Rachel Woolhead

1852 - Abt 1931  (79 years)

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• Name	Rachel Woolhead
  Born	21 Feb 1852	Church End, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK   [1]
  	Rachel and her daughter were living with her father and brother.
  		Rachel Woolhead birth, 1852 Rachel was born on 21 Feb 1852, at home in Church End, Buckingham.
  Christened	27 Aug 1858	St Peter & St Paul Church, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	7 Apr 1861	Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK   [3]
  Age: 8y
  Address: Gawcott Road, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 6 88 Thomas Woolhead Head 1803 Buckinghamshire England 58 Male Widow bricklayer's labourer 7 88 John Woolhead Son 1846 Buckinghamshire England 15 Male Single bricklayer's labourer 8 88 Richard Woolhead Son 1850 Buckinghamshire England 11 Male scholar 9 88 Rachael Woolhead Daughter 1853 Buckinghamshire England 8 Female scholar  PRO Class:  RG09  Piece:  878  Folio:  83  Page:  15   Transcript ID is  dbid=8767&iid=BKMRG9_875_879-0679
  Occupation	7 Apr 1861	Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK   [3]
  scholar
  Age: 8y
  Census	2 Apr 1871	Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK   [4]
  Age: 17y
  Address: Gawcott Road, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 20 148 Thomas Woolhead Head 1801 Buckingham Buckinghamshire England 70 Male Widowed labourer 21 148 John Woolhead Son 1849 Buckingham Buckinghamshire England 22 Male Single labourer 22 148 Rachel Woolhead Daughter 1854 Buckingham Buckinghamshire England 17 Female Single 23 148 Mary Ann Woolhead Granddaughter 1870 Buckingham Buckinghamshire England 4 Months Female  PRO Class:  Rg10  Piece:  1423  Folio:  88  Page:  27   Transcript ID is  dbid=7619&iid=BKMRG10_1423_1425-0076
  Residence	4 Mar 1878	Prebend End, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK
  Census	3 Apr 1881	Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK   [5]
  Age: 28y
  Address: Lenborough Road, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 8 18819 Ansel Smith Head 1848 Buckinghamshire England 33 Male Married Dealer (Gen) 9 18819 Rachel Smith Wife 1853 Buckinghamshire England 28 Female Married 10 18819 Mary S. Woolhead Daughter of Wife 1871 Buckinghamshire England 10 Female Scholar 11 18819 Amy S. Woolhead Daughter of Wife 1873 Buckinghamshire England 8 Female Scholar  PRO Class:  RG11  Piece:  1485  Folio:  82  Page:  23   Transcript ID is  dbid=7572&iid=BKMRG11_1482_1486-0817
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Warkworth, Oxfordshire, UK   [6]
  Age: 37y
  Address: Middleton Road No 78, Grimsbury, Warkworth, Oxfordshire, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 19 37 Rachel Smith Head 1854 Buckinghamshire England 37 Female Widowed charwoman  PRO Class:  RG12  Piece:  1184  Folio:  144  Page:  7   Transcript ID is  dbid=6598&iid=OXFRG12_1182_1184-0771
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891	Warkworth, Oxfordshire, UK   [6]
  charwoman
  Age: 37y
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Plumstead, Lewisham, London, UK   [7]
  Age: 49y
  Address: Station Road No 63, Plumstead, Lewisham, Gtr London, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 22 242 Thomas Meckums Head 1853 Plumstead Kent England 48 Male Married bricklayer 23 242 Rachael Meckums Wife 1852 Buckinghamshire England 49 Female Married 24 242 Joseph Meckums Son 1885 Plumstead London England 16 Male Single plumber 25 242 Mabel Meckums Daughter 1889 Plumstead Kent England 12 Female Single 26 242 George Meckums Son 1890 Plumstead Kent England 11 Male Single  PRO Class:  RG13  Piece:  573  Folio:  22  Page:  36   Transcript ID is  dbid=7814&iid=LNDRG13_572_574-0423
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Plumstead, Lewisham, London, UK   [8]
  Age: 58y
  Address: Walmer Road No 41, Plumstead, Lewisham, Gtr London, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 1 01 Thomas Meekums Head 1852 Plumstead 59 Male Married BRICKLAYER 2 01 Rachael Meekums Wife 1853 Kingham, Buckingham, England 58 Female Married 15  PRO Class:  Rg14  Piece:  2902  ED:  Plumstead West, 20  SN:  422   Transcript ID is  dbid=2352&iid=rg14_02902_0843_03
  Died	Abt Jun 1931	Woolwich, London, UK   [9]
  Siblings	6 siblings
  1. Mary Woolhead,   b. Cal 1833, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK
  2. Rachel Woolhead,   b. Bef 26 Nov 1835, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK ,   d. Bef 8 Aug 1838, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK
  3. Thomas Woolhead,   b. Abt May 1838, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK ,   d. Abt Sep 1873, Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK
  4. George Woolhead,   b. Abt Sep 1841, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK
  5. John Woolhead,   b. Abt Mar 1845, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK
  6. Richard Woolhead,   b. Abt 1849, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK
  Person ID	I3093	Hartwell
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Woolhead,   b. Between 1800 and 1806, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK ,   d. 1 May 1877, Church End, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Ann (Hannah) Finch,   b. Bef 29 Jul 1810, Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, UK ,   d. 11 Feb 1856, Prebend End, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK  (Age > 45 years)
  Married	30 Jan 1833	St Peter & St Paul Church, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK   [10]
  Residence	1851  [11]
  	Church End, Buckingham
  Residence	1858
  	Prebend End
  Residence	1861
  	Gawcot Road, Buckingham
  Residence	1 May 1877
  	Church End, Buckingham
  Family ID	F865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse 1	Ansel Smith,   b. Bef 26 Apr 1848, Tingewick, Buckinghamshire, UK ,   d. Bef 26 Feb 1883, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK  (Age < 34 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1878	St Peter & St Paul Church, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK
  	The 2 girls born in this "marriage" were in fact born several years before the marriage took place. It is therefore possible that they were not Ansel's daughters but were the daughters of another man or men. On the 1881 census, they are listed with the surname "Woolhead" and described as "daughters of wife". It appears from this that they were not Ansel's daughters. Amy's birth certificate and Mary Ann's christening record in the parish records give no indication as to the identity of their father(s). However, the assumption has been made that Ansel WAS the girls' father for the following reasons. His family and Rachel's family lived only a few doors away from each other. Also, at the time of her marriage in 1890, Amy gave Smith as her surname and gave her father's name as Ansel.
