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Rachel Parry

Female 1794 - 1875  (81 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Rachel Parry 
    Birth 1794  Llangattock, Brecknockshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 30 Dec 1794  St Catwg's Church, Llangattock, Brecknockshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Alt. Birth 1796 
    Illiterate 1821 
    Residence 1821  St George Hanover Square Parish, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census Missing 6 Jun 1841  Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Part of Kensington in the 1841 census returns is missing
    Occupation Between 1851 and 1861 
    Laundress 
    Census 30 Mar 1851  4, Park Lane, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 4 Park Lane, Kensington
      Rachel Lawrence - Head - Wid - 56 - Laundress - born Wales
      John Lawrence - Son - Unm - 23 - Plaster (Journeyman) - born Kensington, Middx
      Jacob Doell - Lodger - Unm - 54 - Laboroer - born Wilts
      Benjamin Winter - Lodger - Unm - 23 - Shoemaker - born Bath, Somersetshire

      5 Park Lane, Kensington
      Robert Wilson - Head - Mar - 28 - Painter - born Newport, Salop
      Jane Wilson - Wife - 25 - born Lambeth, Surrey
      /James Mahoney - Head - Mar - 56 - Gardiner - born Cork, Ireland
      Jane Mahoney - Wife - Mar - 56 - born Salisbury, Wilts
      Henry S. Ellis - Son - Unm - 22 - Tailor - born London, Middx
      Elizabeth Lawrence - Lodger - Unm - 21 - Laundress - born Kensington
      Jane Colnet - Lodger - Unm - 19 - Laundress - born Kensington
    Census 7 Apr 1861  25, James Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 25 James Street, Kensington
      /Rachel Lawrence - Head - Wid - 67 - Laundress - born South Wales
      Jacob Duvall - Lodger - Wid - 59 - Buil Lab - born Wilts
      /John Flanagan - Head - Mar - 32 - Plasterer - born Kensington
      Sarah A. Flanagan - Wife - Mar - 36 - born Kensington
      John B. Flanagan - Son - 6 - Scholar - born Kensington
      Margaret Flanagan - Dau - 4 - Scholar - born Kensington
      James Flanagan - Son - 3 - born Paddington
      Thomas Flanagan - Son - 10m - born Kensington
    Census 2 Apr 1871  9, James Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 9 James St, Kensington
      Rachel Lawrence - Head - Wid - 76 - Formerly Laundress - Born Wales
    Name Rachel Perry 
    Death 7 Nov 1875  Kensington Workhouse, Marloes Road, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Disease of brain 
    • Died 7th November 1875 at Workhouse, Kensington
      Rachel Lawrence, female aged 79 years, widow
      Cause of death - Disease of Brain certified by W.B. Whitmore M.B.
      Informant - E. Randall, present at the death, Workhouse, Kensington, registered 20th November 1875
    Notes 
    • See attached sources.
    Person ID I2838  FamilyTree1
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2025 

    Father Thomas Parry   d. Bef 3 May 1833 
    Mother Mary James   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F2148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Lawrence,   b. 1782   d. 6 Sep 1839, 12, Peel Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 17 Sep 1821  St George's Church, Hanover Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriages in September 1821 St George Hanover Square
      713.
      John Lawrence and Rachel Perry both of this parish were married in this Church by Banns this seventeenth day of September in the year 1821 by me Edw. Williams A.M. Curate
      This marriage was solemnised between us
      John Lawrence
      Rachel Perry x her mark
      In the presence of Thomas Owen, Elizabeth Parry
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Ann Lawrence,   b. 1824, Dukes Lane, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1910, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +2. John Thomas Lawrence,   b. Jan 1828, King Street, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1901 (Age 73 years)
    +3. 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 F340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2025