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Howard Newsletter - 1999

Updated 25th August 1999

This is the 1999 edition of the Newsletter of the extended Howard family featured in this web site. This is where news and family history developments during the year were posted so that interested members of this extended Howard family can keep up to date with new finds, leads, family history events, births, marriages and the like. Most recent events are posted first.

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23rd August 1999

Event: Visit with Martin Howard, who now lives at Normandy, near Guildford.

Information: Martin was able to fill in most of the missing information connected with the Alfred Howard and Lillian Willis line.

Alfred Howard died c. 1961
Lillian Howard (nee Willis) died c. 1991/92
Martin never married so no issue from his line. His Aunts, Daphne and Yvonne are both still alive
Aunt Daphne Howard married John Glover and lived in Ceylon - 2 daughters 1 son
Jacqueline Glover
Denese Glover b. c. 1964
Terrence Glover b. UK
Daphne divorced John and later married Clarence Sparrow and had 1 daughter
Yvonne Sparrow (known as little Yvonne)
Clarence has since died and Daphne now lives in Ilchester (address supplied)
Aunt Yvonne Howard married Raymond Tulley c. 1955 - they had 1 son Christoper Tulley
Raymond died relatively young
Yvonne remarried a William Rigg - both now living in Ilchester (address supplied)
Martin's brother Nigel Howard married Christa Ruhrrath c. 1983 and had 2 sons and 1 daughter
Kenneth Howard b. c. 1983
Thomas Howard b. c. 1984
Stephene Howard b. c. 1987
Nigel and Christa were divorced in 1993 and Christa now living in Spalding (address supplied)
Martin's younger brother Robin Michael Howard was born 3 Oct 1961 and married Elizabeth Novotomy - they have 2 daughters
Victoria Howard b. c. 1991
Joanna Howard b. c. 1996
Robin and Elizabeth now live in the Banstead area of Surrey.

Other Information supplied included the fact that Alfred and Lillian moved to Somerset in the mid-50's and ran the Cow Inn in Ilchester. When Alf died Lillian kept it on for a while. Clarence and Daphne Sparrow took it over and ran it until Clarence died. Thereafter it became a private residence.

22nd August 1999

Event: Telephone call to Martin Howard.

Discovery: Spoke with Martin Howard who confimred that he was the son of Dorreen and Kenneth Howard and also advised that there had been a third son, Robin, born 1961. Arrangements made to visit with Martin Howard on 23rd August 1999.

12th August 1999

Event: Telephone call to Whitby's, Chichester.

Results: Spoke with Whitby's who remembered Martin Howard and were able to provide an address and telephone number in Normandy, Surrey, not 10 miles from my own address where Martin had been living as late as September 1998. I called the number and an answer machine confirmed that a Martin did still live at that address. Message left to call me. It seems I have found Martin Howard!

9th August 1999

Event: Visit to Local Studies Library at Chichester to inspect Electoral Rolls for occupants of "Cherrytrees", Main Road, Chidham, Chichester, West Sussex.

Results: Inspected Electoral Rolls from 1985 to present day and the occupants of the address given by Martin Howard were a Mr. and Mrs. Heath. As they appeared to be still living at that address I visited the address later that day and met with Mr. Heath. He had no recollection of a Martin Howard but suggested that they had in the past let out a self contained flat and that his wife might remember if a Martin Howard had been a tennant. Later that day Mrs Heath telephoned to confirm, that a Martin Howard had indeed stayed with them at that time and recalled that he had worked for a well known photographers in Chichester called Whitby's.

10th July 1999

Event: Received 5 certificates from the General Records Office

Death - Sarah Howard died 6th October 1856, aged 26 at West Molsey. Death reported by James Howard, husband. Seems likely that this was the James and Sarah married at Walton on Thames in 1854.
Birth - Doreen May Cage 2nd February 1921 at 57 Lincoln Road, East Finchly, London. daughter of Harry Thomas Cage and Hilda May Cage (formally Hinchlif).
Death - Doreen May Cage 25th July 1985 widow of Kenneth Alfred Howard of 40 Upland Way, Tottenham Corner, Epsom. Reported by Son, Martin Kenneth Howard of "Cherrytrees", Main Road, Chidham, Chichester, West Sussex. A lead with which to find Martin Howard and from there the remaining people in that branch of the Howard family.
Death - Maud Violet Howard on 11 June 1975 living at Hoybourne, Holybourne Avenue, Putney. Death reported by Betty Ann Nicholls (Cousin) No address given for Cousin Betty - disappointing seems to have died at Putney Hospital which would seem to fit last known location of Maud Violet Howard (nee??) [P696].
Death - Kenneth Alfred Howard 25th March 1982 husband of Doreen May Cage who reported death. Living at 20 Upland Way, Tottenham Corner, Epsom.

1st June 1999

Event: Visit to Family Records Centre - London

Discovery: Visited the Family Records Centre in London in search of various "missing" birth, marriage and death certificates. Ordered 5 certificates as follows:-

Death - Sarah Howard 3Q 1856, to determine whether this is the wife of James Howard and possibly Sarah Norris who married James Howard at Walton on Thames in 1854.
Birth - Doreen May Cage 1Q 1921, To confirm birth details of Doreen May Cage who married Kenneth Alfred Howard [P701] in 1946.
Death - Doreen May Cage 3Q 1985, to determine who reported her death in the search for her two sons, Martin and Nigel Howard.
Death - Maude Violet Howard 2Q 1975. Believed to be Maude Violet Howard who married George Edward Howard [P680] who reported her death and where were they living in 1975.
Death - Kenneth Alfred Howard 1Q 1982. Death of Kenneth Alfred Howard [P701] father of Martin and Nigel Howard. Who reported death and where was he living at the time.

1st March 1999

Event: Letter from County Archivist, Surrey County Council

Content: The long awaited letter arrived with details of the Latin translation of the discovery made earlier in the month (see entry dated 8th February 1999) The letter was accompanied by a four-page translation of the relevant section of document G165/59/6 - Manorial Roll for Long Ditton , 1722 (Lovelace Papers). The four-page translation revealed that James Howard's wife was indeed a Barbara and in addition provided her maiden name - Loach. They were seeking legal tenancy to a piece of land in Long Ditton previously granted to one William Ginger. A great find which confirmed a link to a couple I had discovered some 3 years earlier. To review the text of this translation please read Long Ditton Manorial Roll Extract.

8th February 1999

Event: Visit to Surrey History Centre, Woking, with Rose Bateman

Discovery: I invited my distant cousin who shares my interest in our family history, Rose Bateman, to the Surrey History Centre at Woking, Surrey. She has never been and was interested in looking at some of the older source material I had found from the Manors of Long Ditton and Thames Ditton. In reading through this material Rose came across the names James Howard and Barbara embedded in a piece of Latin text dating from 1722. The document was the Manorial Roll for Long Ditton 1722 (Lovelace Estate papers). I requested the County Archivist to translate the relevant section and paid the fee - now we must wait to discover what the document reveals, if anything!