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Rachel Martha Carroll

Female 1854 - 1943  (89 years)


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  • Name Rachel Martha Carroll 
    Birth 20 Jul 1854  Park Lane, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Registration District Kensington Padding and Fulham
      1854 Birth in the Sub-District of Kensington Town in the County of Middlesex
      No. 410
      Twentieth July 1854 Park Lane
      Rachael Martha - girl
      Father - Valentine Charles Carral - Plasterer
      Mother - Elizabeth Carral formerly Lawrence
      Informant - Elizabeth Carral, Mother, Park Lane, Kensington
      Registered - Twenty Ninth August 1854
      Registrar - C.R. Registrar
    Gender Female 
    Census 1861  4, Anns Place, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 4 Anns Place, Kensington
      Valentine Carroll - Head - Mar - 31 - Plasterer - born Kensington
      Elizabeth Carroll - Wife - Mar - 30 - Plasterer wife - Kensington
      Rachel Carroll - Daur - 6 - Scholar - Kensington
      William Carroll - Son - 4 - Scholar - Kensington
      Charles Carroll - Son - 2 - Scholar - Kensington
    Census 1871  9, James Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 9 James Street, Kensington
      Charles V. Carroll - Head - Mar - 42 - Plasterer - born Kensington
      Elizabeth Carroll - Wife - Mar - 41 - Laundress - Kensington
      Rachel M. Carroll - Daur - 17 - Kensington
      William Carroll - Son - 14 - Kensington
      Charles V. Carroll - Son - 12 - Kensington
    Residence 1874  9a, James Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 3 Apr 1881  9a, James Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 9a James Street -
      Charles Carroll - head - married - age 51 - plasterer - born Kensington, Middx
      Elizabeth Carroll - wife - married - age 50 - born Kensington, Middx
      Amelia Hervin - head - widow - age 77 - nurse - born Westminster, Middx
      Arthur Ellis - nephew - age 9 - born Kensington, Middx - imbecile
      Henry F. Fordham - head - married - age 26 - milkman - born Kensington, Middx
      Rachel M. Fordham - wife - married - age 26 - born Kensington, Middx
      Henry J.V. Fordham - son - age 5 - scholar - born Kensington, Middx
      Elizabeth R. Fordham - daur - age 2 - born Kensington, Middx
      Sarah A. Fordham - daur - 2 months - born Kensington, Middx

      8a James Street -
      living with 3 other households
      Eliza Fordham - head - widow - age 50 - upholstress - born Suffolk
      William D. Fordham - son - unmarried - age 25 - letter carrier - born Kensington, Middx
      Charles F. Fordham - son - unmarried - age 14 - paper boy - born Kensington, Middx
      James Fordham - son - unmarried - age 13 - milk boy - born Kensington, Middx
    Residence 7 Jul 1885  18, James Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 30 Jul 1886  18, Vespan Road, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 5 Apr 1891  20, Vespan Road, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 3 rooms -
      Henry F. Fordham - head - married - age 36 - milk carrier - born Kensington, London
      Rachael M. Fordham - wife - married - age 36 - born Kensington, London
      Henry J. Fordham - son - age 15 - milk carrier - born Kensington, London
      Elizabeth Fordham - daur - age 12 - scholar - born Kensington, London
      Sarah A. Fordham - daur - age 10 - scholar - born Kensington, London
      Eliza M. Fordham - daur - age 8 - scholar - born Kensington, London
      Eleanor C. Fordham - daur - age 5 - scholar - born Kensington, London
      Albert J. Fordham - son - 3 - born Shepherds Bush, London
      Caroline H. Fordham - daur - 1 - born Shepherds Bush, London
    Residence 8 May 1892  30, Vespan Road, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 31 Mar 1901  1, Taylors Cottages, High Street, Harlesden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 5 or more rooms -
      Henry Fordham - head - married - age 46 - road labourer - worker - born Kensington, Middx
      Rachel Fordham - wife - married - age 46 - born Kensington, Middx
      Eelena Fordham - daur - age 14 - general servant domestic - born Kensington, Middx
      Albert Fordham - son - age 13 - born Hammersmith, Middx
      Florence Fordham - daur - age 9 - born Hammersmith, Middx
      Rose Fordham - daur - age 5 - born Harlesden, Middx
    Death-Informant 17 May 1902  1, Taylors Cottages, High Street, Harlesden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Role: Informant
      Death - Elizabeth Carroll
      Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1831
      Year of Registration:  1902
      Quarter of Registration:  Apr-May-Jun
      Age at death:  71
      District:  Hendon
      County:  Greater London, Middlesex
      Volume:  3a
      Page:  130

