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MONK, Rachel
1871 - 1959 (88 years) Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.
1874 - 1933 (59 years)-
Name MONK, Rachel Birth 1871 Medbourne, Leicestershire, England 
Gender Female Death 1959 Kettering Registration District, Northamptonshire Person ID I5532 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Family PACKER, William Daniel, b. 1874, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d. 1933, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 59 years) Marriage 1902 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Children 1. PACKER, William Alfred, b. 2 Jan 1907, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1984, Kettering Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 76 years)Family ID F1953 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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RACHEL MONK 1871-1959
The birth of Rachel MONK was registered in 1871.
(GRO December 1871 Market Harborough 7a 22)
From the 1891 census of 180 Birstall Street, Leicester St. Margarets:
Joseph H. OBERN, head, aged 30, shoe rivetter, born in Leicester;
Elizabeth OBERN, wife, aged 30, mender hosiery, born at Foxton, Leicester;
Lottie A. OBERN, daughter, aged 5, born in Leicester;
Joseph E. OBERN, son, aged 8 months, born in Leicester;
*Rachel MONK, sister-in-law, aged 19, hosiery hand, born at Medbourne, Northamptonshire;
Henrietta MONK, sister-in-law, aged 17, hosiery linker, born at Kilby, Leicester.
(RG12/2532/109/50)
The 1901 census of 44 Grasmere Street, Leicester St. Mary:
William CLARKE, head, aged 50, tailor's porter, born at Worcester, Worcestershire;
*Mary J. CLARKE, wife, aged 50, upholsteress, born at Chester, Cheshire;
*William PACKER, stepson, aged 26, baker bread, born at Birmingham;
Emily WADE, stepdaughter, aged 19, uphosteress, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
Rachel MONK, boarder, aged 18, born at Medbourne, Northamptonshire.
(RG13/3005/91/42)
From the 1911 census of Westborough West Road, Rochford, Essex:
William Daniel PACKER, head, aged 36, journeyman baker, born in Birmingham;
*Rachel PACKER, wife, married 8 years, aged 38, born at Medbourne, Leicestershire;
William Alfred PACKER, son, aged 4, born in Leicester;
Lottie Agnes BUTLER, relative, married, aged 25, born in Leicester;
Dennis BUTLER, relative, aged 1, born in Leicester.
(RG14PN10152/RG78PN533B/RD195/SD2/ED40)
The death of a Rachel PACKER aged 86 (sic) was registered in 1959.
(GRO March Q 1959 Kettering 3b 632)
If she had been born in October/November/December 1871 she would have been 87 years old in March 1959. The death of her son William Alfred PACKER in 1984 was also registered in Kettering Registration District.
(revised 08.05.2010)