Thomas Robinson, Market Gardener of Moneyrow Green, Holyport, and his wife Martha Robinson

Memorial to Thomas and Martha Robinson, St Michael's churchyard, Bray, Berkshire, England.

 

"In Loving Memory of

Thomas Robinson

Who Died January 28th 1885

Aged 83 Years

- Them Also Which Sleep In Jesus Will God Bring With Him -

Also of

Martha Robinson

Wife Of The Above

Who Died January 1st 1892

Aged 81 Years

-The Memory Of The Just Is Blessed-"

 

 

Thomas Robinson was born in Hambleden, Buckinghamshire in 1802 to John Robinson and his wife Elizabeth.  Thomas was christened on 21st March 1802.

 

On 8th October 1833 Thomas married Martha Abdy at St Michael's Church in Bray, Berkshire.

 

In 1835 they celebrated the birth of their son, Thomas Jr, soon followed by George in 1837, and a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1839.

 

The young family first appears in the 1841 Census living in Windsor Road, Bray, Berkshire, where Thomas is working as a gardener. 

 

1842 saw the birth of a third son, Ephraim.  A second daughter Mary followed in 1845, a third daughter Louisa in 1847, and a fourth Sarah in 1851

 

At the time of the 1851 Census, Thomas and Martha are still residing in their home in Windsor Road.  Thomas Jr is now working as a bricklayer at the age of 16, and 14 year old George has left home to work as an errand boy for Mr Charles Jones, a baker in Bray.  In 1854 Thomas and Martha's youngest child, a son, William, was born.

 

In 1856 George Robinson marries Mary Pearson in Windsor, Berkshire.

 

Thomas and his family are still living at their home in Windsor Road, Bray by the time of the 1861 Census.  Thomas has now become a market gardener. Market gardeners were relatively small scale producers of fruits and vegetables grown on a small area of land.  The produce was often sold direct to customers or to restaurants and Inns.  Elizabeth is working as a servant whilst living at home, while Ephraim has left home to work as a baker for Mr Henry Cowdery in Cookham High Street.  Interestingly on the 1861 Census, Ephraim is living next door to Sir Stanley Spencer's paternal grandfather, Julius Spencer.

 

George, now working as a baker, and his new wife Mary are lodging at The Cricketer's Beer House on Holyport Green, Holyport, Berkshire (now a private house).

 

In 1867 Thomas Jr marries Eliza House, daughter of Ephraim House of the Wheatsheaf Inn, Grazeley, Berkshire, in Salford, Lancashire.

 

By 1871 Thomas and Martha had moved to Money Row Green, Holyport Berkshire.  At the age of 70, Thomas is still working the land as a market gardener.  Staying with them at the time is their eldest son Thomas who has unfortunately fallen on hard times and is out of employment.  Elizabeth, Mary, and William are still living with their parents.  Sarah has left home to work as a general domestic servant in the home of Mrs Elizabeth Stephenson at 1 Carlton Villas, Hencroft Street, Upton-cum-Chalvey in Slough, Berkshire. Louisa has moved to Grazeley, Berkshire to work as a house keeper for Ephraim House at the Wheatsheaf Inn.

George, his wife Mary, and their daughter Eliza are living and running a bakery from 23 Oxford Road, Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire.

 

1881 finds the now elderly Thomas and Martha still living at their home in Money Row Green, Holyport.  At 80 years old Thomas is still listed as working as a gardener.  Elizabeth and William are still living with their parents.

 

Thomas Jr has taken over the running of the Wheatsheaf  Inn in Grazeley, Berkshire, along with his wife Eliza.  Thomas's sister Louisa is living and working at The Inn as an assistant.  Thomas's other sister Mary is visiting at the time.

Sarah has moved to Putney, London to work as a general domestic servant in the home of tea merchant D. Bigwood at 6 Ravenna Road.

 

Four years after the 1881 Census was taken, Thomas Snr passed away aged 83.

