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Facts and Events
| Name |
Julia Rainbow |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[2] |
Abt 1790 |
Emberton, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Marriage |
9 Oct 1811 |
Cranfield, Bedfordshire, Englandto Thomas Simkins |
| Census[1] |
6 Jun 1841 |
Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, England |
| Census[2] |
30 Mar 1851 |
Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, EnglandRoxhill |
| Death[3] |
1859 |
Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, England |
Julia Rainbow’s origins have yet to be established. She claimed as an adult to have been born around 1790 at Emberton in Buckinghamshire. Her first confirmed sighting is on 9th October 1811, when she married Thomas Simkins at Cranfield in Bedfordshire.
Julia and Thomas went on to have at least six children together. They were non-conformists, with most of their children being registered at the Baptist Chapel in Cranfield. The children were not all born at Cranfield; their daughter Elizabeth was said to have been born in 1817 at Uxbridge in Middlesex, but her birth was registered back at Cranfield in 1825.
The 1841 census finds Julia, Thomas and three sons living in the parish of Marston Moretaine, immediately south-east of Cranfield. Julia and Thomas were still there in 1851 with their son John and a visitor called Ann Caves; John and Ann would go on to marry later that year. In 1851, Julia was described as a lacemaker and Thomas as an agricultural labourer, and the family’s address was given more specifically as Wroxhill (now generally spelled Roxhill), a farm in Marston Moretaine parish but close to the border with Cranfield.
Julia died in 1859. She was said to be 71 years old. Thomas survived her by six years.
References
- ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 6; Book 18; Folio 3; Page 1, 6 Jun 1841.
Address: Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire
Thomas Simpkins, male, 50 [1786-91], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
Julia Simpkins, female, 50 [1786-91], not born in county
Thomas Simpkins, male, 15 [1821-6], born in county
John Simpkins, male, 15 [1821-6], born in county
Richard Simpkins, male, 8 [1832/3], born in county
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 1754; Folio 455; Page 1, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: Wroxhill, Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire
Tho[ma]s Simpkins, head, married, male, 63 [1787/8], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Marston, Bedfordshire
Julia Simpkins, wife, married, female, 60 [1790/1], Lace Maker, b. Emberton, Buckinghamshire
John Simpkins, son, unmarried, male, 26 [1824/5], b. Marston, Bedfordshire
Ann Caves, visitor, unmarried, female, 22 [1828/9], b. Stagsden, Bedfordshire
- ↑ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Julia SIMPKINS, June Quarter 1859, Ampthill Registration District, Volume 3b, page 235, aged 71 [1787/8]
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