Rebecca Woodhouse was the daughter of Mary Redfern and Anthony Woodhouse, and was Ari’s 5x great-grandmother. She was their first child, born in 1791 in Bonsall, Derbyshire, and baptised on the 24th of July.
At the age of 20, she married a quarryman, Isaac Spencer. The couple had ten children: Hannah, Isaac, Charlotte, Joseph, Anthony, William, Francis, Rebecca, Thomas and Sarah.
In 1841 the family are at Water Lane, in Middleton-by-Wirksworth. Four of the children are at home, with 15-year-old Anthony working as a lead miner.
In 1851, just 14-year-old Thomas is at home with Rebecca and Isaac.
Rebecca died on 20 February 1854 in Middleton. She was 62 years old.
Looking north from Middleton, with Bonsall in the distance. Strip fields can be seen in middle distance, right.
Ari, this is how you are related to Rebecca:
