Biography:
Caroline Penny
1844 –1928
Caroline Penny
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Unmarked grave Caroline Penny (née Rackley) (1844-1928)
Caroline was born in 1844 in Chesham to journeyman bricklayer William and his wife Ann (née East) Rackley.
By 1851 the family of three girls and one boy were living with their parents in Orchard’s Yard, High Street, Hemel Hempstead.
In 1861 they were living in Plait Market Yard, Hemel Hempstead and there were five daughters, one son and a grandson belonging to one of the girls, all living with their parents. The name of the yard – presumably the focus for the buyers of straw plait for the hat industry of Luton and Dunstable – was highly suitable, as three of the daughters aged 9 to 25 were making plait and Caroline was sewing it up into bonnets.
Caroline married labourer John Penny on 13 October 1868 in St Mary’s, Hemel Hempstead.
Arthur (1869), Annetta (1870), Ellen (1876) and Alice (1879) were all born in Hemel.
By 1881, when Daisy was born, they had moved to the High Street, Northchurch where May (1884) and Newland (1886) were born.
They were at the same address in 1891. John was described in the census as “Master milkman” and son Arthur as a milkman.
In 1901 Daisy and Annetta were both at home and employed as housemaids.
By 1911 John was employed as a jobbing gardener. The census for that year reveals that Caroline had given birth to nine children, two of whom had died.
In 1921 she and John were living 27, Cross Oak Road and he was employed as a domestic gardener in Shootersway.
John died in June 1927 aged 82 at 27, Cross Oak Road.
Caroline died at 241a High Street, the Union infirmary, aged 82 in February 1928. Her funeral was conducted by the Primitive Methodist minister.
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Unmarked grave Caroline Penny (née Rackley) (1844-1928)
Caroline was born in 1844 in Chesham to journeyman bricklayer William and his wife Ann (née East) Rackley.
By 1851 the family of three girls and one boy were living with their parents in Orchard’s Yard, High Street, Hemel Hempstead.
In 1861 they were living in Plait Market Yard, Hemel Hempstead and there were five daughters, one son and a grandson belonging to one of the girls, all living with their parents. The name of the yard – presumably the focus for the buyers of straw plait for the hat industry of Luton and Dunstable – was highly suitable, as three of the daughters aged 9 to 25 were making plait and Caroline was sewing it up into bonnets.
Caroline married labourer John Penny on 13 October 1868 in St Mary’s, Hemel Hempstead.
Arthur (1869), Annetta (1870), Ellen (1876) and Alice (1879) were all born in Hemel.
By 1881, when Daisy was born, they had moved to the High Street, Northchurch where May (1884) and Newland (1886) were born.
They were at the same address in 1891. John was described in the census as “Master milkman” and son Arthur as a milkman.
In 1901 Daisy and Annetta were both at home and employed as housemaids.
By 1911 John was employed as a jobbing gardener. The census for that year reveals that Caroline had given birth to nine children, two of whom had died.
In 1921 she and John were living 27, Cross Oak Road and he was employed as a domestic gardener in Shootersway.
John died in June 1927 aged 82 at 27, Cross Oak Road.
Caroline died at 241a High Street, the Union infirmary, aged 82 in February 1928. Her funeral was conducted by the Primitive Methodist minister.
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