Born

Date calculated from age at death

Married Mary Louisa EKINS in St Albans, St Michael.5

Information from the Parish Register :_
By Licence
Groom - James Howard of this Parish, bachelor
Bride - Mary Louisa Ekins of this parish, spinster
Witnesses :-
Joshua Lomax
Matilda Lomax
Clara Ekins
M Brown

Married Ann Maria SPARKS in Tottenham, All Hallows.7,8

By Licence
Groom - James Howard, widower, of the parish of St Michaels in the town of St Albans
Bride - Ann Maria Sparks, spinster, of this parish

From the Times :-
"On Tuesday, the 20th inst., at Tottenham, James Howard, Esq., of Westfields, Hertfordshire, to Ann Maria, eldest daughter of Robt. Harry Sparks, Esq., of Tottenham."

Witness at wedding in Tottenham, All Hallows.1

Of Louisa Sparks & Thomas Green

Birth of son Alfred Thomas HOWARD

Death of son Alfred Thomas HOWARD in St Albans.6

Wrote will.2

1) I James Howard of Windridge in the parish of Saint Michael
2) Saint Albans in the county of Hertford Esquire do hereby revoke all wills codicils and
3) other testamentary dispositions by me at any time herefore made and do declare
4) this whereof I appoint my dear wife Ann Maria Howard and my sons James Sparks Howard and Thomas Howard ... ... ...
5) ... ... ...

Memorial in St Albans, St Michael.4

From "Monumental inscriptions of the Parish Church of St Michael"

In the Churchyard :-

IMO / James HOWARD Esq / of Windridge in this parish / formerly of Westfield / who departed this life in peace / Nove 20 1856 / in the 82nd year of his age / The remains of his first wife / Mary Louisa Ekins / and three of his children are / interred on the north side of / (this churchyard) / Here also lie the remains of / Ann MARIA / HIS SECOND WIFE / WHO DIED May 8th 1866 / aged 68”

Died in St Albans.3

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.2

Executors :-
Ann Maria Sparks, the widow the relic
James Sparks Howard, the son
Thomas Green Howard (in the will written Thomas Howard), the son