Rosabelle Fenwick (abt. 1818 - 1893)

Born about 1818 in Limehouse, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 1893 at about age 75 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

In 1841 Rosabelle was working as a milliner in the St. Marylebone district of London. Her younger sister Priscilla was her assistant. By 1851 Rosabelle had her own milliner's shop in Dartford, which was larger than her parents enterprise. She had two assistants, three apprentices and two servants working for her. On the day of the census, her brother Melvin was visiting her, along with her four year old niece Rosabelle Reeve, daughter of her sister Priscilla.

On November 1, 1856, Rosabelle arrived at Port Phillip Bay, Australia, aboard the "Startled Fawn" from London, England. It is not known how long she stayed in Australia, but by 1871 she was back in London, sharing a flat with her eighty-three year old mother. Her occupation at that time was listed as accountant. In 1881 she was retired and lodging in an exclusive boarding house at 29 Ovington Square in the posh Kensington district of London, just blocks from Buckingham Palace. The three lodgers, including one lawyer and two retired ladies, shared five servants.

Rosabelle died between January and March in 1893.^[1]

Sources

• 1841 England Census, Middlesex, St. Marylebone, All Souls and Trinity, District 4, pg. 6 of 49.

• 1851 England Census, Kent, Dartford, District 1c, pg. 8 of 49.

• Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2009, Series: VPRS 7666; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947].

• 1871 England Census, London, Islington St. James, District 68, pg. 48 of 53.

• 1881 England Census, London, Kensington, Brompton, District 3, pg. 3 of 9.

• England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006, Volume 2c, pg. 301.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Dave Rutherford.

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