Isabella was born to Thomas and Anne Armstrong Rumbold at home (27 Brighton Street) in the Grays Inn Lane area of St. Pancras, Middlesex, England (also per certified copy of birth entry) and there appeared with them on the 1841 Census of England on Brighton Street (Pg 73; Lines 4-11). Her mother died when she was three, and her father shortly thereafter remarried, remaining in St. Pancras on the 1851 Census (81 Cromer street, St Marylebone: Pg 52; House 314).
However, the family must have struggled on her father Thomas' income as a coach (cab) driver. Like her siblings before her, Isabella married young, at the age of 16, on 13 Apr 1857 at St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex County. Her husband, Manuel Percira, was a ship's steward and so was not with her on shore much before his apparent death, but she appeared on the 1861 Census of England on High Street in Putney, Wandsworth District, Surrey County (Pg 10; House 58) along with Manuel's aunt and other relatives.
A young widow only in her early 20s, she met William Edward Tranter, whose family was running a tavern in St. Pancras. They married and left England, arriving in the port of New York on 7 Aug 1865 (New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: SS City of Boston) and settled in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, where the couple appeared on the 1870 Census (Ward 5; Pg 82; Family 672). Although she lived in many locations, Isabella would remain in Brooklyn the rest of her life.
A strong-willed and unconventional woman, Isabella appeared in the mid-1870s Brooklyn City Directories as the owner/operator of a confectionery at 74 Middagh Street, where the family lived, while William worked as a carpenter. She managed to run the candy shop while she and William became the parents of their first few children. Their daughters Harriet and Maud Isabella appeared with them at Middagh Street on the 1875 NY State Census (Ward 1; Elect Dist 4; Pg 28; Family 267).
She was the mother of eight children according to census records, and Isabella struggled to provide for the five who lived to adulthood, running a grocery store at 15 Henry Street according to the 1879 Brooklyn Directory. William, however, did not help her rear the children for very long as he died in March of 1879. A widowed Isabella and four children appeared on the 1880 Census (Ward 1; ED 5; Pg 91-C; Family 19), still running the grocery store at Henry Street. She also took in boarders to help meet her expenses.
By the 1892 New York State Census (Ward 5; Elect Dist 5; Pg 1), she was working as a dressmaker and was living in a tenement on Front Street with her five children. She moved a number of times, living on Hudson Street (1894 Brooklyn Directory), on Jay Street (1897 & 1899 Brooklyn Directories), and on Prospect Street (1901 Brooklyn Directory).
It was perhaps her English background coupled with the difficulties of single-parenthood that caused her to be less demonstrative in her affections and a rather strict disciplinarian, traits by which at least one grandchild would later describe her.
Her oldest daughter Hattie married about 1893, followed by the next two children, Maud in 1895 and William in 1897. The remaining two children, George and Mary, resided with her on Prospect Street during the 1900 Census (Ward 5, Dist 3; ED 41; Pg 8-B; Family 177). Daughter Hattie Plunkett died of illness in September 1908, only a few months after the birth of her 7th child. Isabella, then well into her 60s, stayed for a while with her son-in-law, Joseph Plunkett, to help care for Hattie's children; although, Hattie's baby, Irene, was placed with and eventually adopted by Joseph's sister, Kate Plunkett Jackson, and her family.
In this same time period, daughter Maud Sharpe was widowed, leaving her with several small children. Isabella helped by taking Maud and two of her Sharpe grandchildren into her home on 820 Broadway, as indicated on the 1910 Census (Ward 21; ED 506: Pg 20-A; Family 417). However, some of Maud's children seem to have been placed, temporarily at least, in Brooklyn orphanages (1910 Census: Ward 23; Orphan Asylum Society of Brooklyn; ED 614; Pg 9-A, lines 7-8 AND 1915 NY Census: Ward 31; Pg 69; Brooklyn Baptist Orphanage, lines 13-14).