  		Ansel Smith marriage to Rachel Woolhead, 1878 Ansel Smith married Rachel Woolhead on 4 Mar 1878, at St Peter and St Paul Church, Buckingham.
  Children	1. Mary Ann (Molly) Woolhead,   b. Abt Nov 1870, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK ,   d. Abt Sep 1954, Aldershot, Hampshire, UK  (Age ~ 83 years) + 2. Amy S Woolhead,   b. 15 Oct 1872, Church End, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2010
  Family ID	F855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse 2	Thomas Cornelius Meekums,   b. Abt Dec 1851, Plumstead, Lewisham, London, UK ,   d. Abt Mar 1932, Woolwich, London, UK  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	Abt Dec 1895	Woolwich, London, UK   [12]
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2010
  Family ID	F1650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 21 Feb 1852 - Church End, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK Christened - 27 Aug 1858 - St Peter & St Paul Church, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK Census - Age: 8y,Address: Gawcott Road, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK - 7 Apr 1861 - Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK Occupation - scholar,Age: 8y - 7 Apr 1861 - Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK Child - Mary Ann (Molly) Woolhead - Abt Nov 1870 - Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK Census - Age: 17y,Address: Gawcott Road, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK - 2 Apr 1871 - Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK Child - Amy S Woolhead - 15 Oct 1872 - Church End, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK Residence - 4 Mar 1878 - Prebend End, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK Married - 4 Mar 1878 - St Peter & St Paul Church, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK Census - Age: 28y,Address: Lenborough Road, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK - 3 Apr 1881 - Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK Census - Age: 37y,Address: Middleton Road No 78, Grimsbury, Warkworth, Oxfordshire, UK - 5 Apr 1891 - Warkworth, Oxfordshire, UK Occupation - charwoman,Age: 37y - 5 Apr 1891 - Warkworth, Oxfordshire, UK Married - Abt Dec 1895 - Woolwich, London, UK Census - Age: 49y,Address: Station Road No 63, Plumstead, Lewisham, Gtr London, UK - 31 Mar 1901 - Plumstead, Lewisham, London, UK Census - Age: 58y,Address: Walmer Road No 41, Plumstead, Lewisham, Gtr London, UK - 2 Apr 1911 - Plumstead, Lewisham, London, UK Died - Abt Jun 1931 - Woolwich, London, UK  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S4] CRI, Mar 1852, Buckingham, vol 6?, p463 (Reliability: 3). [S2] Parish Records, Christenings, Buckingham, 1813-1870. MK record office, reel 118. (Reliability: 3). [S909] UK Census 1861 Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK RG09-878-83-15 (Head is Thomas Woolhead.), (RG09-878-83-15), RG09-878-83-15, 7 Apr 1861. [S857] UK Census 1871 Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK RG10-1423-88-27 (Head is Thomas Woolhead.), (RG10-1423-88-27), RG10-1423-88-27, 2 Apr 1871. [S780] UK Census 1881 Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, UK RG11-1485-82-23 (Head is Ansel Smith.), (RG11-1485-82-23), RG11-1485-82-23, 3 Apr 1881. [S582] UK Census 1891 Warkworth, Northamptonshire, UK RG12-1184-144-7 (Head is Rachel Smith.), (RG12-1184-144-7), RG12-1184-144-7, 5 Apr 1891. [S1204] Census 1901 Plumstead, Lewisham, Gtr London, UK RG13-573-22-36 (Head is Thomas Meekums.), (RG13-573-22-36), RG13-573-22-36 (Reliability: 2), 31 Mar 1901. [S1205] Census 1911 Plumstead, Lewisham, Gtr London, UK RG14-PN2902 RG78PN99 RD30 SD3 ED20 SN422 (Head is Thomas Meekums.), ( RG14-PN2902 RG78PN99 RD30 SD3 ED20 SN422), RG14PN2902 RG78PN99 RD30 SD3 ED20 SN422 (Reliability: 2), 2 Apr 1911. [S4] CRI, Jun 1931, Woolwich, vol 1d, p1037 (Reliability: 3), 9 Mar 2010. [S2] Parish Records, Film 119 in Milton Keynes. [S13] Buckingham Pt 3, piece 1724, folio 244, schedule 0103 (Reliability: 3). [S4] CRI, Dec 1895, Woolwich, vol 1d, p1940 (Reliability: 3), 9 Mar 2010.