Born in Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Mead
and Rebecca (Houghton) Mead
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Harold Holdway
— married
1903 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Wife of
George Charles Ford
— married
1917 in Bethnal Green, London, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Mother of
Elsie Lillian (Holdway) Nelson and William Arthur Holdway
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jul 2021
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Biography
The birth of Rebecca Mead was registered in the Norwich district in the third quarter of 1876; her mother's maiden name was Houghton.[1] This matches with a baptism at St Stephen, Norwich on 18 October 1876 where the parents were William and Rebecca Mead.[2]
At the 1881 census she was living in Heigham with her mother Rebecca (31 born in Norwich), who was a Shopkeeper/Greengrocer, and her siblings Willie 9 and Laura 3.[3]
In 1901 she was living in Shoreditch with her mother, step-father James Ferman, and brother Arthur.[4]
She married William Harold Holdway in Bethnal Green in the second quarter of 1903.[5]
Sources
- ↑ GRO Reference: 1876 S Quarter in NORWICH Volume 04B Page 141
- ↑ Norfolk : Norwich : St Stephen : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818cc2de93790eca3d945dd : viewed 5 Oct 2021) baptism Rebecca Mead 18 Oct 1876
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q278-WYR6 : 12 December 2017), Rebecca Mead in household of Rebecca Mead, Norwich Heigham, Norfolk, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 16, Piece/Folio 1949/87, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,619.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X98B-G78 : 20 May 2019), Rebeca Mead in household of James Ferman, Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Haggerston subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ freebmd.org.uk
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