John James Groome Howes

1870 - 1937  (66 years)

• Name	John James Groome Howes  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Abt 1870	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [4, 6, 7]
  Birth	Abt 1870	Australia   [2]
  Birth	Abt 1870	Lilydale, Victoria, Australia   [5]
  Born	16 Sep 1870	Lilydale, Victoria, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Birth	16 Sep 1870  [3]
  Baptism	1 Apr 1873	St John, Lilydale, Victoria, Australia   [3]
  Occupation	1881  [6]
  	Scholar
  Residence	1881	Highbury House, Church Road, Hastings, Sussex   [6]
  Education	Between 1886 and 1887	Malvern, Worcestershire
  	Malvern College
  	Details from Malvern College register, 1865-1924 1924 stated to be an engineer in the Transvaal
  Name	John Howes  [8, 9]
  Name	John J Howes  [6]
  Name	John James G Howes  [10]
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891  [2]
  	Mining Engineer
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Park House, Langhorn, Egremont, Whitehaven, Cumberland   [2]
  Occupation	7 Feb 1895  [8, 9]
  	Mining Engineer
  Residence	7 Feb 1895	Havercroft Farm, Lamplugh, Lancashire   [8, 9]
  	Lamplugh not mentioned but must be the place
  Residence	10 May 1899	Blauwbank, Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa   [4]
  Residence	Between 1928 and 1936	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  	known to have been there from family letters of the time
  Residence	13 Jun 1937	328 Umtito Road, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa   [5]
  Died	13 Jun 1937	Addington Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa   [5]
  Notes	at school with brother in 1881 named as nephew in will of John Groome Howes 1904 From the Cambrian News, Feb 15, 1895 THE ADVENTURES OF A WEDDING PARTY An extraordinary story of the vicissitudes of a wedding party comes from Cumberland. The marriage of Miss Mabel Snelus, youngest daughter of Major Snelus, of Ennerdale Hall, Frisington, with Mr John Howes, mining engineer, of Havercroft, should been at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and the bridal party of fourteen persons proseeded to Arlecdon Church to assist at the ceremony. The Rev .Alfred Churwin, of Harrington, got as far as the house of the curate, the Rev H. Sugden, where he became snow blocked. The bridegroom started from his residence in a severe snow storm, but failing to make progress he substituted rugs for a saddle, and essayed to reach the church, but was completely weather bound. Some of the snowdrifts were 16ft. deep, and the hedges and roads were lost to view. The party of 14 had meanwhile gained the church unknown to the bridegroom, who gave up the attempt after three gallant efforts. The bridal party and the bride were snowed up in the church, where they had to pass the night, provisions and wraps having with difficulty been conveyed to them by Messrs Percy and George Snelus. The couple were married at one o'clock: yesterday afternoon by Mr Sugden, but a road from the church had to be carved by 200 labourers [8]
  Person ID	I64804	ONS
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	William Howes,   b. 27 May 1836, London ,   d. Bef 1898  (Age < 61 years)
  Mother	Ann Jane Cashin,   b. 24 Oct 1848, Malew, Isle of Man
  Married	29 Jul 1869	Christ Church, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia   [11]
  Family ID	F18732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mabel Eliza Snelus,   b. Abt Aug 1874, Cockermouth RD, Cumberland ,   d. Abt 2 Jan 1896, Whitehaven RD, Cumberland  (Age ~ 21 years)
  Married	Abt Feb 1895	Whitehaven RD, Cumberland   [10]
  Married	7 Feb 1895	St Michael, Arlecdon, Cumbria   [8, 9]
  	A wedding party snowbound - retyped from the Edinburgh Evening News An extraordinary and romantic story of the vicissitudes of a wedding party comes from Cumberland. The marriage of Miss Mabel Snelus, youngest daughter of Major Snelus of Ennerdale Hall, Frizington with Mr John Howes, mining engineer, of Havercroft, should have taken place at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and the bridal party of 14 persons proceeded to Arlecdon church to assist at the ceremony. The Rev. Alfred Churwin of Harrington, got so far as the house of the curate, the Rev. H. Sugden, where he became snow-blocked. The bridegroom started from his residence in a severe snowstorm, but failing to make progress he substituted rugs for a saddle and essayed to reach the church, but was completely weatherbound. Some of the snowdrifts were sixteen feet deep and hedge and roads were lost to view. The party of fourteen had meanwhile gained the church unknown to the bridegroom, who gave up the task after three gallant attempts. The bridal party and the bride were now snowed up in the church, where they had to pass the night, provisions and wraps having with difficulty been conveyed to them by Messrs Percy and George Snelus. The couple were, however, maried at one o'clock yesterday afternoon by Mr Sugden, the road from the church having been cut by 200 labourers."
  		John James Groome Howes and Mabel Eliza Snelus Wedding
  		St Michael, Arlecdon, Cumbria
  		Ernest Snelus
  Children	+ 1. Mabel Catherine Howes,   b. 12 Dec 1895, Havercroft Farm, Lamplugh, Lancashire ,   d. 7 Feb 1982, Santa Cruz, California, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Photos		JJGHowes and MSnelus
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2018
  Family ID	F28410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Descally,   b. Abt 1879, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Married	10 May 1899	Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa   [4]
  	Witness Role: Witness Name: M Descally Witness Role: Witness Name: K Ryan
  Children	1. John Eugene Howes,   b. 1900, South Africa   2. Frederick Groome Howes,   b. 1904, South Africa   3. Lilian Howes,   b. Abt 1907, South Africa   4. Maud Elizabeth Howes,   b. 1910, South Africa
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F42857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1870 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Birth - Abt 1870 - Australia Birth - Abt 1870 - Lilydale, Victoria, Australia Born - 16 Sep 1870 - Lilydale, Victoria, Australia Education - Malvern College - Between 1886 and 1887 - Malvern, Worcestershire Married - Abt Feb 1895 - Whitehaven RD, Cumberland Married - 7 Feb 1895 - St Michael, Arlecdon, Cumbria Residence - Between 1928 and 1936 - Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S1081] Will - uncle. [S5] 1891 Census - England & Wales. [S226] Ancestry.com Baptism record. [S2657] South Africa Marriages, Familysearch.org, ancestry.com. [S3171] South Africa Kwa-Zulu Natal Probate records, familysearch.org. [S4] 1881 Census - England & Wales. [S970] Australia Birth Index, www.ancestry.com. [S1797] Cambrian News, 1895 Feb 15. [S2797] Edinburgh Evening News, 1895 Feb 8. [S475] BMD register (England & Wales) - marriages - multiple sources. [S2060] The Age, 1869 Aug 2.