Annie Harriet Lowndes, of Rutland Lodge, Boyne Hill, Lady Superintendent of St John's National School, Winchester

 

 

 

Monument to Annie Harriet Lowndes, All Saints Churchyard, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

 

 

"Annie Harriet Lowndes.  

Born 2nd February 1855.  

Died 15th January 1914."

 

 

Annie Harriet Lowndes was born on 2nd February 1855 in Belgravia, London, to Samuel Lowndes, a stock broker and magistrate, and his wife Letitia Baden.

 

Annie first appears the 1861 Census, aged six, living at Esher House, Cobham, Surrey, with her parents and her 6 year old cousin Edith Phillips.

 

In 1870 Annie's mother, Letitia passed away.

 

At the age of 16 on the 1871 Census, Annie can be found boarding at Sussex House School for Girls in Clifton, Bristol.

 

In 1881 Annie is living with her Grandmother Eliza Lowndes, father Samuel ,and Aunt Rebe at 84 Oxford Terrace, in London Paddington.

 

In 1882 Annie's father, Samuel, married his second wife, Isabel Gore Browne in Christchurch, Hampshire.

 

By the 1891 Census, Annie had moved again, this time to live at 71 Oxford Terrace in the home of her Uncle Thomas, a retired Army Major General, Along with her father Samuel, his second wife Isabel, and her elderly Aunt Rebe Lowndes.

 

Annie had moved again by the 1901 Census, where she is now recorded as the lady superintendent of St John's National School for Girls and Infants at 4 - 4a St John's Street, Winchester, Hampshire.  The building still stands to this day and is now called St John's Hall.

 

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By the 1911 Census Annie had moved again, this time to St Helen's, Altwood Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire.  Living with Annie at the time is Margaret Ann Kempe, who worked at St John's National School for Girls and Infants as a matron along side Annie.  Both ladies are now recorded as living by 'private means'.

Annie Harriet Lowndes passed away on 15th January 1914 at her home, 87 Dorset Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. On 17th January 1914 the following announcement appeared in the Surrey Advertiser:

"Deaths

LOWNDES —On the 15th of January, at Bexhill-on-Sea. Annie Harriet Lowndes, only daughter of the late S. Lowndes, Esq.. O,P. the County of Dorset, and grand-daughter of William Loftus Lowndes. Q.C."

On 24th January 1914 the Surrey Advertiser reported:

"DEATH MISS LOWNDES. T

he death occurred at Bexhill-on-sea on Thursday week of Miss. Annie Harriet Lowndes, daughter of the late Mr. .S. Lowndes, J.P. for Dorset, and grand-daughter of the late Mr. William Loftus Lowndes. Q.C. 'Miss Lowndes had devoted her life to work among friendless girls, having laboured for in London for some years and at Winchester. .She was instrumental in starting  a home, known as St. Anne's. at Pewsley, and worked there many years, giving freely her time and money Much sympathy will extended to Mrs. Lowndes of Chichester-place, Epsom road, deceased's stepmother."

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On 18th March 1914 the Maidenhead Advertiser reported:

"A LOCAL LADY'S Will.

—Miss Annie Harriet Lowndes, formerly of Rutland Lodge, Boyne-hill, Maidenhead, daughter of the late Samuel Lowndes, whose death occurred at Bexhill-on- Sea, Sussex, on January 15th, has left property of the value of £7,354 8s. 10d., of which the net personalty is £7,175 2s. 10d. Mr. William Loring, of Allerton House, Grotes Buildings, Blackheath, Kent, barrister-at-law, and Mr. Richard Lowndes, of 4, Tokenhouse Buildings, London, stockbroker, are the executors. The will is dated March 11th, 1909, wherein testatrix leaves £50 per annum to Eliza Jane Foxley Norris, £50 per annum to her aunt, Rebe Lowndes, with remainder to her godson, Arthur William Foxley Norris, £50 per annum to her stepmother, Isabel Gore Lowndes, £50 per annum to Margaret Kempe, and £l00 to St. Anne's Laundry Home, Yiewaley, Middlesex, providing that it is carried on on the same lines as at present. The residue of her property she leaves to her brother, Harry Loftus Lowndes, for life, then as to £l00 to her godson, Arthur William Foxley Norris, and £l00 to St. Anne's Laundry Home, with remainder to the children of her brother Henry, whom, failing, to her said god-son."

