The Albrow Website: The Rice Connection
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Welcome to the Rice page: We have just started this page and editing will be ongoing - so call back from time to time Graham contributes lots of material and critique for our site and he has now submitted information and images that illustrate the connection between the Rice and Albrow names. In summary before you read on Alice Maud Rice (nee Albrow) and Christopher Frowen Albrow were sister and brother
William Rice’s parents were Charles Rice (1844–1920) and Charlotte Elizabeth Potts (1847-1898). Alice’s marriage to William brought together four ancestral lines that trace back to widely dispersed geographical areas: Norfolk &
Suffolk ALBROW Alice’s marriage also brought together two gene pools with ancestors that had water-related occupations. Alice’s great grandfather, William Albrow (1794-1817), was a Wherryman in East Anglia. William’s great grandfather, Thomas Rice (1788-1838), was a Waterman of the River Thames. Rice Watermen in London can be traced back to at least the late 1500’s. Until about 1910, William Rice was a metal worker. After 1910, William became a Harp maker and repairer. A photograph of Alice, taken when she was about 18 years old, shows her with a mandolin. Not only did Alice play the mandolin but she also taught it. Alice could also be relied upon to ‘tinkle the ivories’ when the family were in a pub and in the mood for a sing song. William and Alice had four sons and four daughters, three of whom are still alive. Their third child was a boy named Frank Stephen, presumably after Alice’s younger brother. These Christian names seem to have been unlucky because Frank Stephen Albrow died in 1890, one week before his first birthday, and Frank Stephen Rice died in1909, aged three months. William and Alice had 14 grandchildren. Graham is the second youngest of these. May 2009 |
This is Alice Maud Albrow age: about 18 years |
Alice at about 50 |
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Rice After 1910, William became a harp maker and repairer. |
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