Thomas Howson 1891-1940

"Tim Howson told me that his grandfather John was shot up in WW1 near Ypres, taken to a casualty station where the army surgeon was going to amputate both lower legs!! He begged the surgeon to patch them up instead, he agreed and John had to have special raised shoes and walked with two sticks for the rest of his life. John the 1894 brother of Thomas

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Thomas in 1930

1891. Thomas Howson was born 5/5/1891 at 8 Tarling Street , St George in the East , to George Howson, dock labourer, & Emma Mitchell

1901C. Thomas Howson, 9, was living 13 Juniper Street, Shadwell, Stepney with his parents, his father a Dock labourer, & 7 siblings

George	Howson	Head	Married	Male	39	1862	Dock Labr	Whitechapel, Middlesex, England
Emma	Howson	Wife	Married	Female	38	1863	-	London, England
Charles	Howson	Son	Single	Male	17	1884	Packer Tobacco Facty	Hackney, Middlesex, England
Emma	Howson	Daughter	-	Female	15	1886	Packer Tobacco Facty	Hackney, Middlesex, England
Florence	Howson	Daughter	-	Female	12	1889	-	St George's, Middlesex, England
Thomas	Howson	Son	-	Male	9	1892	-	St George's, Middlesex, England
John	Howson	Son	-	Male	7	1894	-	St George's, Middlesex, England
William	Howson	Son	-	Male	5	1896	-	St George's, Middlesex, England
Eliza	Howson	Daughter	-	Female	2	1899	-	Shadwell, Middlesex, England
Margaret	Howson	Daughter	-	Female	1	1900	-	Shadwell, Middlesex,

1911C. Thomas Howson, 19, Platen hand, was living 177 High Street, Shadwell, with his parents, his father a Permanent labourer with the Port of London Authority , & 6 siblings in 4 rooms. His parents had been married 28 years, 9 children, 2 of whom had died

platens are designed to handle cutting, creasing and embossing of paper

George	Howson	Head	Married	Male	49	1862	Permanent Labourer	London Whitechapel
Emma	Howson	W	Married	Female	48	1863	-	London Shoreditch
Emma	Howson	Daughter	Single	Female	25	1886	Biscuit Packer	South Hackney
Florence	Howson	Daughter	Single	Female	22	1889	Book Folder	London St Georges E
Thomas	Howson	Son	Single	Male	19	1892	Palten Hand	London St Georges E
John	Howson	Son	Single	Male	17	1894	Clerk	London St Georges E
William	Howson	Son	Single	Male	15	1896	Printers Boy	London Shadwell
Eliza	Howson	Daughter	-	Female	12	1899	School	London Shadwell
Ellen	Ireland	Boarder	Single	Female	20	1891	Labeler	London Ratcliffe

Thomas & Ellen in 1915

1916. Thomas Howson, 25, printer, married Ellen S Ireland, 25. Stepney Jun 1916 - Banns, 19/3, 26/3 & 2/4 , on Ancestry C of E marriages : both addresses 25 Belgrave Street - on 22/4/1916 in Stepney Parish church. His father George Howson, dock labourer: hers Thomas Jabez Ireland, lighterman. One of the witnesses was Eliza Ireland

25 Belgrave Street- his address in 1916

1921. Eileen E Howson born 6/5/1921 at the Mothers Hospital, Clapton Hackney Jun 1921

1921. His wife, Ellen Susannah Howson/Ireland, died in Claybury Mental Hospital on 26/5/1921 of Puerperal Septicaemia 20 days after their daughter was born . His address then was 113 Seymour Road Leyton Essex : this odd as in Belgrave Street 7 days earlier and in Belgrave Street in 1939: but I guess this was where thsy were living prior to Eileen's birth and he still had the tenancy of it, even though spending some time at his parents'.

1921C on 19/6/1921 Thomas Howson, 30, is back living with his parents and 2 sisters at 25 Belgrave Street, Ratcliffe & Limehouse. But where is 6 week old daughter, Eileen?? His wife had died 24 days earluer

George	Howson	Head	Male	1861	60	Mile End, London, England	Dock Labourer	Port London Authorist
Emma	Howson	Wife	Female	1862	59	London, England	Home Duties	-
Florence	Howson	Daughter	Female	1888	32	Stepney, London, England	Book Folder	Wass Pritchard
Eliza	Howson	Daughter	Female	1898	23	Shadwell, London, England	Biscuit Packer	Miredeth & Drew
Thomas	Howson	Son	Male	1891	30	Stepney, London, England	Printer Mc Minder	Portions Out Of Work

His married sister, Emma Eliza Clements and Thomas Clements are in the 1921C in Ratcliff, Limehouse, seemingly alone, i e. no Eileen/baby

No Howson born 1921 living anywhere around Limehouse in the 1921C!!

He moved in with his sister, Emma Clements, whose only child, Cecilia, was born Liimehouse Sep 1921( Emma had married Thomas Clements in 1916) . She was then widowed ~1928, and an unmarried sister, Florence Howson 1888, also lived with the 2 siblings and their 2 children

Thomas with his sister Emma Clements- 1938

1939 Register . Thomas Howson, born 21/5/1891, Printers Machine Room Overseer? , was living 25 Belgrave Street, Stepney with his widowed sister, an unmarried sister, his daughter and one other- a closed record- likely that of his niece, Cecilia, daughter of Emma Clements

Thomas	Howson	21 May 1891	Male	Printers Machine Room Overs	Widowed	104	1
Emma E	Clements	12 Jul 1885	Female	Unpaid Domestic Dutties	Widowed	104	2
Florence L	Howson	10 Nov 1888	Female	Bookfolder (Printers)	Single	104	3
Eileen E	Lyons (Howson)	06 May 1921	Female	Printers Folder & Sewwer	Single	104

19/3/43 written against Eileen- date on which she married

Thomas- courtesy of Holbrook Ancestry tree : contacted them 20/1/20

1940. Thomas Howson, 48, printers machine winder, of 25 Belgrave Street, Stepney, died 16/3/1940 in Mile End Hospital of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Informant was his daughter, E E Howson, of the same address

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