Henry Treeton Starling, For 35 Years Faithful Friend and Servant of Reverend W. B. Van Notten Pole of Ambler House, Maidnehead

 

Monument to Henry Treeton All Saints' Churchyard, Boyn Hill, Maidenhead.

"Loving Memory Of

Our Dear Father

Henry Treeton

Who Departed This Life

Feb 11th 1896 Aged 66 Years

35 Years The Faithful

Friend And Servant Of The

Rev W. B. Van Notten Pole

-He That Is Faithful In That Which Is

Least Is Faithful Also In Much-"

Henry Starling Treeton was born Henry Treeton Starling in Bushley, Worcestershire, in 1828 to Benjamin Treeton, a framer, and later his wife Elizabeth Starling. 

Henry first appears on the 1841 Census aged 13, living with his parents and younger siblings in Bushley Green, Worcestershire.

1851 finds Henry as a foot man for John Edmund Dowdeswell, Master in Chancery, a judge within the Chancery division of the High Court, at Pull Court, Bushley, Worcestershire. Also living with the family and working as a nurse is Emily Hunt. On November 9th 1852 Henry married Emily Hunt in Bushley, Worcestershire, using the surname Treeton Starling. The following announcement appeared in the Worcester Journal on 25th November 1852:

"Marriages-

Nov. 9, at Bushley, Mr. Henry Treeton, of the Upper Lode, Tewkesbury, to Miss Emily Hunt, of Bushley."

Their first child, a daughter, Fanny was born in 1854, followed by Emily in 1855, and a son Arthur in 1857.

By 1861 Henry had entered the employ of Reverend Watson Buller Van Notten Pole as a house servant at the rectory in Upper Swell, Gloucestershire. Emily and the children are living at Holdfast Hall, a farm in the town of Holdfast, Worcestershire. Ellen Treeton was born in 1865.

By 1871 Henry had risen to the rank of butler of the household. Emily, Arthur, and Ellen are still living in the town of Holdfast. Sadly Emily was to pass away in 1879

On the 1881 Census Henry had moved with the Van Notten Pole family to Goldalming, Surrey, where he is still the butler. His daughter Emily was to pass away in 1881.

In 1891 Henry had moved with Watson Buller Van Notten Pole to Ambler House in Maidenhead, Berkshire. On 11th February 1896 Henry was to pass away aged 66. The following announcement appeared in the Maidenhead Advertiser on 19th February 1896:

"Deaths-

Treeton - February 11th, at Hawthorn House, Grenfell-place, Henry Treeton, aged 66 years. For 35 years the faithful friend and servant of the Rev. W. B. Van Notten Pole."

Henry's friend and employer Watson Buller Van Notten Pole was to pass away in Maidenhead in 1900. He was later buried in Hampshire.