Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 July 20

= July 20 =

William Howe's wife
Who is Mrs. Howe mentioned in this source: KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:32, 20 July 2018 (UTC)


 * "William Howe was born in 1797 or 8, in Ireland. Ch.m., Manchester (Roby). Was Pastor at Hindley, Lancashire. Appointed to Samoa. Designated, Sept. 10, 1838, at Grosvenor St. Ch., Manchester. Married. Sailed, Nov. 8, Arrived at Sydney, April 5, and at Tahiti, Aug. 3, 1839, when, instead of going on to Samoa, he proceeded to Moorea, and settled at Afareaitu. At the close of 1844, in consequence of the aggressions of the French upon Moorea and Tahiti, he, with Mrs. Howe, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, returned to England, where they arrived, Jan. 27, While in England, he, with Mr. Joseph, revised and carried through the press the Tahitian Scriptures. The French Protectorate of Tahiti being fully established, he proceeded alone to that island. He sailed from England, Nov. 19, 1846, and arrived at Tahiti, Aug. 5, Mrs. Howe embarked for Tahiti Oct. 18, 1847, and arrived in April Mr. Howe maintained his position on the island in the face of very formidable obstacles, including criminal and civil actions in courts of law by the Roman Catholic Bishop, both of which were decided in Mr. Howe s favour. In 1856 he visited Melbourne with Mrs. Howe, arriving there on Nov. 28. He returned with Mrs. Howe to Tahiti in 1857, arriving there March 11. Protracted anxiety and failing health compelling him to seek a change, he proceeded to Rarotonga in the John Williams, and arrived there May 7, He died there, June 9, Mrs. Howe afterwards went on to Sydney and resided there. She died there, Sept. 3, 1882, aged 85". Jacobs, Augustus, The ship John Williams (p. 110). Alansplodge (talk) 17:23, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
 * A very thorough Google search has failed to reveal her Christian names; she remains only "Mrs Howe". Alansplodge (talk) 18:02, 20 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Me neither; I tried both their death dates to see if genealogies would come up but there are too many Howes and none seemed correct. Someone who has an account could search the parish records of Hindley or Manchester for the record of the marriage (assuming they married there, which is only an assumption). I suppose, Kavebear, you could ask someone at WP:RX to do that? His specific church in Lancashire appears to have been St. Paul’s Chapel, Hindley, per . 70.67.222.124 (talk) 18:28, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Since we have a precise date and place of death (Sydney NSW, 3 September 1882) there may well be a Sydney cemetery record somewhere. Searching the NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages for women named Howe who died there in 1882 turns up two possible candidates: a Susan Howe and a Mary Howe. A report of William Howe's death says he had a niece named Miss Stonier, who apparently accompanied the widowed Mrs. Howe to Sydney. That information may be of some assistance with any genealogical research. --Muzilon (talk) 01:15, 21 July 2018 (UTC)