By 1915, Isabella was about 74 years old and moved in with her daughter Mary and son-in-law Joseph Sena (1915 NY Census: Assembly Dist 10; Pg 12). She left the Sena household for a while and was not living with son William (in New Jersey) or widowed son-in-law Joseph Plunkett during the 1920 Census (Son George's whereabouts have not been determined as of Mar 2013). She was in her mid-80s when she appeared on the 1925 NY Census (Assembly Dist 10; Pg 5), again with the Senas, and died in the Sena home of chronic myocarditis and nephritis only a few months later.
Spouse
William Edward Tranter (abt 1841 England to 1879? New York)
Children (Known)
Harriet Deborah "Hattie" Tranter Plunkett (Oct 1871 NY - Sep 1908 NY)
Maud Isabella Tranter Sharpe (Sep 1874 NY - unk)
Thomas "William" Tranter (1877-1952)
John Tranter (Sep 1879 NY - bef 1892)
George Vincent Tranter (Mar 1881 NY - prob Mar 1928*)
Mary Tranter Sena (Mar 1883 NY - 1948 NY)
* Buried in the same lot & section with Isabella is a George Tranter (birth unk), on F/G as # 57426300.
However, the family must have struggled on her father Thomas' income as a coach (cab) driver. Like her siblings before her, Isabella married young, at the age of 16, on 13 Apr 1857 at St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex County. Her husband, Manuel Percira, was a ship's steward and so was not with her on shore much before his apparent death, but she appeared on the 1861 Census of England on High Street in Putney, Wandsworth District, Surrey County (Pg 10; House 58) along with Manuel's aunt and other relatives.
A young widow only in her early 20s, she met William Edward Tranter, whose family was running a tavern in St. Pancras. They married and left England, arriving in the port of New York on 7 Aug 1865 (New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: SS City of Boston) and settled in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, where the couple appeared on the 1870 Census (Ward 5; Pg 82; Family 672). Although she lived in many locations, Isabella would remain in Brooklyn the rest of her life.
A strong-willed and unconventional woman, Isabella appeared in the mid-1870s Brooklyn City Directories as the owner/operator of a confectionery at 74 Middagh Street, where the family lived, while William worked as a carpenter. She managed to run the candy shop while she and William became the parents of their first few children. Their daughters Harriet and Maud Isabella appeared with them at Middagh Street on the 1875 NY State Census (Ward 1; Elect Dist 4; Pg 28; Family 267).
She was the mother of eight children according to census records, and Isabella struggled to provide for the five who lived to adulthood, running a grocery store at 15 Henry Street according to the 1879 Brooklyn Directory. William, however, did not help her rear the children for very long as he died in March of 1879. A widowed Isabella and four children appeared on the 1880 Census (Ward 1; ED 5; Pg 91-C; Family 19), still running the grocery store at Henry Street. She also took in boarders to help meet her expenses.
By the 1892 New York State Census (Ward 5; Elect Dist 5; Pg 1), she was working as a dressmaker and was living in a tenement on Front Street with her five children. She moved a number of times, living on Hudson Street (1894 Brooklyn Directory), on Jay Street (1897 & 1899 Brooklyn Directories), and on Prospect Street (1901 Brooklyn Directory).
It was perhaps her English background coupled with the difficulties of single-parenthood that caused her to be less demonstrative in her affections and a rather strict disciplinarian, traits by which at least one grandchild would later describe her.
Her oldest daughter Hattie married about 1893, followed by the next two children, Maud in 1895 and William in 1897. The remaining two children, George and Mary, resided with her on Prospect Street during the 1900 Census (Ward 5, Dist 3; ED 41; Pg 8-B; Family 177). Daughter Hattie Plunkett died of illness in September 1908, only a few months after the birth of her 7th child. Isabella, then well into her 60s, stayed for a while with her son-in-law, Joseph Plunkett, to help care for Hattie's children; although, Hattie's baby, Irene, was placed with and eventually adopted by Joseph's sister, Kate Plunkett Jackson, and her family.
