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Facts and Events
| Name |
Rebecca Harrow |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[1] |
2 Feb 1821 |
Carshalton, Surrey, England |
| Christening[1] |
15 Apr 1827 |
Mitcham, Surrey, England |
| Marriage |
16 Jul 1846 |
Westminster St. James Piccadilly, Middlesex, Englandto Richard Harvey Melvin |
| Census[2] |
30 Mar 1851 |
St Pancras, Middlesex, England10 Deans Place |
| Census[3] |
2 Apr 1871 |
Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England2 Fern Cottage |
| Census[4] |
3 Apr 1881 |
Great Malvern, Worcestershire, EnglandBrompton Cottage |
| Death[5] |
1883 |
Worcestershire, England |
| Burial[6] |
5 Jun 1883 |
Great Malvern, Worcestershire, EnglandGreat Malvern Cemetery |
Rebecca Harrow was born on 2nd February 1821 at Carshalton in Surrey, daughter of a servant named Rebecca Harrow and a millwright named Benjamin Manning.
When Rebecca was 25 years old she married a whitesmith and bell hanger named Richard Harvey Melvin. They were married in the Westminster area of London. They had at least two children. The 1851 census finds them living at 10 Deans Place in the St Pancras area to the north of London.
Rebecca and Richard have not been traced between 1851 and 1871. By 1871 they had left the London area and moved to Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where they appear in both the 1871 and 1881 censuses. Rebecca died in 1883, aged 62. Richard outlived her by about eleven years and remarried the following year.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of Mitcham, 1563-1912. (Woking: Surrey History Centre).
| BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Mitcham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1827 | | No. | When Baptized | Child's Christian Name | Parent's Name | Abode | Quality, Trade, or Profession | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | Christian | Surname | | 1580 | April 15
Born 2 Feb 1821 | Rebecca daughter of | Benjamin
and
Rebecca | Manning
Harrow | Carshalton | Millwright
Servant | T. Prince |
This baptism has been linked to the Rebecca Harrow who married Richard Harvey Melvin on the basis that their marriage certificate names her father as Benjamin Manning, whilst in the censuses after her marriage Rebecca consistently claimed to have been born in Carshalton around 1821.
- ↑ 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 1496; Folio 905; Page 77, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: 10 Deans Place, St Pancras, Middlesex
Richard Melven, head, married, male, 29 [1821/2], Music Smith, b. Cambridge
Rebecca Melven, wife, female, 30 [1820/1], b. Carshalton, Surrey
Arthur Melven, son, male, 3 [1847/8], Scholar, b. Bloomsbury, Middlesex
Amelia Melven, daughter, female, 8m [1850], b. St Pancras, Middlesex
- ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG10; Piece 3054; Folio 74; Page 39, 2 Apr 1871.
Address: 2 Fern Cottage, Great Malvern, Worcestershire
Rich[ar]d H. Melvin, head, married, male, 49 [1821/2], Whitesmith & Bellhanger, b. Cambridge
Rebecca Melvin, wife, married, female, 50 [1820/1], b. Carshalton, Surrey
Constantia Kearney, lodger, unmarried, female, 66 [1804/5], b. Dublin, Ireland
- ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 2920; Folio 57; Page 43, 3 Apr 1881.
Address: Brompton Cottage, Bank Street, Great Malvern, Worcestershire
Richard H. Melvin, head, married, male, 59 [1821/2], Gas Fitter (Master) employing 1 boy, b. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Rebecca Melvin, wife, married, female, 60 [1820/1], b. Carshalton, Surrey
Mary Robinson, boarder, unmarried, female, 40 [1840/1], Formerly dressmaker, b. Oxford, Oxfordshire
Constantia Kearney, lodger, unmarried, female, 76 [1804/5], Annuitant, b. Dublin, Ireland
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Rebecca MELVIN, June Quarter 1883, Upton on Severn Registration District, Volume 6c, page 186, aged 62 [1820/1]
- ↑ Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England. Great Malvern Cemetery Registers.
REGISTER OF BURIALS in the GREAT MALVERN Cemetery
No. of Entry: 1726
Name of Person Buried: Rebecca Melvin
Description of Person Buried: Married
Residence of Person Buried: Brompton Cottage
Place where Death occurred: Brompton Cottage
Age: 62
Date of Burial: 1883 June 5
Ceremony Performed by: Mr. R. Nelson
No. of Grave Space: 4411
In Unconsecrated Ground: Unconsecrated
Signature of Registrar: John Simons
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