Mary Louisa Haines Built, Domestic Cook for Captain Charles Prettyman at Boyne Holme, Maidenhead.

 

 

 

Monument to Mary Louisa Haines Built, All Saints Churchyard, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire.

 

"Sacred To The Memory Of 

Mary Louisa Built 

Died Dec 19th 1902 

Aged 39 years."

 

 

Mary Louisa Haines Built was born illegitimately to Benedicta Built in 1863 in Ross, Herefordshire, Mary was christened on 1st April 1863.  Haines may have been her father's surname.  Six years later in 1869 Mary's illegitmate sister, Benedicta Built was born.

 

 

On the 1871 Census, 8 year old Mary is boarding with the Ashley family at Daycroft House, Walford, Herefordshire.  Mary's mother, working as a dressmaker, and her younger sister Benedicta are boarding at the home of the Whittaker family at Bulls Hill in Walford, Herefordshire.

 

In 1875 Mary's mother Benedicta married saddler Charles Lancaster, in Hereford, Herefordshire.

 

In 1877 Mary and Benedicta's half brother George James Lancaster was born, sadly he died that same year.  Charles and Benedicta Lancaster had no further children together.  Charles had two children from his previous marriage, Drusilla Lancaster, and Frederick Charles Lancaster

 

In 1881 Mary the 18 year old Mary is still living in the Ashley family home at Daycroft House and is now working as a general servant.  Mary's 12 year old sister, Benedicta, is visiting the home of Elizabeth Davis at 2 Bellevue, Burcott Row, Herefordshire.  Living next door at 3 Shrewsbury Place is Mary and Benedicta's mother Benedicta Lancaster, her husband Charles and his children Drusilla, and Frederick. 

 

On the 1891 Census Mary is working as a domestic cook for Captain Charles H. S. Prettyman and his family at Fairfield Peterschurch, Herefordshire, her sister Benedicta however is working for the Graves family in Bradenham, West Wycombe, as a general domestic servant. Mary and Benedicta's mother, is living in the town on Tiberton, Herefordshire with her husband Charles.  Boarding with them are two children 12 year old Alice E Edmonds, and 11 year old Leonard Phillips.

 

In 1901 Mary is still working as a domestic cook for Captain Charles H S Prettyman and his wife family, this time at Boyne Holme, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead.

 

Mary's younger sister, Benedicta,  is working as a domestic cook at 1 Ilchester Gardens in Paddington, London, in the home of  William Bailey Heath.

 

An ageing Benedicta Lancaster and her husband Charles are now living alone at Crossways, Tiberton, Herefordshire.

 

Just a year later on 19th December 1902 Mary passed away at the age of 39. On Christmas Eve of 1902 the following announcement appeared in the Maidenhead Advertiser:

"Deaths-

BUILT,—On December 19th, at Boyne Holme, Maidenhead, Mary Louisa Built, aged 39. Deeply regretted."

 

In 1911, nine years after the death of her sister  Benedicta Built is working as a domestic cook for the Nicholson family at 55 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London.

 

Benedicta Lancaster and her husband Charles have since moved to Wales.  In 1916 Charles Lancaster passes away, followed by Benedicta in 1921 in Knighton, Radnorshire.

 

Benedicta Built passes away in Windsor, Berkshire in 1953.

 

 

 



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Frederick James Baylis of the Maidenhead Advertiser, his wife Deborah Elizabeth Baylis, and son Corporal Herbert Henry "Duke" Baylis of the Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment

 

 

 

Memorial to Frederick James Baylis, Deborah Elizabeth Baylis and Herbert Henry "Duke" Baylis, All Saint's Churchyard, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

 

"In Loving Memory Of 

Our Dear Parents And Brother, 

Frederick James 

Baylis

Died Dec 27 1895 

Aged 34 years 

and 

Deborah Elizabeth 

Died August 10 1940 

Aged 78 years.  

Herbert Henry 

"Duke" 

Killed In Action 

in France 

August 2 1917."

