Walter Houfe (buried 1936)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Houfe
First name: 
Walter
Other Christian names: 
William
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1646
Born: 
12/10/1863
Died: 
21/11/1936
Buried: 
24/11/1936
Occupation: 
Schoolmaster; Head of a Boarding Preparatory School; Marine Engineer;
Distinction: 
Schoolmaster
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
EB
Cemetery row: 
5
Cemetery plot: 
30
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
Sacred to the memory of dear mother Mary Ann Houfe died Oct. 11th 1888 aged 64 years "God is Love". Also of Henry Houfe died June 9th 1895 interred at Hoogarth Yeas. Also of my beloved husband Walter William Houfe died November 21st 1936 aged 73 years, third son of the above "At rest" "Her children arise up and call her blessed"

Life story

Life story

William Walter Houfe was born in Huddersfield in 1866 to Henry Houfe, a Draper, who was born about 1819 near Harrogate, of farming folk, and Mary Ann Schofield, born in 1824 in Bradford, Yorkshire

In 1871, the family were back together, in Islington. With them were four of their children Eliza, William Walter (born in Huddersfield in 1866), Louise Janette (born in Islington in 1866) and Alfred Ernest (born in Islington in 1867). Henry was by now described as a Wholesale Retail Draper. They also had two Domestic Servants. Son Charles Albert, born in Rusholme, Lancashire, in 1862, was a pupil in a Preparatory School in Chiswick at this time.

They had moved a short distance again in 1881 to Stapleton Hall, Hornsey, Middlesex about 3 miles. Henry, General Draper and Furnisher, is described as having defective sight and hearing. Eliza, Charles Albert, Tutor, Louise and Albert were with their parents, and one female Domestic Servant..

The 1891 census at Seacroft, 3, The Parade, South Road, Worthing has Henry living in the Household of his unmarried son Charles, Schoolmaster and Cambridge Graduate - he graduated from Queens College. It seems that Charles was Head of a School. He was at the Parade (now Marine Parade) from about 1888 to 1892, so the school proved to be short-lived. Brother Albert was a Schoolmaster and a Cambridge Undergraduate and sister Louisa was Assistant Dormitory Housekeeper. There was another Tutor, nine Boarders and four Servants.

Henry died in 1895, back in Yorkshire, with Executor of his will being Charles Albert Houfe, Schoolmaster.

Charles Albert had moved to Yorkshire by 1895 and was, in 1901, Head of a Boarding Preparatory School in Aysgarth, Yorkshire. In 1911 he was living in Cambridge, with sister Louisa, as a Student of Literature and Writer. Neither he, nor Louisa, had married.

William Walter Houfe was staying with his aunt Ada in Yorkshire in 1881. In 1891, now a Marine Engineer, he was a Boarder in Lime House, Tower Hamlets, which appears to have been a School for training Marine Engineers, both Electrical and Mechanical. In London, in 1892, he married Mary Templeton Hunter, also born in 1864. There are records of William now Walter William - travelling from London to Sydney, Australia in 1888, 1890 and 1891, as a Second Engineer, from New York to Liverpool in February 1919, having come from Shanghai, described as a Marine Engineer, and in August 1919, with wife Mary, he departed Glasgow for Shanghai on the ship Mentor, of the Blue Funnel Line.

In 1908 he is recorded as working for Messrs Butterfield and Swire, in Shanghai. He was the Author of books and papers on Marine Engineering. In October 1895 he read a Paper to the Institute of Marine Engineers and the Institute of Naval Architects on Internal Friction in Steam Engines'. He was described as of Hong Kong. He is recorded as giving other similar Lectures in 1910 and 1918.

By 1929, William and Mary had moved to Dunoolti, Parkfield Road, off South Street, Tarring. William died, in 1936, at Leaholm Nursing Home, 10 St Michael's Road, Heene, though his home was still in Parkfield Road. His will named wife Mary and there were effects in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Mary died in Worthing in 1950.

Burial researcher: 
Liz Lane

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
12/10/1863
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Mary Templeton
Spouse one last name: 
Hunter
Marriage one date: 
27/01/1892
Marriage one address: 
City of London, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
21/11/1936
Age (at time of death): 
73
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Leaholm Nursing Home, 10 St Michael's Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Usual address at death: 
Dunvolti, Parkfield Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£5,539

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

4 Lyddall Terrace, Islington, Middx.

Henry aged 52, wholesale retail draper. Mary aged 46. Eliza aged 12. Walter aged 7. Louise aged 5. Alfred aged 5. Plus 2 servants.

1891 census: 

41 East India Dock Road, London.

Walter aged 29, marine engineer, lodging in house of James Hawthorne, teacher of marine engineering.

1901 census: 

In Shanghai, China.

1911 census: 

In Shanghai, China.

1921 census: 

Not found - probably in Shanghai.