis
on 28 May 1870 moved to Forbes and had 12 children:
~ Ernest Nunn 1871 - 1955
~ Albert Frederick 1873 - 1943
~ Frederick 1877 - 1891
~ Horace Leo 1879 - 1955
~ Victor 1882 -
~ Viola 1882 - 1906
~ Leslie 1884 - 1914
~ Oliver 1884 -
~ Edwin Percy 1886 - 1956
~ Leonard 1888 - 1889
~ Henry 1890 - 1891
~ Regey 1891 - 1891
James Clarke loses wife's
dowry and sails to Sydney Australia
James Clarke was born in England circa 1821 and most of his
people are buried in Chiswick Churchyard. James married Sophia
Featherstonehaugh of Staines England where her father was in the
brewery business. Sophia was given £1,400 on her wedding
day which her husband James Clarke lost through buildings on Turnham
Green for which he did not have the rightful deeds.
James and Sophia had four children:
~ James Thomas 1844 East Ham Essex - 1897 Annadale
married Francis Isabella Skinner
~ Elizabeth 1845 Bishopgate - 1917 Somersby
married Benjamin Thomas Howe
~ Sophia 1846 Stratford Essex
~ Emma 1848 Stratford Essex
Following the loss of Sophia's wedding
gift James swore that he would never breathe the air of England
again. James, Sophia and their children sailed aboard the “Asiatic”,
a 900 ton vessel, as assisted immigrants, arriving on 26 May 1855
after a voyage of nine months.
James was a blacksmith having served his apprenticeship
at the Great Eastern Railway works. Upon arriving in Sydney James
obtained a job with the New South Railways, starting under a tarpaulin
structure on a grassed paddock that later became the site of the
main railway station. According to his grandson James made the
first spring made in Australia and helped to couple up the first
train that ran and rode on it to Parramatta & back.
It appears that James made and lost several
“small fortunes”. After the railways he built the
Captain Cook Hotel on Botany Road, was foreman smith at Hudson’s
railway carriage works in Redfern, built a blacksmith & engineers
shop in Wattle Street, Ultimo.
James was killed by a bolting horse at Forest
Lodge when 77 years old. The Coroners Report indicated the cause
of death as “Injuries accidentally received through falling
down at corner of Charles and Cross Streets Forest Lodge on 14
October 1894”.
James Thomas Clarke commences
an Australian line
James Thomas Clarke married Francis isabella Skinner on 17 July
1865 in Sydney. Francis Isabella was born on 5 November 1845 at
Australian Agricultural Company, Dungong, Eldon, Stroud, New South
Wales. James Thomas and Francis Isabella had eleven children:
~ Emily Ada 1867 - 1946 Redfern
~ Charlotte Francis 1869 Redfern - 1940 Manly
~ Clara Sophia 1871 Redfern - 1944 West Concord - married Herbert
Phillip Aaron Dawes in 1903 at Glebe
~ John Featherstone 1873 Alexandra - 1951 Petersham - married
Mary Anne House
~ Henry James 1875 Waterloo - 1908 Camperdown
~ James T 1877 Waterloo - 1937 Randwick - married Veronica (Vera)
C Buhl
~ Sophia Mary 1879 Waterloo -
~ Charles G 1882 Waterloo -
~ Hilda Mary 1885 Glebe - 1935 - married Ben Charlton
~ Frank Courtney 1888 Glebe - 1914 Summer Hill
~ Walter A 1889 Glebe
The Fetherstonehaugh's
Sophia Fetherstonehaugh was the daughter of John and Sophia
(nee Gunnell). There were also two brothers one the Captain of
East Indian Merchantman and the other, Ian, a Commander of sloop
of war in the English Navy. The Fetherstonehaugh’s operated
a brewery business in Staines. According to family letters Sophia
had a cousin Sir John Fetherstonehaugh of Braklyn castle in Scotland.
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