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THOMPSON, Rachel Elizabeth
1874 - 1960 (85 years) Has 8 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1847 - 1926 (79 years)-
Name THOMPSON, Rachel Elizabeth Birth 28 Jan 1874 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Female Death 1960 Manchester Registration District, Lancashire Person ID I1990 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father THOMPSON, John William, b. 1847, Walsoken, Norfolk d. 1926, Gainsborough Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 79 years) Relationship natural Mother EDGOOSE, Mary Jane, b. 20 Mar 1848, Tydd St. Mary, Lincolnshire, England d. 28 May 1906, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England (Age 58 years) Relationship natural Marriage 30 Aug 1871 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Family ID F192 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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RACHEL ELIZABETH THOMPSON 1874-1960
The birth of Rachel Elizabeth THOMPSON was registered in 1874. According to the 1939 Register, she was born on 28 January 1874.
(GRO March Q 1874 Wisbeach 3b 632)
Her father John William THOMPSON had married Mary Jane EDGOOSE at Wisbech in 1871.
She was living with her family at 25 Silver Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, in 1881:
John W. THOMPSON, head, aged 34, millwright, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Mary J. THOMPSON, wife, aged 34, born at Tydd, Cambridgeshire;
Edith THOMPSON, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Retford, Nottinghamshire;
*Rachel E. THOMPSON, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Thomas A. FETCH, boarder, aged 15, carpenter, born at Melton Mowbray, Rutland.
(RG11/1696/99/28)
Apart from Rachel the rest of the family were living at 29 Etherington Street, Gainsborough, in 1891:
John W. THOMPSON, head, aged 43, millwright, born at Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire;
Mary J. THOMPSON, wife, aged 43, born at Tydd St. Giles, Lancs (sic);
Edith THOMPSON, daughter, aged 18, born at Retford, Nottinghamshire;
Eveline THOMPSON, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Wisbeach.
(RG12/2634/79/8)
Rachael was living at 23 Hampden Street, Little Bolton, Lancashire:
Louisa COX, head, aged 63. widow, living on own means, born at Louth, Lincolnshire;
Ethel HAMMOND, niece, aged 11, scholar, born at Louth;
*Rachael THOMPSON, servant, aged 17, single, general domestic servant, born at Wisbech.
(RG12/3116/139/27)
Louisa COX may have been the Louisa Maria COX who witnessed the marriage of John William THOMPSON to Mary Jane EDGOOSE at Wisbech Primitive Methodist Chapel on 30 August 1871.
The index to the 1901 census lists a Rachael (sic) THOMSON (sic), aged 27, unmarried, a domestic nurse, born at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire and working for the SAMUELS family at 4 Birch Polygon, Ruseholme, South Manchester.
(RG13/3683/86/17)
Rachel and J. W. THOMPSON were witnesses to the marriage of her sister Eveline to Richard CUNLIFFE at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Trinity Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on 7 September 1904.
The 1911 Census of Brick Croft, Dickenson Road, Rusholme, Lancashire:
Lawrence Lancelot SAMUELS, head, aged 45, married, chartered accountant, born at Didsbury, Lancashire:
Leila Margaret SAMUELS, daughter, aged 15, at school, born at Withington, Lancashire;
Florence Caroline SAMUELS, daughter, aged 13, at school, born at Withington, Lancashire;
Lancelot Purton SAMUELS, son, aged 1, born in Manchester, Lancashire;
*Rachel Elizabeth THOMPSON, servant, aged 37, single, domestic nurse, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Jane Maud TOMBLIN, servant, aged 21, single, housemaid, born at Seaton, Rutland.
(RG14PN23780/RG78PN1378B/RD464/SD2/ED79/SN89)
From the 1939 Register of 29 Stanley Street, Warrington C.B., Lancashire:
Henry LANGDALE, born 27 September 1866, married, medical practitioner;
Dorothy H. LANGDALE, born 24 January 1883, married, unpaid domestic duties;
John M. LANGDALE, born 28 August 1918, single, university student, engineer;
Annie LANGDALE, born 6 August 1859, single, private means;
*Rachel E. THOMPSON, born 28 January 1874, single, domestic servant.
1 CLOSED RECORD?
(RG101/4659A/025/5)
The death of Rachel E. THOMPSON aged 86 was registered in 1960.
(GRO December Q 1960 Manchester 10E 266)
NOTES & QUERIES:
The deaths of Lawrence Lancelot Samuels and his wife who were her employer in 1901 and 1911 were registered in Louth, Lincolnshire, in 1938.
(revised 04.08.2017)