Biography:
Frederick Howell
1872 –1926
Frederick Howell
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Unmarked grave Frederick Howell (1872-1926)
Frederick was born in 1872 in London Colney, the third child of Kezia and William Howell. He appears in all records as Fred.
In the early 1870s the family moved to Berkhamsted and in 1881 they were living in Mill Street. William was employed as a gas stoker and Fred, his younger brother and older sister were all at school, while his older brother was a labourer in the coal yard.
By the time he was twenty Fred was still living with his family and was an apprentice in the brush factory – probably Goss Brothers in Gossom’s End.
In 1901, aged 30 and unmarried, Fred was the only one of their offspring still living with his parents at 6, Mill Street. He had become a painter and wallpaper hanger, probably a much easier job than his father’s: aged 65 William was still a gas stoker.
Fred married Alice Elizabeth Ellen Darvell, in Berkhamsted 20 September 1902, She was the daughter of James Darvell, a bricklayer. (James and his wife Leah are buried in plot 955.)
Their only child, Frederick James, was born in 1904 and the family lived at 12, Cowper Road. That year Fred had his boots stolen – he was working at Incents in the High Street, took them off and left them in the porch from where they were stolen by a jobbing gardener named Rose, working at Berkhamsted School. Rose was sentenced to three weeks hard labour.
In 1921 Fred was a painter and decorator employed by G Ellis, house builder.
He died in West Herts Hospital July 1926 aged 54.
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Unmarked grave Frederick Howell (1872-1926)
Frederick was born in 1872 in London Colney, the third child of Kezia and William Howell. He appears in all records as Fred.
In the early 1870s the family moved to Berkhamsted and in 1881 they were living in Mill Street. William was employed as a gas stoker and Fred, his younger brother and older sister were all at school, while his older brother was a labourer in the coal yard.
By the time he was twenty Fred was still living with his family and was an apprentice in the brush factory – probably Goss Brothers in Gossom’s End.
In 1901, aged 30 and unmarried, Fred was the only one of their offspring still living with his parents at 6, Mill Street. He had become a painter and wallpaper hanger, probably a much easier job than his father’s: aged 65 William was still a gas stoker.
Fred married Alice Elizabeth Ellen Darvell, in Berkhamsted 20 September 1902, She was the daughter of James Darvell, a bricklayer. (James and his wife Leah are buried in plot 955.)
Their only child, Frederick James, was born in 1904 and the family lived at 12, Cowper Road. That year Fred had his boots stolen – he was working at Incents in the High Street, took them off and left them in the porch from where they were stolen by a jobbing gardener named Rose, working at Berkhamsted School. Rose was sentenced to three weeks hard labour.
In 1921 Fred was a painter and decorator employed by G Ellis, house builder.
He died in West Herts Hospital July 1926 aged 54.
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