Rebekah Cole

Rebekah Cole 

Born: 1852, Downham

Baptised: 1852, Watlington

Father: Benjamin Cole (b. 1821)

Mother: Maria Cole (b. 1850)

Brothers: William Cole (b. 1844), John Cole (b. 1854)

Sisters: Elizabeth Cole (b. 1846), Maria Cole (b. 1850)

Marriage:        3 June 1876, Louth 

Husband:         Henry Stebbings 

                        b. 2 June 1853, Louth 

                        Clerk 

                        Spent 5 years imprisoned due to embezzlement charges.  

In 1861 – 

She is at 1 Eastfield Road, Louth. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘School Mistress’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Apprentice to an Ironmonger’. Her sister, Elizabeth, is listed as ‘Daily Governess’. Rebekah, her siblings (Maria and John) and a boarder, Mary A Scott (b. 1851), are unlisted. 

In 1871 –

She is at Eastfield Road, Louth. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Sewing Mistress’. Rebekah is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 10/97 – 

Listed as ‘died in South Africa’. 

d.         2 February 1887, Uitenhage, South Africa