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Another dead end in my tree, with which I'd be grateful for some help, please:
Rachel Holtom was a sister of my gr-gr-gr-grandfather Joseph Holtom. I have all the details of their parents and siblings, thanks.
It's Rachel's death or possible remarriage I'm interested in.
Her baptism:
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 about Rachel Holtom
Name: Rachel Holtom
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 6 Mar 1815
Baptism Place: Akeley, Buckingham, England
Father: John Holtom
Mother: Martha
FHL Film Number: 1042374
In 1834 she had an illegitimate son:
George Holtom
England Births and Christenings
Name: George Holtom
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 1834
Christening Place: AKELEY, BUCKINGHAM, ENGLAND
Mother's Name: Rachael Holtom
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C39137-7 , System Origin: England-VR , GS Film number: 1042374 , Reference ID: - 2:2P2HN1F
In 1837, she married Andrew Nichol(l)s:
Rachel Holtom
mentioned in the record of Andrew Nichols and Rachel Holtom
Name: Andrew Nichols
Spouse's Name: Rachel Holtom
Event Date: 1837
Event Place: Akeley, Buckingham, England
Father's Name: John Nichols
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M14528-1 , System Origin: England-VR , GS Film number: 1042374 , Reference ID: 2:3BWBCSS
In censuses:
1841 England Census about Rachel Nichols
Name: Rachel Nichols
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Gender: Female
Where born: Buckinghamshire, England
Civil Parish: Akeley
Hundred: Buckingham
County/Island: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Registration district: Buckingham
Sub-registration district: Leckhampstead
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 44
Book: 3
Folio: 5
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Nichols 30
Rachel Nichols 20
George Nichols 8 - this is Rachel's son George Holtom
Martha Anne Nichols 3
Joseph Nichols 3 Mo
(Rachel's father John Holtom is also in the household, although not transcribed on ancestry.)
1851 England Census about Rachel Nichols
Name: Rachel Nichols
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Andrew Nichols
Gender: Female
Where born: Akeley, Buckinghamshire, England
Civil Parish: Akeley
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
View related Ecclesiastical Parish
County/Island: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Registration district: Buckingham
Sub-registration district: Leckhampstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 50
Piece: 1724
Folio: 64
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Nichols 41 - ag. lab.
Rachel Nichols 34
George Nichols 16
Joseph Nichols 10
Henry Nichols 2
1861 England Census about Rachel Nichols
Name: Rachel Nichols
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: 1818
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Andrew Nichols
Gender: Female
Where born: Akeley
Civil Parish: Akeley
County/Island: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Registration district: Buckingham
Sub-registration district: Leckhampstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 62
Piece: 877
Folio: 10
Page Number: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Nichols 48 - ag. lab.
Rachel Nichols 43 - lacemaker
Henry Nichols 13
Jacob Nichols 43 - lodger
Probably Andrew's death:
Deaths Mar 1865 (>99%)
Nichols Andrew Newport P. 3a 381
In 1871 Rachel's a widow:
1871 England Census about Rachel Nicholl
Name: Rachel Nicholl
Age: 58
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Akeley, Buckinghamshire, England
Civil Parish: Akeley
Ecclesiastical parish: Akeley
Town: Akeley
County/Island: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Registration district: Buckingham
Sub-registration district: Leckhampstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 79
Piece: 1422
Folio: 11
Page Number: 15
Household Members:
Name Age
Rachel Nicholl 58 - lacemaker
However, that's the last I can find of her. Can anyone else spot a death or remarriage, please? Or find her in 1881 or later census?
Please note:
There is a red-herring family in New York in 1880, but only if Andrew were still alive, which he's not:
1880 United States Federal Census about Rachael Nichols
Name: Rachael Nichols
Age: 64
Birth Year: abt 1816
Birthplace: England
Home in 1880: Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Andrew Nichols
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Nichols 71 - milkman, born England
Rachael Nichols 64
Rachael Nichols 7 - grand-daughter, born Brooklyn
Joseph Nichols 5 - grandson, born Brooklyn
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