In this same time period, daughter Maud Sharpe was widowed, leaving her with several small children. Isabella helped by taking Maud and two of her Sharpe grandchildren into her home on 820 Broadway, as indicated on the 1910 Census (Ward 21; ED 506: Pg 20-A; Family 417). However, some of Maud's children seem to have been placed, temporarily at least, in Brooklyn orphanages (1910 Census: Ward 23; Orphan Asylum Society of Brooklyn; ED 614; Pg 9-A, lines 7-8 AND 1915 NY Census: Ward 31; Pg 69; Brooklyn Baptist Orphanage, lines 13-14).
By 1915, Isabella was about 74 years old and moved in with her daughter Mary and son-in-law Joseph Sena (1915 NY Census: Assembly Dist 10; Pg 12). She left the Sena household for a while and was not living with son William (in New Jersey) or widowed son-in-law Joseph Plunkett during the 1920 Census (Son George's whereabouts have not been determined as of Mar 2013). She was in her mid-80s when she appeared on the 1925 NY Census (Assembly Dist 10; Pg 5), again with the Senas, and died in the Sena home of chronic myocarditis and nephritis only a few months later.
Spouse
William Edward Tranter (abt 1841 England to 1879? New York)
Children (Known)
Harriet Deborah "Hattie" Tranter Plunkett (Oct 1871 NY - Sep 1908 NY)
Maud Isabella Tranter Sharpe (Sep 1874 NY - unk)
Thomas "William" Tranter (1877-1952)
John Tranter (Sep 1879 NY - bef 1892)
George Vincent Tranter (Mar 1881 NY - prob Mar 1928*)
Mary Tranter Sena (Mar 1883 NY - 1948 NY)
* Buried in the same lot & section with Isabella is a George Tranter (birth unk), on F/G as # 57426300.
Isabella was born to Thomas and Anne Armstrong Rumbold at home (27 Brighton Street) in the Grays Inn Lane area of St. Pancras, Middlesex, England (also per certified copy of birth entry) and there appeared with them on the 1841 Census of England on Brighton Street (Pg 73; Lines 4-11). Her mother died when she was three, and her father shortly thereafter remarried, remaining in St. Pancras on the 1851 Census (81 Cromer street, St Marylebone: Pg 52; House 314).
However, the family must have struggled on her father Thomas' income as a coach (cab) driver. Like her siblings before her, Isabella married young, at the age of 16, on 13 Apr 1857 at St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex County. Her husband, Manuel Percira, was a ship's steward and so was not with her on shore much before his apparent death, but she appeared on the 1861 Census of England on High Street in Putney, Wandsworth District, Surrey County (Pg 10; House 58) along with Manuel's aunt and other relatives.
A young widow only in her early 20s, she met William Edward Tranter, whose family was running a tavern in St. Pancras. They married and left England, arriving in the port of New York on 7 Aug 1865 (New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: SS City of Boston) and settled in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, where the couple appeared on the 1870 Census (Ward 5; Pg 82; Family 672). Although she lived in many locations, Isabella would remain in Brooklyn the rest of her life.
A strong-willed and unconventional woman, Isabella appeared in the mid-1870s Brooklyn City Directories as the owner/operator of a confectionery at 74 Middagh Street, where the family lived, while William worked as a carpenter. She managed to run the candy shop while she and William became the parents of their first few children. Their daughters Harriet and Maud Isabella appeared with them at Middagh Street on the 1875 NY State Census (Ward 1; Elect Dist 4; Pg 28; Family 267).
She was the mother of eight children according to census records, and Isabella struggled to provide for the five who lived to adulthood, running a grocery store at 15 Henry Street according to the 1879 Brooklyn Directory. William, however, did not help her rear the children for very long as he died in March of 1879. A widowed Isabella and four children appeared on the 1880 Census (Ward 1; ED 5; Pg 91-C; Family 19), still running the grocery store at Henry Street. She also took in boarders to help meet her expenses.