      Superintendent Registrar's District Hendon
      Registrar's Sub-District Willesden
      1902 Deaths in the Sub-District of Willesden in the county of Middlesex
      No. 187
      Seventeenth May 1902 1 Taylors Cottages Harlesden U.D.
      Elizabeth Carroll - female - 71 years
      Widow of Charles Valentine Carroll - Plasterer (journeyman)
      Cause of Death - Pneumonia, Syncope - Certified by A. Irby Webster M.B.
      Informant - R.M. Fordham, daughter, present at the death, 1 Taylors Cottages Harlesden
      Registered Twentieth May 1902
      Registrar - John Algar Registrar
    Residence 17 May 1902  1, Taylors Cottages, High Street, Harlesden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Medical Between 1906 and 1907 
    she became blind at age 52 
    Census 2 Apr 1911  26, Shelley Road, Willesden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 26 Shelley Road, Harlesden
      3 rooms
      Henry Francis Fordham - Head - 56 - Married for 35 years - 11 children born alive - 7 children still living - 4 children who have died - Lamp Lighter - born Royal Kensington Parish
      Rachel Martha Fordham - Wife - 56 - Married - born Royal Kensington Parish - became blind at the age 52 four years blind
      Rose Mable Fordham - Daughter - 15 - born Harlesden
    Name Rachael Martha Carral 
    Name Rachel Martha Fordham 
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    Death 18 Dec 1943  58, Harley Road, Willesden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Cardiac Failure/Senility 
    Burial 23 Dec 1943  Willesden New Cemetery, Franklyn Road, Willesden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Private grave 186 P D
    Notes 
    • Aunt Daisy said that Rachel had an operation at the age of fifty (1904) on her eyes, but it was unsuccessful and she went blind. She nearly didn't survive the operation as she was fed fish beforehand and she was ill under the anaesthetic. She was really diabetic but it wasn't discovered. She was going to have the operation in France, arranged by her son Henry, but in the end she was operated on in England.

      Rachel had thirteen children in total.

      She had all her teeth taken out (!).

      There is a family story of two brothers marrying two sisters, and also that there were twins and triplets in the family.
    Person ID I1145  FamilyTree1
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2020 

    Father Valentine Charles Carroll,   b. 14 Feb 1829, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1894, St George's Hospital, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Lawrence,   b. 1830, King Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1902, 1, Taylors Cottages, High Street, Harlesden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry Francis Fordham,   b. 14 Oct 1854, 8, Holland Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1911, 26, Shelley Road, Willesden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 23 Aug 1874  St George's Church, Campden Hill, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1874 Marriage solemnized at St Georges Church in the parish of St George Campden Hill in the county of Middlesex
      No. 107
      23 August 1874
      Henry Francis Fordham - 20 - bachelor - Milkman - of 20 Peel St - father Henry Francis Fordham - Joiner
      Rachael Martha Carroll - 20 - spinster - of 9a James Street - father Valentine Charles Carroll - Plasterer
      Married in the Church of St George according to the Rite and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me S.M. Reenson
      This marriage was solemnized between us Henry Francis Fordham, Rachael Martha Carroll
      In the presence of us V.C. Carroll, Henry Francis Fordham
    Children 
     1. Fordham   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Fordham   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Henry John Valentine Fordham,   b. 3 Jul 1875, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1947, 20, St Albans Road, Harlesden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     4. Charles William Fordham,   b. Dec 1876, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1877, 9a, James Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +5. Rachel Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Fordham,   b. 12 Jul 1878, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1950, St Pancras, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +6. Sarah Ann Eliza Fordham,   b. 1881, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1915, Willesden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
     7. Eliza Mary Fordham,   b. 28 Dec 1882, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1963, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     8. Charles William Fordham,   b. Jun 1884, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1885, 18, James Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    +9. Eleanor Catherine Fordham,   b. 30 Jul 1886, 18, Vespan Road, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1958, 6, Tower Road, Willesden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     10. Albert James "Bertie" Fordham,   b. 1888, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1916, Mametz, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
     11. Caroline Hannah Fordham,   b. 1889, Fulham, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1892, 30, Vespan Road, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     12. Kate Florence "Florrie" Fordham,   b. 1891, 20, Vespan Road, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1908, University College Hospital, St Pancras, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
    +13. Private
    Family ID F88  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2020