Family Vignette—Louisa Albrow

 

Family Vignette—Louisa Albrow

Louisa Albrow was born in 1814 at Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. She was the youngest daughter born of William Albrow and Sarah Thornton and was christened on September 28, 1814 at the parish church in Lowestoft  (The church record shows the name under Aldburgh).

Her father, William Albrow was born in Reedham, Norfolk in 1770 and married Sarah Thornton at St. John the Baptist church, Reedham, in 1793.  They had four children there, before moving to Lowestoft where a further ten were born. Their children were:

1.      William Albrow 1794–1817

2.      Mary Ann Albrow 1796–1807

3.      Jeremiah Albrow 1797–1881

4.      Charles Albrow 1799–1872

5.      Sarah Albrow 1801–1801

6.      Sarah Ann Albrow 1802–1895

7.      Susannah Albrow 1805–1872

8.      Mary Ann Albrow 1807–1879

9.      Martha Albrow 1808–1868

10.  Elizabeth Albrow 1810–1880

11.  Harriet Albrow 1812–1846

12.  Richard Albrow 1813–1890

13.  Louisa Albrow 1814–1887

14.  George Albrow 1817–1891

The family lived in Kirkley and also in Dukes Head St. William, Sr. was a wherryman and also a publican. 

The family describes the story of Louisa in the following way:  She was the youngest daughter of William and Sarah.  She was known as Lady Louisa Annie Aldborough who was disinherited when she ran away and married a sea captain. Every family has its stories! Well, Louisa turned out to be a school teacher who married a seaman named George Parker in Great Yarmouth. She does appear in her father’s will, so the family couldn’t have been too upset!

On May 13, 1841, at the age of 27, she married George Parker at St. Nicholas church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.

Geroge Parker was born about 1816 in Lowestoft as the son of William Parker 1782-1853 and Esther Clarke 1775-1848.  He was christened in Lowestoft on September 11, 1816. Merchant marine records give his description as being 5ft 6in tall, fresh complexion and with brown hair and hazel eyes. George married Louisa Albrow in Great Yarmouth, but they lived most all of their married lives in Lowestoft. They had 6 children. Apart from his time at sea, George also worked in the fish market for some time. By 1871, the census record records George as a Master Mariner. Around 1878, he was paralysed but lived a further 9 years.

The couple later lived with their youngest son, Robert, who was employed both as a sailor and a sail maker and left a handwritten account of some of his travels, which makes fascinating reading.

Their fourth child was John Parker who was a sailor. Born in Kirkley, Lowestoft, in 1849, he married in Earsdon Parish, Northumberland in 1872. His wife was Mary Ann Lumsden of Blyth. The couple settled in Blyth, having had their first son in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. They had a further 10 children, two of whom died as children. John and Mary Ann lived in Northumberland Street and Jersey Street and are reputed to have run a fish shop there.

Their sixth child was, Elizabeth Ann Parker, who was born in 1886 and died in 1968. Elizabeth was first married to Richard Charlton Marshall and had three daughters, Georgina, Mary and Frances. Richard was killed in action in the Dardanelles in 1915. She later married James Banks France.

There are many Albrow descendants in the Lowestoft area. There are some there today. Also found are some of Jeremiah’s descendants in New Zealand and Australia. The married names of Louisa’s sisters were Knights, Lark, Whelham, Chapman and one sister married another Albrow. Her niece married Isaiah Tansley, a Trinity House Pilot.

Genealogy:  Louisa Albrow 1814-1887 was the sister of Jeremiah Albrow 1797-1881 and his wife was Margaret Colby 1795-1870 and her sister was Maria Colby 1788-1870 and her daughter was Harriett Ward 1828-1918 and her husband was George Forster 1830-1902 and his brother was Thomas Forster 1837-1888 and his daughter was Caroline Forster 1864-1906 and her husband was George “Pikey” William Welch-Adams 1867-1940.


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