 

1891 finds the eighty one year old widowed Martha still living in Money Row Green, Holyport.  Martha's youngest son, William has taken over the market garden business but it is clear Martha is still in charge as her occupation is listed as a market gardener proprietress.

A year later Martha joins her husband in eternal rest at St Michael's churchyard in Bray.

St Michael's Church, Bray, Berkshire.

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Lousia Munns, Headmistress of Spital Infant School, Clewer, Windsor

 

 

Memorial to Louisa Munns, All Saints Churchyard, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

 

 

"Louisa Munns

Who fell asleep in Jesus

On Sunday Sept 9th 1883

Aged 22 Years."

 

 

 

Louisa Munns was born in Maidenhead in 1860 to Stephen Munns, a painter, and his wife Phoebe Smith.

 

Louisa first appears on the 1861 Census aged only 6 months, she is living in Braywick Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, with her parents and elder siblings Henry Stephen, and Phoebe

 

In 1871 Louisa, now aged 10, and her family had moved to 32 King Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire.

 

In 1881 Louisa, now 20 years old, is lodging at Alexandra Terrace, Windsor, Berkshire.  Her occupation is listed as an elementary school teacher.

 

Sadly just two years later on 9th September 1883, Louisa Munns passed away aged just 22 years. On 19th September 1883 the Maidenhead Advertiser reported:

"The remains were interred in All Saints' churchyard on Saturday afternoon last of Miss Louisa Munns, daughter of Stephen and Munns, of this Town. For a considerable time the deceased was a teacher at the Wesleyan Sunday and Day Schools. and subsequently accepted the position of mistress of the Spital Infant School, near Windsor. Illness, however. compelled her a few months ago to return to Maidenhead, and she succumbed to the insidious disease, consumption. on the 9th inst. She was much beloved by a wide circle of friends in Maidenhead and Windsor, and the interment was witnessed by a large number of persons from both towns, and the sorrow shown was genuine. By request. the Rev. Dr. Gee. Vicar of St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Clewer, readily attended to officiate at the burial. Two crosses and several wreaths were placed upon the coffin by friends, and as a token of their respect for the deceased, Captain and Mrs. Denham (Windsor) sent an everlasting wreath. She was 22 years of age."

 

Little than a year later on Friday 30th May 1884, Louisa's father had a serious accident at his home.  The Slough, Eton and Windsor Observer reported on Saturday 31st May 1884:

 

"A Fall - Whilst Constable Cullen was on duty at 9:40 in King's Street, on Friday evening, he heard screams and cries for help proceeding from the house of Mr. Stephen Munns, and on going there he ascertained that Mr. Munns had fallen down a flight of 13 stairs with two buckets of whitewash.  His head was on the floor whilst his legs lay on the bottom stair.  The constable who some time since passed an Ambulance examination for First Aid to the Injured, well sponged the mans face and rendered other necessary aid, and then sent for a surgeon.  Mr. Montgomery promptly attended, and found that Munns has sustained a fracture to the base of his skull, and an injury to one of this shoulders.  His life was at first despaired of, but he rallied, and he is now going on well."

 

 

Stephen lived for a further 16 years after his accident, passing away in 1900 in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

 





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All Saints Maidenhead Cemetery
Maidenhead, Berkshire
England

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Emma Lipscombe and the Tragic Death of her Grand-daughter Mildred Ethel Aplin - "Dead With Her Cats"

Monument to Emma Lipscombe, All Saints Cemetery, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead. Berkshire.

"In

fond Memory

Of

Emma Lipscombe

Who fell asleep in Jesus

March 13th 1886 . Aged 69 Years.

 

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present

time, are not worthy to be compared with the

glory which shall be revealed in us."

 

 

Emma Lispcombe was born Emma Illsley on 21st September 1817 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to John Illsley, a waggoner and carrier, and his wife Mary Kay.

