Alice Kent

Alice Kent 

Born: 8 February 1851, Wakefield

Baptised: 20 April 1851, Wakefield 

Father: George Kent (b. 1824)

Mother: Jane Kent (b. 1827)

Brother: George James Kent (b. 1850)

Marriage:        18 April 1874, Lincoln 

Husband:         William Howe

                        b. 1849 

                        Schoolmaster

Issue: 

#1 Alice Howe (b. 1875)

#2 George Edward Howe (b. 1878)

#3 Florence Jane Howe (b. 1881)

#4 Herbert William Howe (b. 1883)

In 1851 – 

She is at Thornes, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Her father is listed as ‘National Schoolmaster’. Alice, her mother and her brother, George, are unlisted. 

In 1861 – 

She is at 4 Fair Green, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. Her father is listed as ‘On A Visit Schoolmaster’. Her mother is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Alice and her brother, George, are unlisted. 

In 1871 – 

She is at LDTC as a ‘student’.

In 1881 – 

She is at School House, Nettleham, Lincoln. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Alice is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her father-in-law, William Howe (b. 1814), is listed as ‘Shoemaker’. Her mother-in-law, Sarah Howe (b. 1812), is listed as ‘Former Dressmaker’. Her children, Alice, George and Florence, are unlisted. 

In 04/97 – 

Address is Welbourne, Lincoln. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Cliff Cottages, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster (Head)’. She is listed as ‘Schoolmistress (Asst)’. Her mother, Jane, is listed as ‘Living on Her Own Means’. Their grandson, Bertram N Baker (b. 1895), is unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Conway House, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln. Her husband is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmaster’. She is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmistress’. Their daughter, Florence Jane Howe (b. 1881), is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmistress’. 

In 04/14 – 

Mentions that a presentation took place on 30.01.14 to mark her and husbands retirement from Bracebridge Heath Council School.

In 1921 – 

She is at 40 Childebert Road, Wandsworth. Her husband is listed as ‘School Master (Retired)’. Alice is listed as ‘School Mistress (Retired)’. Her son, George, is listed as ‘Engineers Fitter’. Her daughter, Florence, is listed as ‘Elementary School Mistress (Assistant)’. 

In 00/36 – 

Death recorded as 27.08.1935 at The Hut, Ovingdean, Brighton.

d.         27 August 1935, Brighton 

HOWE Alice of The Hut, Ovingdean, Sussex, widow, died 27 August 1935. Probate London 16 October to George Edward Howe and Harry Willie Baker, railway clerks. Effects £696, 12s, 5d.