Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Robert Howard

From Graces Guide

chemical manufacturer, of Stratford, London.

1801 Born in Plaistow, son of Luke Howard[1]

1825 Married Rachel Lloyd[2]

1830 Luke Howard's sons Robert and John Eliot took over the family firm, Howards and Sons.

1839 Birth of son David Howard

1861 Chemical manufacturer, employing about 100 men; living in Tottenham with his wife Rachel, daughter Elizabeth, son David, a chemical manufacturer, Eliot, an assistant to insurance broker, his father Luke, nephews Howard Lloyd, an accountant, Edward, a boiler tube maker, Sampson, a student at Kings College, and Francis, a scholar[3]

1871 Died

1892 Death of Rachel Howard, widow of Robert Howard of Tottenham[4]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Quaker records
  2. tree posted on Ancestry
  3. 1861 census
  4. The Times 30 July 1892