By the 1892 New York State Census (Ward 5; Elect Dist 5; Pg 1), she was working as a dressmaker and was living in a tenement on Front Street with her five children. She moved a number of times, living on Hudson Street (1894 Brooklyn Directory), on Jay Street (1897 & 1899 Brooklyn Directories), and on Prospect Street (1901 Brooklyn Directory).
It was perhaps her English background coupled with the difficulties of single-parenthood that caused her to be less demonstrative in her affections and a rather strict disciplinarian, traits by which at least one grandchild would later describe her.
Her oldest daughter Hattie married about 1893, followed by the next two children, Maud in 1895 and William in 1897. The remaining two children, George and Mary, resided with her on Prospect Street during the 1900 Census (Ward 5, Dist 3; ED 41; Pg 8-B; Family 177). Daughter Hattie Plunkett died of illness in September 1908, only a few months after the birth of her 7th child. Isabella, then well into her 60s, stayed for a while with her son-in-law, Joseph Plunkett, to help care for Hattie's children; although, Hattie's baby, Irene, was placed with and eventually adopted by Joseph's sister, Kate Plunkett Jackson, and her family.
In this same time period, daughter Maud Sharpe was widowed, leaving her with several small children. Isabella helped by taking Maud and two of her Sharpe grandchildren into her home on 820 Broadway, as indicated on the 1910 Census (Ward 21; ED 506: Pg 20-A; Family 417). However, some of Maud's children seem to have been placed, temporarily at least, in Brooklyn orphanages (1910 Census: Ward 23; Orphan Asylum Society of Brooklyn; ED 614; Pg 9-A, lines 7-8 AND 1915 NY Census: Ward 31; Pg 69; Brooklyn Baptist Orphanage, lines 13-14).
By 1915, Isabella was about 74 years old and moved in with her daughter Mary and son-in-law Joseph Sena (1915 NY Census: Assembly Dist 10; Pg 12). She left the Sena household for a while and was not living with son William (in New Jersey) or widowed son-in-law Joseph Plunkett during the 1920 Census (Son George's whereabouts have not been determined as of Mar 2013). She was in her mid-80s when she appeared on the 1925 NY Census (Assembly Dist 10; Pg 5), again with the Senas, and died in the Sena home of chronic myocarditis and nephritis only a few months later.
Spouse
William Edward Tranter (abt 1841 England to 1879? New York)
Children (Known)
Harriet Deborah "Hattie" Tranter Plunkett (Oct 1871 NY - Sep 1908 NY)
Maud Isabella Tranter Sharpe (Sep 1874 NY - unk)
Thomas "William" Tranter (1877-1952)
John Tranter (Sep 1879 NY - bef 1892)
George Vincent Tranter (Mar 1881 NY - prob Mar 1928*)
Mary Tranter Sena (Mar 1883 NY - 1948 NY)
* Buried in the same lot & section with Isabella is a George Tranter (birth unk), on F/G as # 57426300.
However, the family must have struggled on her father Thomas' income as a coach (cab) driver. Like her siblings before her, Isabella married young, at the age of 16, on 13 Apr 1857 at St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex County. Her husband, Manuel Percira, was a ship's steward and so was not with her on shore much before his apparent death, but she appeared on the 1861 Census of England on High Street in Putney, Wandsworth District, Surrey County (Pg 10; House 58) along with Manuel's aunt and other relatives.
A young widow only in her early 20s, she met William Edward Tranter, whose family was running a tavern in St. Pancras. They married and left England, arriving in the port of New York on 7 Aug 1865 (New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: SS City of Boston) and settled in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, where the couple appeared on the 1870 Census (Ward 5; Pg 82; Family 672). Although she lived in many locations, Isabella would remain in Brooklyn the rest of her life.
