Richard Shepherd RACKSTRAW
1826 - 1906 (80 years) Has 2 ancestors and 37 descendants in this family tree.
1798 - 1876 (78 years)
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Name Richard Shepherd RACKSTRAW Relationship 
with William George BRADY Birth 1826 Cheam, Surrey, England 
Baptism 16 Oct 1826 Morden, Surrey, England Gender Male Notable Professor of Music - Royal Academy of Music AKA Rockstro Occupation Professor of Music - Royal Academy of Music [1] Occupation 1890 [2] Author - "A Treatise on the Construction, the History and the Practice of The Flute" Death 27 Feb 1906 Hendon, Middlesex, England Cause: Heart failure one morning while in a walk. Patriarch & Matriarch 
Samuel Sambrook RACKSTRAW, b. 30 Aug 1780, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, Englandd. May 1837, London, London, England (Age 56 years) (Father) 
Elizabeth Margaret SMITH, b. 1798, Surrey, Englandd. 6 Sep 1876, Devon, England (Age 78 years) (Mother) Person ID I78461 MyBradyTree
Father Samuel Sambrook RACKSTRAW, b. 30 Aug 1780, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England d. May 1837, London, London, England (Age 56 years) Mother Elizabeth Margaret SMITH, b. 1798, Surrey, England d. 6 Sep 1876, Devon, England (Age 78 years) Marriage 1 Nov 1821 Morden, Surrey, England Family ID F27441 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Elizabeth Sophia BRADDY, b. 1 Apr 1829, St Pancras, Middlesex, England d. 13 Mar 1916, Upper Holloway, Middlesex, England (Age 86 years)
Marriage 11 Sep 1848 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England [3] - St James
BRADY-ElizabethS1829-MC001 Marriage Banns Between 27 Aug and 10 Sep 1848 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England [4] Children 1. Sarah Elizabeth Rockstro RACKSTRAW, b. Oct 1849, St Pancras, Middlesex, England d. DECEASED2. Marie Gaire Rockstro RACKSTRAW, b. Abt 1850, London, London, England d. 21 Oct 1909, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 59 years)3. Richard Rockstro RACKSTRAW, b. 1851 d. 5 Sep 1857, Newton Abbot, Devon, England (Age 6 years)4. Bessie Rockstro RACKSTRAW, b. 1853, Chelsea, Middlesex, England d. Oct 1881, Croydon, Surrey, England (Age 28 years)+ 5. Richard ROCKSTRO, b. 9 Feb 1858, Lambeth, Surrey, England d. 18 Sep 1930, Granville, New South Wales, Australia (Age 72 years)â–» Frances Ann TURNER m. 18856. Georgina Mildred RACKSTRAW, b. Sep 1859, Dover, Kent, England d. 8 Aug 1947, Hastings, Sussex, England (Age ~ 87 years)+ 7. Charles Richard Rockstro RACKSTRAW, b. Abt 1865, Brixton, Surrey, England d. Oct 1893, Edmonton, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 28 years)â–» Louisa Maria COOKE m. Jul 18888. Arthur Rockstro RACKSTRAW, b. Oct 1865, Brixton, Surrey, England d. Jul 1892, Hendon, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 26 years)+ 9. Frank Braine Rockstro RACKSTRAW, b. Abt 1870, South Norwood, Surrey, England d. 15 Feb 1943, Islington, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 73 years)â–» Elaine Mary ASHBY m. Oct 1901Family ID F27440 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 1826 - Cheam, Surrey, England 
Baptism - 16 Oct 1826 - Morden, Surrey, England 
Marriage - 11 Sep 1848 - Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England 
Death - Cause: Heart failure one morning while in a walk. - 27 Feb 1906 - Hendon, Middlesex, England Marriage Banns - Between 27 Aug and 10 Sep 1848 - Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England = Link to Google Earth
Photos RACKSTRAW-RichardH1826-GR001
Richard Shepherd Rockstro, 1826-1906, and Robert Sidney Pratten, 1824-1868 Rockstro stands center left holding piccolo in both hands. Pratten sits at right in a carved chair with fringed seat. He holds flute vertically in his left hand.
Reference Your Name Here. "Richard Shepherd RACKSTRAW". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I78461&tree=Brady2008 (accessed April 6, 2025).
Sources - [S1306] Library of Congress, R. W. Thrupp, B. Richard Shepherd Rockstro, -1906, and Robert Sidney Pratten, 1824 to 1868. , . [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/dcmphot.a0409/..
- [S1315] Books, A Treatise on the Construction the History and the Practice of The Flute by Richard Shepherd Rockstro https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/rockstro/.
- [S1259] Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1931, London Metropolitan Archives, Saint James, Clerkenwell, Register of marriages, P76/JS1, Item 049.
- [S1259] Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1931, Richard Shepherd Rackstraw & Elizabeth Sophia Braddy London Metropolitan Archives, Saint James, Clerkenwell, Register of banns of marriage, P76/JS1, Item 179.