John Christopher Howson 1806 -1864
6- but 3 private- Ancestry trees
The best one is the Holbrook Ancestry tree : descended ? from a sister of Thomas Howson 1891. Sent them a message 20/1/20.
Eileen's cousin, Cecilia, had 3 children: a daughter Barbara married Holbrook
Carriage driver
On the baptisms of 3 of his children & on the 1882 mc of his son, George, 1861, he is described as a saddler??
1806. John Christopher Howson ,born March, baptised St Leaonard Shoreditch, Hackney in June to John Christopher & Sophia Howson, address Gloucester Street. Ancestry .
A John Howson was baptised to John Howson & Sarah 6/12/1782 in All Hallows the Great, London- Ancestry & FMP and
a John Howson, 30, b. 1781, was buried at St Clement Dane on 16/7/1811
No Marriage of a John Howson 1786-1806 on Ancestry London records or, seemingly, anyhere in England- Ancestry/FMP/FS
In a London City Directory a John Howson was a 'Gilt Leather & Leather cover manufacturer' at 13 Hosier Lane, Smithfield - seemingly
1841C. ??? A John Howson,, 30, ages rounded down, cab driver, was living William Street, St George in the East . Not definitely he! . But he could well have been married before he 'married' / lived with Margaret Dillon/Smith
A John Christopher Howson had married Sarah Wade 8/8/1830 in Spitalfields - Ancestry. Sarah Howson could die Islington Jun 1842
| John | Edwards | Male | 55 | 1786 | - |
| Katherine | Edwards | Female | 60 | 1781 | - |
| Alfred | Scott | Male | 11 | 1830 | Middlesex, England |
| John | Howson | Male | 30 | 1811 | cab driver Middlesex, England |
| Sarah | Howson | Female | 26 | 1815 | Middlesex, England |
| John | Howson | Male | 9 | 1832 | Middlesex, England |
| Alice | Ward | Female | 48 | 1793 | Middlesex, England |
| Mary | Ward | Female | 9 | 1832 | Middlesex, England |
| Thomas | Godfrey | Male | 29 | 1812 | - |
| Margaret | Godfrey | Female | 25 | 1816 | Middlesex, England |
| Joseph | Page | Male | 42 | 1799 | Middlesex, England |
| Rowland | Pugh | Male | 62 | 1779 | Middlesex, England |
1842. A Sarah Howson dies Islington Jun 1842 - no burial on FMP nor Ancestry
Not found a 1840-1846 marriage on bmd
1842-1846. John Howson took Margaret Smith( Dillon?) as a common law wife
No bmd birth reg for John Howson ~1846 nor for Margaret Howson, but she baptised London 19/3/1848- Ancestry . No reg for Thomas Howson 1852 either , but he baptised 22/8/1852, born 30/12/1851 . None of these 3 have a birth reg on FMP either
1849 Jane Howson, born 21/11/1849, & Thomas James Howson , born 30/12/1851, were baptised 22/8/1852 to John, saddler, & Margaret in Whitechapel , address Chamber Street -FMP. No bmd reg for Thomas James
1851C. John Howson, 45, jockey carriage driver, was living Chamber Street, St Mary Whitechapel with his wife, Margaret, & 3 children
| John | Howson | Head Of Family | Married | Male | 45 | 1806 | Jockey Carriage Driver | Hoxton, Middlesex, England |
| Margaret | Howson | Wife | Married | Female | 31 | 1820 | - | St George in the East, Middlesex, England |
| John | Howson | - | - | Male | 5 | 1846 | At Home | St George in the East, Middlesex, England |
| Margaret | Howson | - | - | Female | 3 | 1848 | At Home | Aldgate, Middlesex, England |
| Jane | Howson | - | - | Female | 1 | 1850 | - | Whitechapel, Middlesex, England |
The mother of Jane Houson born 1849 Whitechapel, of William Henry Howson born 1856 Whitechapel and of Charles Frederick Howson born 1859 Whitechapel was DILLON! - FMP , but no Dillon Howson marriage 1838-1856
BUT
the mother of George Howson 1861 was SMITH!!- FMP , & no Smith Howson marriage 1838-1861!!
1861C. John Howson, 54, hackney carriage driver, was living 11 Davies Building, Whitechapel with his "wife", Margaret, & 7 children- mistranscribed on FMP!
| John | Hanson | Husband | Married | Male | 54 | 1807 | Hackney Carriage Driver | Hexton, Middlesex, England |
| Margaret | Hanson | Wife | Married | Female | 41 | 1820 | - | St George in the East, Middlesex, England |
| John | Hanson | Son | Unmarried | Male | 15 | 1846 | Laborer | St George in the East, Middlesex, England |
| Margaret | Hanson | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 13 | 1848 | School | Whitechapel, Middlesex, England |
| Jane | Hanson | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 11 | 1850 | School | Whitechapel, Middlesex, England |
| Thomas | Hanson | Son | Unmarried | Male | 9 | 1852 | School | Whitechapel, Middlesex, England |
| William | Hanson | Son | - | Male | 5 | 1856 | School | Whitechapel, Middlesex, England |
| Charles | Hanson | Son | - | Male | 2 | 1859 | - | Whitechapel, Middlesex, England |
| ... | Hanson | Son | - | Male | 0 | 1861 | - | Whitechapel, Middlesex, England |
1861. George Howson was born Whitechapel Jun 1861 to John & Margaret - her maiden name given as Smith on FMP & is indeed on her b.c- see her page .
1864. John Howson, 56, cab driver, died 27/4/1864 at Davies Buildings, Whitechapel of Pleuro pneumonia Whitechapel Jun 1864 . Informant was his son, John Howson, of 11 Davies Buildngs, Whitechapel. Look for a burial