 

 

On 4th September 1838 at St John the Baptist church, in Hoxton, Middlesex, Emma married Issac Lipscombe, a butcher.  They celebrated the birth of their first child, a daughter, Katherine Lousia Lipscombe in 1841.  The 1841 Census shows the young family living at Pitfield Street, Hoxton, Middlesex, where Issac worked as a butcher employing three assistants, one of which was Emma's younger brother Richard Illsley.  Sadly that same year little Katherine passed away.

 

In 1843 Emma and Issac celebrated the birth of their son Richard, followed by a second daughter Emma in 1844.  Sadly little Emma was to pass away two years later in 1846.  A third daughter for Emma and Issac was born in 1849, Mary Ann Lipscombe.  The 1851 Census finds the family living and working at Waymouth Terrace West, Haggerstone, Middlesex.

 

1853 saw the birth of another daughter in the Lipscombe family, Katherine Lucy Lipscombe, followed by her sister Elizabeth Emma Lipscombe in 1856.

 

The 1861 Census shows Emma Lipscombe visiting her elder brother, John Illsley, at his home in Maidenhead, Berkshire.  However she also appears on the same Census living at No.1 Bedford Cottages, Lambeth, Surrey, with her husband and three young daughters, Mary, Kathrine (Lucy) and Elizabeth.  On 24th May 1868 Richard Lipscombe marries Mary Ann Middleton at the Independent Chapel, Stamford, Lincolnshire.

 

Oddly in 1871 Issac appears as living in the common lodging house of Ann Argent at 182 Osborn Place in Tower Hamlets, London.  Issac's marital status is listed as being a widower.  Emma however is running her own boarding house in York Street, Maidenhead along with her youngest daughter Elizabeth.  Issac seems to completely vanish from the records after the 1871 Census entry.  I cannot even locate a death for him.  Perhaps there was some sort of break down in their relationship.

 

In 1881 Emma can be found living at 3 Park Terrace, Maidenhead, Berkshire, along with her eldest surviving daughter Mary, and her youngest daughter Elizabeth.  Visiting at the time is Emma's now married daughter Katherine Lucy Bradford.  Emma's occupation is listed as being an Annuitant.

That same year Elizabeth Emma Lipscombe married William Robert Alpin, an ironmonger's assistant, in Maidenhead. They celebrated the birth of their only child, a daughter Mildred Ethel in 1888. After the death of William in 1911 and before the 1921 Census Mildred moved to 4 Laleham Road, Margate, Kent. Mildred never married and remained at 4 Laleham Road until her tragic death in 1939. On 29th November 1939 the East Kent Times and Mail reported:

"DEAD WITH HER CATS. 

Tragic Discovery at Margate. 

Lonely Woman's "Disappearance." 

The body of a woman whose death occurred several days ago was found by police officers in a house at Cliftonville on Monday evening. The woman was Miss Aplin, of 4. Lateham-road. Cliftonville. who had been living alone at that address since the death of her mother eleven weeks previously. She had not been seen for several days. and when neighbours reported this fact to the police, inquiries were made. When police officers entered the house they found Miss Aplin's body. Medical opinion was that death had taken place about ten days before. Miss Aplin was well known in the neighbourhood. She was passionately fond of cats, and over a dozen of these pets were found in the house with the dead body. It is understood that there will not be an inquest."

 

After Emma's death on 13th March 1886, Mary Ann Lipscombe went to live with her sister Katherine Lucy Bradford, her husband Samuel, and their children in Lewisham, London.

 



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Thomas Britten of the Queen Street Dairy, Maidenhead, his wife Charlotte Britten, and their son Thomas Ginders Britten - Buried At Sea

Memorial to Thomas Britten, Mary Charlotte Britten, and Thomas Ginders Britten, All Saints Churchyard, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire.

"In Loving Memory Of 

Thomas Britten

Born June 19th 1829 Died April 8th 1883. 