 

 

Frederick James Baylis was born in 1862 in Gloucestershire to Frederick George Baylis, a newspaper editor and reporter, and his wife Louisa Lane.

 

Frederick first appears on the 1871 Census aged 9, living with his parents, grandfather William Baylis, and younger siblings Edith, and Gerald at 4 Jessamine Villas, Parliament Street, Littleworth, Gloucestershire.

 



In 1872 Frederick George Baylis, a partner in the Maidenhead Advertiser bought out the other five owners and began the family's association with the paper that remains to this day under Baylis Media Ltd.  In 1873 Bertha Baylis was born, and in 1875 Watson, younger siblings to Frederick James Baylis.

 

By the 1881 Census the family was living at 9 Craufurd Rise, Maidenhead, Berkshire, where Frederick is working as a compositor and accountant for his father's paper, the Maidenhead Advertiser.  Three years later in 1884, Frederick married Deborah Elizabeth Drewett in Maidenhead.

 

Deborah Elizabeth Drewett was born in 1862, in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to George Drewett, landlord of The Swan Inn, High Street, Maidenhead, and his wife Mary Ann Palmer.

 

Deborah first appears on the 1871 Census aged 8, living with her uncle and aunt, Robert and Charlotte Angel, landlords of The Bull Inn in Warfield, Berkshire.  Living with the Angel family is Deborah's grandmother Ann Drewett.

 

However by 1881 Deborah is back living with her parents at The Swan Inn in Maidenhead, along with her younger brothers, George a mineral water manufacturer, and Henry.

 

A year after their marriage, Frederick and Deborah celebrated the birth of their first child, a son, Gilbert Frederick, closely followed by a daughter Eva Deborah in 1886.  Beatrice Mary was born later in 1888, followed a year later by Herbert Henry in 1889 and Henry Gerald in 1890.

 

On the 1891 Census, Frederick, Deborah, and their children can be found living in Albert Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, where Frederick is listed as a journalist for the Maidenhead Advertiser. 

Just a year later in 1892 Frederick and Deborah welcomed another daughter, Kate, into their family.  Sadly just three years later in 1895, Frederick suffered a cerebral haemorrhage and passed away aged just 34 years.  On  1st January 1896 the following announcement appeared in the Maidenhead Advertiser:

"DEATH. 

Baylis.—December 27th, after a short illness, of cerebral haemorrhage, Frederick James Baylis, member of the staff of the Maidenhead Advertiser, aged 34 years. [His widow desires to offer, through this medium, her most grateful thanks to many friends and neighbours for the great kindness, sympathy and helpfulness they have shown to her in her sad bereavement, of which personal acknowledgement would be almost impossible."

Deborah was expecting her seventh child at the time of Frederick's passing.  Frederick Watson Baylis was born after his father's death in 1896

 

The 1901 Census finds the widowed Deborah working as a dressmaker and living at 2 Grenfell Avenue with her children, Gilbert Frederick - a fishmongers assistant, Eva Deborah - a school teacher, Kate, and young Frederick.  Henry Gerald Baylis is living with his uncle and aunt Henry and Emma Drewett in Church Street, Alburgh, South Norfolk.  I cannot locate Herbert Henry on the 1901 Census.

 

Frederick George Baylis passes away on 3rd October 1906 at his home Belmont Lodge, Belmont Road, Maidenhead.  He left control of the Maidenhead Advertiser to his four surviving children Edith, Bertha, Gerald, and Watson

 

By 1911 Deborah had moved to 3 Raymond Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, along with her married daughter Beatrice and her baby granddaughter Phyllis Deborah Kille.  Still living with Deborah are her daughter Eva who is working as a grocers clerk for the Co-Operative, her son Herbert Henry who is working as an assistant antique dealer, Henry Gerald who is working as an iron smith, daughter Kate is working as a drapers clerk, and finally young Frederick who is working as an apprentice printer for the Maidenhead Advertiser. 

Deborah, Eva, and Henry are still living at 3 Raymond Road in 1939. Henry is now working as a house painter.

 

Corporal Herbert Henry Baylis of the Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment, was killed in action on 2nd August 1917 in the Battle of Pilckem Ridge, part of the Battle of Passchendaele (the third Ypres campaign ,which took place between 31st July - 2nd August 1917.  Herbert Henry is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium.

