In a photo of him taken about 1872 he wears a three-piece suit with a Zouave-style jacket (fastened only at the top and with a curved front exposing the waistcoat underneath. At the time collars were still relatively small and turned-over.
A later photo, taken in St Albans presumably in 1890 as the photo is in a double frame with his wife shows him dressed in the uniform of a Scottish regiment with a special pattern of jacket with a cut away front, worn with a regimental tartan trews. Was it the 91st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders?He first went to work on 24th May, 1878, at Verulaneum House, Verulaneum, St Albans. He was a churchwarden.
In 1881 he was still living at home in Bedford Road, St. Albans, with his father, step-mother and brother Mark.
In 1891 he and Ellen were living at 23, Ariel Rd, Hampstead, where they shared a house with another family, living in two rooms.
In 1901 he was described as a railway accountant and living at 37, St Paul's Rd, St Pancras, London.
1911 Address 19 Marquis Rd Camden Rd N W London
District St Pancras Subdistrict East St Pancras Enumeration District 9 Parish St Pancras
Howard, Walter Head Married M 45 Railway Clerk Herts St Albans
Howard, Ellen Wife Married 20 F 48 London Holborn
Howard, Walter Robert Son Single M 19 Civil Engineers Clerk London Hampstead
Howard, Ellen Maud Daughter Single F 16 Dressmaker London St Pancras
Howard, Albert John Son Single M 10 School Boy London St Pancras
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Responsible for freight, he worked for the LNER out of Euston for 40 years, until he retired in 1924. At Christmas he would bring home gifts given to him by the merchants for whom he arranged shipments on the railway. These would include cases of wine, bottles of port, sherry, whisky, gin and a whole stilton which Grandad would pour port over and then scoop out portions of the cheese. His wife was a teetotaller so I wonder who drank this. They were active in the Somerstown Presbyterian Church where the minister was a Zebediah Woffendale.
According to Val Walter had a mischevious sense of humour and used to tease her. She remembers him as being tall and slim as was his son Jack.

(Medical):Post mortem but no inquest. Informant was his son, A J Howard of 94, Hereford Road, London, W2. He was a retired Railway Accountant.
£413 15s 4d. Probate to his two sons.

• Married: 21 Sep 1890 in Somers Town Presbyterian, Ossulston Street, Somers Town, Middlesex ^{11 12}
• Note:

  When married, Walter lived at 37, Elm Grove, Cricklewood and Ellen lived at 20, Finsbury Circus in the City of London with her sister Agnes and her husband William Arnold.
  Ellen was 29 and Walter 24 years old.
  Walter Howard 24 years Bachelor Railway Clerk of 37, Elm Grove Cricklewood Father Joshua Howard Grocer's assistant to Ellen Gooch 29 years Spinster of 20, Finsbury Circus City. Father Robert Gooch, Cabman.
  Married in Somers Town Presbyterian Church, Pancras, London by B.Woffendall.
  Witnesses John Hugh Johnson and Ann Maria Johnson.
  The Regent Square Presbyterian Church (see LMA/4147) first started a mission in the Somers Town and Saint Pancras area in 1843, using a variety of buildings to host their meetings. In 1874 Goldington Crescent Church, near Mornington Crescent, was purchased as a permanent building and the name Goldington Crescent Presbyterian Church was adopted. By 1881 the congregation had outgrown this building and subsequently raised the funds to build a new, larger church and hall on Ossulston Street, Somers Town, designed by architect George Lethbridge. The new church was opened in 1882 and the church was renamed Somers Town Presbyterian Church. The church does not appear in the Presbyterian Church Official Handbook for 1971 and is likely to have closed before this date.
  http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=12674&inst_id=118&nv1=search&nv2=

• Change Date: 27 Mar 2013

1. Walter Robert Howard b: 14 Jul 1891 in 23, Ariel Rd., Kilburn, Hampstead, London
2. Ellen Maud Howard b: 11 Jan 1895 in 37, St Paul's Rd, Camden, St Pancras, London
3. Albert John Howard b: 9 Apr 1900 in 37, St Paul's Rd, Camden, St Pancras, London

• Married: 7 Sep 1932 in Camden Road Presbyterian Church, Camden Park Road, St Pancras, London ¹³
• Note: Lived together at 19, Marquis Rd., N.W. He was a widower and she was a spinster. They were married by certificate, witnessed by E J Deans and J. Barnes.
• Change Date: 4 Mar 2013

1. Abbrev: Baptismal certificate
   Title: Baptismal certificate
   Repository:
   Name: www.ancestry.co.uk
   
   Text: On May 29th 1892 Walter Robert Howard of 21 Marquis Road Camden Square was baptised at Somerstown Presbyterian, Camden, Midlesex. Parents were Walter and Ellen. He was born July 14 1891
2. Abbrev: Death Certificate
   Title: Death Certificates.
   Author: England and Wales. Registrar General.
   Text: The appropriate death certificate is held (or has been sighted) to confirm the data.
   Page: death certificate; March quarter 1941, St Pancras registration district, South Easr St Pancras sub-district
   Quality: 3
3. Abbrev: Railway records in UK
   Title: Railway Employment Records 1833-1963.
   Publication: Digital images. ancestry.com.
   Text: Midland Signal, Telegraph Depts
4. Abbrev: Census 1881
   Title: 1881 census of England. Digital images.
   Author: England.
   Publication: ancestry.co.uk. n.d.
5. Abbrev: Railway records in UK
   Title: Railway Employment Records 1833-1963.
   Publication: Digital images. ancestry.com.
6. Abbrev: Birth certificate
   Title: Birth Certificates.
   Author: England and Wales. Registrar General.
   Text: The appropriate birth certificate is held (or has been sighted) to confirm the data.
7. Abbrev: Census 1891
   Title: 1891 census of England. Digital images.
   Author: England.
   Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. \i ancestry.co.uk\i0 . 2005 : n.d.
   Text: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891
   Page: RG12/111
   Quality: 3
8. Abbrev: Census 1901
   Title: 1901 census of England. Digital images.
   Author: England.
   Publication: The Generations Network, Inc. Provo, UT, USA. \i www.ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.co.uk : 2005
   Text: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1901
   Repository:
   Name: www.ancestry.co.uk
   
   Page: digital images, The Generations Network, Inc. Provo, UT, USA, \i www.ancestry.com\i0  (http://www.ancestry.co.uk); citing PRO RG 13
   Quality: 3
9. Abbrev: London, England, Electoral Registers, 1847-1965
   Title: database
   Author: ancestry
10. Abbrev: Death Certificate
    Title: Death Certificates.
    Author: England and Wales. Registrar General.
    Text: The appropriate death certificate is held (or has been sighted) to confirm the data.
    Page: Information given by his son, Jack, on his death.
    Quality: 4
11. Abbrev: GRO Index
    Title: GRO Index
    Page: Pancras Middlesex Sept 1890 1b 295
    Date: 13 Aug 2005
12. Abbrev: Marriage certificate
    Title: Marriage Certificates.
    Author: England and Wales. Registrar General.
    Text: The appropriate marriage certificate is held (or has been sighted) to confirm the data.
    Page: marriage certificate
13. Abbrev: Marriage certificate
    Title: Marriage Certificates.
    Author: England and Wales. Registrar General.
    Text: The appropriate marriage certificate is held (or has been sighted) to confirm the data.