Also of

Mary Charlotte Britten

wife of the above

Born March 6th 1840 Died 28th Dec 1914

'her children rise up and call her blessed'

Also of

Thomas Ginder Britten

son of the above

Born Jan 6th 1870 died Feb 2nd 1913

Buried At Sea"

 

"The Eternal God Is Thy Refuge. And Underneath Are The Everlasting Arms"

 

 

 

Thomas Britten was born in Stoke Bliss, Herefordshire on 19th June 1829 to John Britten, a farmer of 250 Acres, and his wife Sarah Hay.

 

In 1851, 15 year old Thomas was working as an assistant draper whilst living with his parents and older brothers Edward and John at the family's farm in Laysters, Herefordshire.

 

By 1861, Thomas Britten was working as a draper's assistant in Liverpool for Woolright's Silk Mercer and Carpet Dealer, 18-22 Bond Street.  However in 1865 Thomas Britten set up his own drapery shop at 54 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, Ginders and Britten, having married Mary Charlotte Ginder sthat same year on 9th August.

 

Mary Charlotte Ginders was born in Ingestre, Staffordshire in 1840 to Jeremiah Ginders II, a brick works industrialist, and his wife Ellen Marsh.  Mary's father passed away when she was only 3 years old in 1843, leaving her mother Ellen and her siblings well provided for.  Mary lived with her widowed mother and siblings at 13 Church Street in Birkenhead until her marriage to Thomas Britten in 1865.  There are some accounts that the Ginders family were not happy with the arrangement and felt Thomas was not a good match for Mary as he was 'socially inferior' being 'trade'.

 

In 1866 Thomas and Mary celebrated the birth of their first child, a daughter,  Charlotte Thomasine Britten, followed closely by a son, Thomas John Britten in 1867.  Sadly baby Thomas was to pass away that same year.  Another daughter Julianne Britten was born in 1868, followed by a son Thomas Ginders in 1870 and a third daughter, Ellen Elizabeth in 1871.  That same year, the Britten family were living above their drapery shop in Argyle Street, Birkenhead

Argyle Street, Birkenhead
Ginders and Britten was located opposite
the Argyle Theatre.
Source: Wirral History.net

 

 

In 1873 another daughter, Mary Louise was born, followed by another daughter, Jessie in 1875, followed by Florence in 1876.  1877 saw the birth of a son, Robert Victor, and 1879 saw the birth of Thomas and Mary's youngest child, a son, Edward.  Sadly 1879 also saw the passing of Thomas and Mary's eldest child, 12 year old Charlotte Thomasine.

 

However, it seems that perhaps the Ginders family had a greater reason for their disapproval in Thomas Britten other than his social standing, as the drapery business soon failed. On 26th April 1879 the Liverpool Mail ran the following notice:

"IN LIQUIDATION. 

THE ENTIRE STOCK-IN-TRADE - OF MR. THOMAS BRITTEN 

(Late Britten and Ginders) 

DRAPER AND SILK MERCER, 54, ARGYLE STREET, BIRKENHEAD, 

AMOUNTING AT COST PRICE TO £839 158.11 D. 

OWEN OWEN has been declared the Purchaser, by public tender, by the Accountant to the Estate, Mr. J. ' Mawson, 44, Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, at a discount of 48 3/4per cent from cost or stock-book prices of the entire STOCK-IN-TRADE of Mr. Thomas Britten, Draper, Silk Mercer, and Mantle Manufacturer, 54, Argyle Street, Birkenhead."

 

By 1881 Thomas had moved his family to Maidenhead, Berkshire where they ran a small dairy shop from 9 Queen Street.  Sadly Thomas was to pass away two years later in 1883, leaving Mary penniless with eight surviving children to support.  Mary had no choice but to take over the running of the dairy shop in Queen Street.

