Daughter
of W.P. 'Bill' Richardson's Great Great Uncle,
John Howey
Louisa Eleanor was
the seventh child of John Howey and his wife Eleanor (nee
Bell). She was born on 25th April 1880 and
her birth was registered in the Tynemouth Registration
District. Louisa was baptised at Christ
Church, Tynemouth, the record in the parish register
says she was baptised privately on May 16th and received
into the church on 6th June. The family lived at 11
Percy Street and Louisa's Dad was a labourer. When the census of 1881 was
taken , Louisa was 11 months old. She was recorded with
her family at West Percy St., Tynemouth. Her Dad was 38
and worked as a labourer, her Mam was 39. Louisa had
three sisters: Annie Mary (10), Esther (7) and Sarah
Jane (5) and two brothers: Joseph (3) and John George
(2). Sadly Louisa's brother, Joseph, died
in 1884, aged 6. By the time of the 1891
census, Louisa was 10. The family lived at Bedford St.,
Tynemouth. Her Dad, James (48) worked as a furnaceman,
her Mam, Eleanor was 49. The other children in the house
were Esther (17), Sarah (15) and John (12).
The 1901 census recorded Louisa as age 21, living at
South Preston Terrace where she worked as as domestic
servant for a lady called Sarah Harrison.
On the 1911 census, Louisa was recorded living and
working in Blackburn, Lancashire. She was 30 and working
as a domestic servant for a family called Haworth. Mr
Haworth was a machinery exporter and there was also his
wife and three grown up children in the house.
Louisa died in the third quarter of 1973, she was 93
years old and her death was registered in the Harrow
Registration District. |