A strong-willed and unconventional woman, Isabella appeared in the mid-1870s Brooklyn City Directories as the owner/operator of a confectionery at 74 Middagh Street, where the family lived, while William worked as a carpenter. She managed to run the candy shop while she and William became the parents of their first few children. Their daughters Harriet and Maud Isabella appeared with them at Middagh Street on the 1875 NY State Census (Ward 1; Elect Dist 4; Pg 28; Family 267).
She was the mother of eight children according to census records, and Isabella struggled to provide for the five who lived to adulthood, running a grocery store at 15 Henry Street according to the 1879 Brooklyn Directory. William, however, did not help her rear the children for very long as he died in March of 1879. A widowed Isabella and four children appeared on the 1880 Census (Ward 1; ED 5; Pg 91-C; Family 19), still running the grocery store at Henry Street. She also took in boarders to help meet her expenses.
By the 1892 New York State Census (Ward 5; Elect Dist 5; Pg 1), she was working as a dressmaker and was living in a tenement on Front Street with her five children. She moved a number of times, living on Hudson Street (1894 Brooklyn Directory), on Jay Street (1897 & 1899 Brooklyn Directories), and on Prospect Street (1901 Brooklyn Directory).
It was perhaps her English background coupled with the difficulties of single-parenthood that caused her to be less demonstrative in her affections and a rather strict disciplinarian, traits by which at least one grandchild would later describe her.
Her oldest daughter Hattie married about 1893, followed by the next two children, Maud in 1895 and William in 1897. The remaining two children, George and Mary, resided with her on Prospect Street during the 1900 Census (Ward 5, Dist 3; ED 41; Pg 8-B; Family 177). Daughter Hattie Plunkett died of illness in September 1908, only a few months after the birth of her 7th child. Isabella, then well into her 60s, stayed for a while with her son-in-law, Joseph Plunkett, to help care for Hattie's children; although, Hattie's baby, Irene, was placed with and eventually adopted by Joseph's sister, Kate Plunkett Jackson, and her family.
In this same time period, daughter Maud Sharpe was widowed, leaving her with several small children. Isabella helped by taking Maud and two of her Sharpe grandchildren into her home on 820 Broadway, as indicated on the 1910 Census (Ward 21; ED 506: Pg 20-A; Family 417). However, some of Maud's children seem to have been placed, temporarily at least, in Brooklyn orphanages (1910 Census: Ward 23; Orphan Asylum Society of Brooklyn; ED 614; Pg 9-A, lines 7-8 AND 1915 NY Census: Ward 31; Pg 69; Brooklyn Baptist Orphanage, lines 13-14).
By 1915, Isabella was about 74 years old and moved in with her daughter Mary and son-in-law Joseph Sena (1915 NY Census: Assembly Dist 10; Pg 12). She left the Sena household for a while and was not living with son William (in New Jersey) or widowed son-in-law Joseph Plunkett during the 1920 Census (Son George's whereabouts have not been determined as of Mar 2013). She was in her mid-80s when she appeared on the 1925 NY Census (Assembly Dist 10; Pg 5), again with the Senas, and died in the Sena home of chronic myocarditis and nephritis only a few months later.
Spouse
William Edward Tranter (abt 1841 England to 1879? New York)
Children (Known)
Harriet Deborah "Hattie" Tranter Plunkett (Oct 1871 NY - Sep 1908 NY)
Maud Isabella Tranter Sharpe (Sep 1874 NY - unk)
Thomas "William" Tranter (1877-1952)
John Tranter (Sep 1879 NY - bef 1892)
George Vincent Tranter (Mar 1881 NY - prob Mar 1928*)
Mary Tranter Sena (Mar 1883 NY - 1948 NY)
* Buried in the same lot & section with Isabella is a George Tranter (birth unk), on F/G as # 57426300.
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