Louisa Charlotte HOWARD [4604]

  General Notes:

On the 23rd Oct., at St. John's, Calcutta, Ambrose L EDE, of Silchar, third surviving son of Charles EDE of Bramley, Surrey, to Louisa Charlotte, only daughter of William HOWARD, also of Bramley. The Times, Nov 12, 1906; pg. 1; Issue 38175; col A

E L Fenn writing to H L Fenn 6 Dec 1906 says "Louie Howard was married in the same church in Calcutta she was baptised in, her husband Mr Ede is a tea planter in Assam"

  Other Records

1. Louisa Charlotte Howard: Register of Birth at Sea, Dated 28 Nov 1861.
Ref: UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea, 1844-1890
Ships name may be POICTIERS [?]

2. Louisa Howard: To Elizabeth Ambrose nee Liveing, Abt 1865-1866, Copford ESS.
1 Dec/65 (pencilled in at a later date)
Dear Cousin Betty
Tommy has broken his head I have been playing in the garden - there is a nice little pony here, and Papa took us for a drive there are kittens and a big dog and a little puppy here
Sketch of children and Papa sitting about reading.
Page 2.
This is a school where Papa went when he was a little boy. Polly is alive and well
your afsect little cousin
Louie
. . . . . a letter shared with her mother.
Gressenhall Dec 1 /65.
Liveing Archive: Letter 20a & b

My dear Cousin Bett
I liked the Valentine you sent me very much I had four besides and a mug with my name on it and some barley sugar - Mamma gummed all my valentines in my scrap-book - Mamma and I are going to Bombay with Papa in a ship Aunt Mary has been to stay with us a very long time - My doll is sitting at the table now
Page 2.
her name is Susan and she is having tea and she has got knives & forks and some tea-things Papa bought me at the Crystal Palace - I bought a little cart for a penny for my good marks -My baby cousin is a funny little thing & has got a lot of hair on his head
This is the picture of it - Kisses - competent sketch of Aunt Fanny in bed with a nurse on a chair at the foot of the bed nursing the infant.
Page 3.
and Aunt Fanny in bed. I thought of a nice name for it - John - I have a pair of scissors and I can cut with them but they are 'nt (sic) doll ' s scifsors real nice scifsors
This is my silver knife - ( a good sketch of scissors and a table knife.)
I have got two eggs, real nice eggs if you would come another day you should see them and my dolls house - I have a large box of bricks Mrs Fenn gave it to me - (sketch of a box)
Kisses
Page 4.
Your affecte little cousin
Louie

Mrs Ambrose
The Lodge
Copford
Living Archive: Letter 23 a b
Later noted on page 1 " to Eliz Ambrose f r L Howard 1866"

My dear Cousin Betty
Thank you for the Christmas card - I have a pretty doll's house which Auntie Scott gave me full of little things, chairs & tables & Rooms here are the two pictures (Sketch of dolls house)
Page 2.
of it - On Christmas day I had a horse with legs Mrs Hadwen sent it to me - I went to see my cousins yesterday and had dinner with them - Grandma and the Aunties are away except Aunt Fanny - This is the picture of my Xmas tree
Page 3.
(Sketch of a laden Christmas Tree)
we lighted it up
Louies love and goodbye.
Liveing Archive: Letter 24 a & b

3. Louisa C Howard: Her Confession to Dolly Cotes [486], Cir 1892.
LOUISA'S CONFESSION c1892
MY FAVOURITE VIRTUE: Goodtemper
MY IDEA OF HAPPINESS: Heidelburg
MY IDEA OF MISERY: Cold
MY FAVOURITE OCCUPATION: Drawing
MY FAVOURITE COLOUR: Red & blue
MY FAVOURITE FLOWER: Rose
MY FAVOURITE POETS: Coleridge
MY FAVOURITE PROSE AUTHORS: Mrs Ewing
MY FAVOURITE PAINTER: Moulin
MY FAVOURITE FOOD: Ices
MY FAVOURITE NAMES: Mary Harry
MY PET AVERSION: Caterpillars
MY FAVOURITE MOTTO: What cant be cured must be endured
L C Howard

4. Census: England, 2 Apr 1871, Culmstock Devon. Louisa is recorded as a daughter aged 9 born Calcutta

5. Census: England, 3 Apr 1881, Lower Bourne Farnham Surrey. Louisa is recorded as a daughter unmarried aged 19 born Calcutta

6. Census: England, 5 Apr 1891, High St Bramley Surrey. Louisa is recorded as a daughter aged 29 born Calcutta India

7. Census: England, 31 Mar 1901, Balarny House Bramley SRY. Louisa is recorded as a daughter single aged 39 born Calcutta

Louisa married Ambrose Leopold EDE [7038] [MRIN: 2341], son of Charles H EDE [9695] and Emma [9696], on 23 Oct 1906 in St John Calcutta India. (Ambrose Leopold EDE [7038] was born 4 Qtr 1865 in Reg Hambledon SRY, baptised on 19 Dec 1865 in St John Wonersh SRY and died on 14 May 1948 in Bognor Regis SSX.)