Rachel (Braybrook) Storey (1808 - 1867)

Born 7 Mar 1808 in Kelvedon, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of John Storey — married 29 Sep 1835 in Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 21 May 1867 at age 59 in Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Rachel was born in 1808. She passed away in 1867.

Birth 7 March 1808 • Kelvedon, Essex, England, parents William Braybrook and Ann Ward.^[1]

Baptism 17 April 1808 • Kelvedon Near Colchester, Essex, England

Marriage to JOHN STOREY 29 Sep 1835 • Battersea St Mary, England

Residence 1841 census • Wandsworth Wimbledon, Surrey, England: In High Street: John Storey 25 -29 grocer, RACHEL 30-34, Sarah 25-29 (probably his sister) , George 4, JOhn 3, James 1

Residence 1851 census • Lambeth, Surrey, England: John Storey, butcher and cheesemonger. with wife RACHEL . Children are George Robert 14 pupil of a surveyor, John 12, James 11, Sarah Ann 7, Frederick 5, Arthur Thomas 3, Jane 1 Emily 1. also a servant and a butcher 'shopman'

Her husband John and sons go to the gold fields: John Storey, and two of his sons, George and James went to Ballarat, Victoria, in 1854.

17th April 1854 - Poor Law Removal & Settlement Records for London show Rachel Storey with six children as deserted by husband, John, who went to Australia.

Rachel was classified as a Pauper living at Caledonian Road. " Rachel Story was living in Shoreditch with six of her children, Sarah Ann 13, Frederick 20, Arthur 8, twins Emily and Jane 6 years and Clara 4. Rachel had married in Battersea in 1835. In about 1838 her husband, John, rented a house at 165 Waterloo Road (Lambeth) from Mr Simmonds at Waterloo road for 30 pounds or 32 pounds a year rent plus taxes )?).

Sarah Ann was born there in 1843, Frederick in 1845, Arthur Thomas in 1847 and Emily & Jane in 1849. The family was recorded there in the 1851 Lambeth Census, with no sign of Clara (who had not been born yet). It appears that Rachel and John separated after this Census, with John living at a house in Hoxton (2 Lucan Place, Bridport Place, Hoxton) paying 30 pound a year rent. He must have lived there for about six months and then went to Australia in July 1854. Rachel lived in the Hoxton house for about another 6 months to December 1854 and during this time Clara died." Graeme Storey reference below.

Clara's death 1858 Death Registration: GRO Registration: 1858 M Quarter in Billericay registration district Volume 04A Page 81. Clara was aged 7 years.

1861 census • 31 Laburnam Terrace, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England: Rachel is head of household, 60, plain needlework, with children Sarah Ann 17 servant, Frederick 15 shop boy, ARTHUR 13 shop boy, Jane 11 & Emily 11 scholars, and a boarder.^[2]

Immigration: RACHEL, and six of the children, on the ship Western Ocean finally reuniting with her husband in Victoria in 1866 .^[3] Because there had been two cases of smallpox during the voyage, the ship was detained in quarantine on 27 March for 36 hours when all the healthy passengers were vaccinated.^[4]

Death 21 May 1867 • Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia: cause of death, breast cancer. Rachel was 59 years of age at the time of her death.

Burial 23 May 1867 • Staffordshire Reef Cemetery, Victoria, Australia

Sources

1. ↑ Birth at Kelvedon according to 1851 census; 'Fering' (Feering) according to 1861 census. Feering is 1.4 miles from Kelvedon
2. ↑ 1861 census indexed on Ancestry (Looks more like 'Stacey', indexed as 'Starry') 1861 England Census for Rachel Storey, Middlesex Shoreditch Haggerstone West, District 16e https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/8767/images/MDXRG9_245_249-0521?pId=5593041
3. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923 for Rachel Storey British 1866. The "Western Ocean" of the BlackBall Line carried 262 passengers leaving Liverpool on December 1865. Rachel was 57 years and was accompanied by her children, John William Storey aged 27 years, Sarah Ann Storey aged 22, Frederick aged 20, Arthur Thomas aged 18 and Jane and Emily Storey (twins) aged 16 years. https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1635/images/30796_125461__0255-00066?pId=2872083
4. ↑ Report for the Sanatory Station, year ending 31 Dec 1866 https://www.vgls.vic.gov.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/1285475/0

Cemetery Look up by Carol Judkins on 27/07/2016 showing no headstone for Rachel Storey at Staffordshire Reef Cemetery.

• Mick Miller found Poor Law Record on Ancestry on 20th September 2021 retrieved at https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/2651/?name=Rachel Storey.

• Heather Stevens found Death Registration for Clara Storey on FindMyPast. Clara Storey, age 7, South Weald, St Peter Anglican, in National Burial Index for England and Wales retrieved on 23rd September 2021.

• Graeme Storey email on 26th September 2021 with his comments on the document about Rachel and the Poor Law authorities.