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LAW, John Howlett
1851 - 1924 (73 years) Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.
1845 - 1903 (58 years)-
Name LAW, John Howlett Birth 1851 Stepney, Middlesex, England 
Gender Male Death 18 Apr 1924 Sandgate, Kent, England Person ID I7084 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Family KNOWLES, Fanny, b. 1845, Farnham Registration District, Surrey d. 8 Dec 1903, Stamford Hill, Middlesex, England (Age 58 years) Marriage 1874 Richmond Registration District, Surrey Children 1. LAW, Florence Kate, b. 1875, Kensington Registration District, London d. 20 Dec 1950, Lewisham Registration District, London (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2592 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOHN HOWLETT LAW 1851-1924
The birth of John Howlett LAW was registered in 1851.
(GRO September Q 1851 Stepney 2 577)
The 1871 census of 265 Oxford Street, St. George, Westminster, Middlesex:
George PICKETT, head, widower, aged 74, silversmith and widower, employing 3 shopmen and 2 porters, born at Reading, Berkshire;
Montague J. PICKETT, son, unmarried, aged 28, St. George, Middlesex;
Sarah TURNER, visitor, widow, aged 50 (?), annuitant, born at Stanford, Kent;
Walter R. TURNER, visitor, unmarried, aged 19, medical pupil, born at Eltham, Kent;
Anne SNELSON, h'keeper, unmarried, aged 48, housekeeper, born at Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire;
*John H. LAW, assistant, unmarried, aged 19, silver smith's assistant, born at Stepney, Middlesex;
Fanny BRISLIN, housemaid, married, aged 25, born at Aldershot, Surrey [sic];
Elizabeth KNOWLES, cook domestic servant, unmarried, aged 23, born at Aldershot, Surrey [sic].
(RG10/94/33/4)
Fanny BRESLIN married John Howlett LAW in 1874.
(GRO September Q 1874 Richmond, S. 2a 475)
The 1881 census of 139 High Holborn, St. George, Bloomsbury, London:
*John H. LAW, head, married, silversmith's clerk, born at Stepney, Middlesex;
Claude TAYLOR, unmarried, aged 23, silversmith's salesman, born at Lambeth, Surrey.
(RG11/321/95/27)
The 1891 census of 30 Filey Road, Hackney, Middlesex:
*John H. LAW, head, married, aged 39, silversmith's manager, born at Stepney, London;
Florence K. LAW, daughter, aged 16, scholar, born at Paddington, Middlesex;
Beatrice L. BRISTIN [sic], stepdaughter, single, aged 24, born at Badshot Lea, Surrey.
(RG12/183/74/15)
The 1901 census of 30 Filey Road, Hackney, London:
*John Howlett LAW, head, aged 49, silversmith manager, born at Stepney, London;
Fanny LAW, wife, aged 55, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Florence Kate LAW, daughter, single, aged 26, born at Paddington, London.
(RG13/213/57/36)
The 1911 census of 41 Bounds Green Road, Wood Green, Middlesex:
*John Howlett LAW, head, aged 59, widower, silversmith (dealer), employer, born at Stepney, London;
Fanny Constantia CLARE, aged 36, visitor, single, Lady Housekeeper, born at Chesham, Buckinghamshire;
Martha PEARMAN, servant, single, aged 21, general domestic servant, born at Little Bradley, Suffolk.
(RG14/7268)
The death of John H. LAW aged 72 was registered in 1924.
(GRO June Q 1924 Elham [which includes Sandgate] 2a 1235)
LAW John Howlett of 14 Earlesfield-road Hythe Kent died 18 April 1924 at the Bevan Nursing Home Sandgate Kent Probate London 5 June to Edith Ann EVANS (wife of John EVANS) and Florence Kate LAW (wife of Ernest George LAW).
Effects £17338 8s. 7d."
(National Probate Calendar 1924)
(revised 02.12.2012)