Nat Gould

Rachel Horobin 1853-1919

The Crofts Farm

Rachel Horobin was born in 1853 at Brierlow in Chelmorton parish in Derbyshire, the daughter of Thomas Horobin 1819-1905 and his wife née Martha Skidmore 1831-1872.

She was baptised at Chelmorton on 11 January 1853.

When the Census was taken in 1881 she was working as a domestic servant in the household of Ralph Johnson who was farming at Froghole, Sheen in Staffordshire.

She was married to her cousin Jethro Horobin 1861-1927 in 1898. He was the son of William Horobin 1807-1886 and his wife née Mary Edge 1825-1913.

They lived at the Crofts Farm, situated south of Longnor village in the upper Manifold valley in Staffordshire. They had no children.

Rachel Horobin died in 1919 aged 66 years, and was buried at Earl Sterndale on 19 February 1919.

Her husband Jethro Horobin died on 25 November 1927 aged 66 years, and was also buried at Earl Sterndale, where there are monumental inscriptions to their memory.

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