Wife of John Brandram Peele and mother of Charles John Peele, who founded almshouses in Bermondsey, in memory of her. The family lived at Childown Hall in Chertsey - see CJP for more info on the house. Helen died aged 68.
We thank Mike Coleman for his researches.
We came across a boat, built in Leith in 1901, called the Helen Peele. It began life as an RNLI combination tug and lifeboat in Padstow. The same Helen Peele?
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this lady. He states that she was born as Helen Jones on 24 October 1820 in East Dulwich, Surrey (now Greater London), the eighth of the ten children of Thomas Jones (1774-1857) and Sarah Jones née Thomas (1787-1853). Her nine siblings were: Thomas Jones (1806-1866); William Jones (1810-1815); Henry Jones (1811-1899); Sarah Jones (1813-1882); Charles Jones (1815-1841); Amelia Jones (1817-1902); Frederick Jones (1818-1874); Elizabeth Anne Jones (1822-1833) and Emily Jones (1825-1834).
In the 1841 census she was shown as aged 20 years and living at home in East Dulwich with her parents and her sister, Sarah Jones. He father was described as an oil merchant.
On 19 September 1850 she married John Brandram Peele (1809-1896) in St Giles Church, Camberwell, Surrey (now Greater London) where in the marriage register she is shown as of full age, a spinster who lived in East Dulwich and was the daughter of Thomas Jones, a merchant, whilst her husband was described of full age, a bachelor and merchant residing in Woburn Square, Bloomsbury, Middlesex (now Greater London), the son of John James Peele, a merchant.
She and her husband were shown on the night of the 1851 census as visitors at the home of her parents and her brother, Thomas, in Goose Green, East Dulwich. Her father was described as an oil merchant whilst her husband and brother were both listed as merchants. Her age was recorded as 28 years.
They had six children: Charles John Peele (1851-1896); Adela Helen Peele (1857-1945); Walter Brandram Peele (1858-1927); Constance Sarah Peele (1860-1924); Henry Evan Brandrum Peele (1863-1928) and Everline Marian Frederica Peele (1864-1919).
When their daughter, Constance Sarah Peele, was baptised on 2 May 1860 at St Matthias Church, Richmond, Surrey (now Greater London), the baptismal register shows the family were living in Richmond Hill, Richmond and that the father was a merchant.
When the 1871 census was undertaken she was shown as aged 50 years and residing at 33 Adelaide Crescent, Hove, Sussex, with her husband and five of their children: Adela Helen Peele; Walter Brandram Peele; Constance Sarah Peele; Henry Evan Brandrum Peele and Everline Marian Frederica Peele, together with a governess, a butler, a footman, a nurse, a cook, a housemaid, a lady's maid and a maid. Her husband was described as a lead merchant
She was recorded as aged 60 years on the 1881 census and living at Childown Hall, Long Cross, Chertsey, Surrey, with her husband and five of their children: Charles John Peele; Adela Helen Peele; Walter Brandram Peele; Constance Sarah Peele and Everline Marian Frederica Peele, together with a governess, a butler, a footman, a nurse, a cook, a lady's maid, two housemaids and a kitchen-maid. Her husband and eldest son, Charles John Peele, were both shown as a merchant and refiner of saltpetre, whilst her other son, Walter Brandram Peele was listed as a clerk (this was a religious title).
Her death was registered as aged 68 years in the 2nd quarter of 1890 in the Chertsey Registration District, Surrey and she was buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Lyne Lane, Lyne, Chertsey, KT16 0AJ. Probate records confirm that she died on 20 May 1890 at Childown Hall, Long Cross, and that when administration of her estate was granted on 10 April 1891 to her husband, her effects totalled £215-3s-10d.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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