 

 

 



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IHS Celtic Cross, All Saints Maidenhead Cemetery, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

 

 

 

 

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Maidenhead Station Master James Chamberlain , and his wife Anne Chamberlain

 

 

 

Monument to James and Ann Chamberlain, All Saint's Churchyard, Boyn Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

 

 

"In 

Loving Memory 

Of 

James Chamberlain 

Who Departed This Life 

December 26th 1892 

Aged 79 years.  

Also Anne His Wife 

Who Died October 25th 1895 

Aged 85 years.  

Gone But Not Forgotten."

 

 

James Chamberlain was born in Latterworth, Leicestershire in 1813 to Ann Chamberlain.  Sometime before the birth of their first child, a daughter, Ann Elizabeth, James married his wife Anne.

 

The family first appears in the 1841 Census living in Bridge Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Along with James's widowed mother Ann.  James's occupation is simply listed as a porter.

 

In 1846 James and Anne celebrated the birth of their second daughter, Sophia, followed by a son, James, in 1849.

 

The family is still residing in Bridge Street at the time of the 1851 Census, however James's occupation is now listed as a rail porter.  His wife Ann is listed as a shopkeeper.  I have been unable to locate Ann Elizabeth post 1851.  James would have been working at Maidenhead (Riverside) and Taplow Rail Station, the first and only railway station to serve Maidenhead at the time.  The station was situated on the Buckinghamshire side of the Thames.  Passengers alighted and were ferried across the bridge to Maidenhead in horse drawn carriages.

 

1852 saw the birth of a third daughter, Martha Jane (sometimes listed as Jane).

 

In 1854 a new railway station on the Wycombe line opened in Maidenhead and was situated on Castle Hill.  This station was then used as Maidenhead's main station until the completion of the current station in 1871.

 

By the 1861 Census the family had moved to Maidenhead High Street.  James had also moved up the career ladder as his occupation is now listed as Station Master.

 

James and his family had moved once again before 1871 to 26 Victoria Street in Maidenhead.  James's occupation is now listed as simply a railway servant.  Sophia is helping the household income as a Milliner (hat maker),  James Jr has left the family home and can be found working as a shop man in Clifton, Gloucestershire for Mrs Kingcome.  Martha Jane is working as a draper's assistant in Queen's Square, High Wycombe

 

In 1873, Sophia married Samuel William Bateman, a chair manufacturer from High Wycombe.

 

In 1877 Martha Jane marries William Hunt Smith, a draper from Middlesex.  In 1879 they celebrate the birth of their son Herbert and in 1880 the birth of their daughter Dora.

 

1881 James and Anne are still residing at 26 Victoria Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire.  James Jr is now working as a shop man in St Martin in the Fields, in London, Sophia and her husband Samuel are living and working in Queen's Square, High Wycombe and Martha Jane and her family are living and working in Great Marlow, Buckinghmashire.

 

In 1891 James and Anne are still living in Victoria Street in Maidenhead.  James's occupation is now listed as a retired station master.  Just a year after that Census was taken, James passed away on Boxing Day of 1892, aged 79 years.  On 4th January 1893 the Maidenhead Advertiser reported:

"DEATH OF MR. JAMES CHAMBERLAIN. 

- Mr. James Chamberlain, of Victoria-street, has just passed away, at the age of 78 [sic]. Mr. Chamberlain will be remembered by many inhabitants as the stationmaster at the old Folley-hill (Castle-hill) station, prior to the erection of the present Maidenhead station, and when residents desirous of journeying by other than Wycombe branch trains to trudge or engage a cab to the old Taplow station. Mr. Chamberlain was for many years in charge of the "little station on the hill." When be was superannuated, some years since, he retired with the esteem and good wishes of all ' who knew him, and was presented with a suitable testimonial. Mr. Chamberlain was a warm supporter of St. Paul's church."

Anne was to pass away nearly three years later on 25th October 1895

 

 

 

 

Cemetery Sunday - All Saint's Maidenhead Cemetery

 

Celtic Cross in the fog at All Saint's Maidenhead Cemetery, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

 

 

 

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