J. & H. R. Hounam
Robert Hounam (bapt.1786-1849) was baptised at Queen Street Independent Chapel, the son of George and Elizabeth. Robert, who had apparently once been a soldier, worked as a pen knife maker in Edward Street in the 1820s and 1840s. His wife, Mary née Bailey, died in 1843. In 1846, at Mount Zion Chapel, Robert married Elizabeth, the ‘relict’ of George Steer. He died of ‘decay of nature’ at Upper Edward Street, aged 63, on 12 April 1849. Joseph Hounam (1809....
