Caroline Howard

Caroline Maria Howard 

Born: 20 April 1868, Poplar 

Father: Nathaniel Howard (b. 1842)

Mother: Harriett Ann Howard (b. 1842) 

Brothers: Herbert James Howard (b. 1870), Frederick Henry Howard (b. 1874)

Sisters: Ellen Elizabeth Howard (b. 1872) [LDTC 1893]

Marriage:        24 July 1897, West Ham  

Husband:         William Samuel Boase 

                        b. 1869

                        Steam Laundry 

Issue – 

#1 John William Arthur Boase (b. 1902)

#2 Elsie Rosina Boase (b. 1904)

#3 Doris Caroline Boase (b. 1906)

In 1881 – 

She is at 18 Tomlins Grove, Bromley. Her father is listed as ‘Certificated Teacher’. Caroline, her mother and siblings (Herbert, Ellen and Frederick) are unlisted. There is a servant, Sarah Wills (b. 1864).

In 1891 –  

She is at Hampton Road, West Ham. Caroline and her father are listed as ‘Certificated Teacher’. Her mother is unlisted. Her sister, Ellen, is listed as ‘Ex Pupil Teacher’. Her brother, Frederick, is listed as ‘Engineers Apprentice’. There is a servant, Elizabeth Cook (b. 1875). 

In 1901 – 

She is at 5 Tolver Road, Penzance, Cornwall. Her husband is listed as ‘Steam Laundry’. Caroline is unlisted.

In 1911 – 

She is at 40 Tolver Road, Penzance. Her husband is listed as ‘Laundry Proprietor’. Caroline and her children (John, Elsie and Doris) are unlisted.

In 1921 – 

She is at Hayle, East Phillack. Her husband is listed as ‘Steam Laundry Proprietor’. Caroline, her mother and her children (Elsie and Doris) are unlisted. Her son, John, is listed as ‘Working in Father Laundry’. 

In 1939 –

She is at Godsmere, Lidden Road, Newlyn. Caroline is an unlisted widow. Rosean E Cornish (b. 1876) is unlisted. Esme Madden (b. 1909) is a ‘Domestic Servant’. 

d.         14 August 1954, Penzance

BOASE, Caroline Maria of Grasmere, Lidden Estate, Penzance, widow died 14 August 1954 at The Penzance Nursing Home, Penzance. Probate Bodmin 5 May to John William Arthur Boase, company director and Geoffrey Hext Harvey, solicitor. Effects £1723, 18s, 5d.