wife & children in Gillingham
1861 Gillingham, RG9/479 folio 49 pg 5
Esther Rice wife married 36 boatswain wife RN b. Middlesex
Mary dau 14 b. Bermuda, West Indies
John son 9 b. Kent, Sheerness
William son 3 b. Kent, Chatham
Edward son 1 b. Kent, Chatham
1871 2 Richardson Place, Church St, Greenwich RG10/752 folio 62 pg 6
Esther Rice head widow 45 Officers pensioner ? b. Middx
Also in 1871, Edward is enumerated in the household of his sister Mary in Greenwich, John is on board the HMS Ocean in China, can't see William as yet.
death reg for John
John Bone Rice 53 march qtr 1867 Medway vol 2a pg 275
& for Esther
Esther Rice 50 march qtr 1875 Greenwich vol 1d pg 635
possible for William
William Henry Rice 11 march qtr 1869 Greenwich vol 1d pg 518 - burial on 11/1/1869 records his address as Greenwich Hospital School, so this boy is the son of a naval officer
http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/GreenwichRoyal2.html