When Grace Howland was born on 23 September 1821, in Dalby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Howland, was 50 and her mother, Sarah Kilvington, was 33. She married William Dale on 1 June 1845, in Holy Trinity King's Square, York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. In 1841, at the age of 20, her occupation is listed as in the 1841 census she is listed as a female servant, living some 8 miles from her family home, with a family whose father is listed as a farmer and an innkeeper. it is probable that she was helping at the inn. in Thornton-le-Clay, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. She died after 1881, in Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 61.