9 Queen Street, Maidenhead
As it is today 2014

 

 

The 1891 Census shows Mary as running the dairy business from 9 Queen Street, her daughter Ellen is working as a governess, while Jessie, Florence, Robert, and Edward are all attending school.  Thomas Ginders Britten, now working as a drapers assistant, is visiting the family of William Hutchinson in Croydon, London.  Soon after Thomas Ginders enrolled in the army and served as a Private during the Second Boer War with the 7th Royal Dragoon Guards.  Thomas soon became a hard drinker.

 

On the 1901 Census Mary Charlotte Britten can be found visiting her sisters Elizabeth Pike, and Julia Nicholson in Malvern, Worcestershire, along with her daughters Julianne, Mary Louise, and Florence.  Mary's daughter remained in Malvern to run a private school for girls.  The venture was sort lived.

 

Mary was still running the dairy business in 1905 when she was summoned to court for "selling milk being 13 per cent deficient in fat",  as reported in the Slough, Eton and Windsor Observer on January 14th 1905.  The case was dismissed due to the summons being wrongly served.

 

By 1911 Edward, Mary's youngest son Edward had taken over the running of the dairy business.  Unfortunately Edward was feckless and the business soon began to decline under his control.  After his wife Sarah's death in 1925, Edward emigrated to Canada and his eldest son, also Edward to Australia.  There is a rumour that Edward's younger children were simply packed off to an orphanage, but I haven't been able to find any evidence.

Mary Charlotte has moved to Killarney, 4 The Crescent, Maidenhead.  At the age of 71 her occupation is listed as a director in a dairy business.  Living with Mary are her three daughters, Mary, Jessie, and Florence, all of whom have varying roles in the dairy business.  Visiting Mary at the time is her elder sister, Julia Marbella Nicholson.

The Creamery
A similar dairy located at
76 Queen Street, Maidenhead
c1908 Source: Maidenhead Advertiser

 

 

Private Thomas Ginders stayed on in South Africa after the Second Boer War.  Sadly, Thomas Ginders passed away on 2nd February 1913, from a sarcoma and exhaustion on his passage back to England on The Edinburgh Castle.  He was subsequently buried at sea.

The Edinburgh Castle, leaving Cape Town, 
South Africa.

 

Mary Charlotte passed away a little less than a year later on 28th December 1914.

 

 

Cemetery Sunday - Mr. James May of Bath

 

"In Affectionate Memory Of

Mr. James May

of Bath

Who departed this life

February 7th 1870 Aged 26 years

 

I am the resurrection and the life

whosoever believeth in me shall not

perish but have everlasting life"

 



Lieutenant General Owen Lewis Cope Williams MP on Temple House, Bisham, Berkshire and his sister Edith Finch, Countess of Aylesford

 

 

 

Monument to Lieutenant General Lewis Cope Williams MP and Edith Countess of Aylesford, All Saints Churchyard, Bisham, Berkshire.

 

"Vault of the Williams Family of Temple House Berkshire - In Loving Memory of Lieutenant General Owen Lewis Cope Williams born 13th July 1836 died Oct 2nd 1904.  This monument was erected by his widow in grateful remembrance of 22 happy years spent together.

Edith Countess of Aylesford Widow of Heneage 7th Earl and daughter of Col Thomas Peers Williams of Temple House.  Born April 12th 1842 died June 24th 1897."

 

 

Lieutenant General Owen Lewis Cope Williams was born on 13th July 1836 at 41 Berkley Square, London, eldest son of Colonel Thomas Peers Williams, who sat in the House of Commons for Great Marlow from 1820 to 1868, and his wife Emily Bacon, youngest daughter of Anthony Bushby Bacon, an industrialist of Benham Park, Berkshire.

 

Countess Edith Finch was born Edith Williams on 12th April 1842 to Colonel Thomas Peers Williams and Emily Bacon.

 

 

Lieutenant General Williams first appears on the 1841 Census aged four years old, living with his parents and younger sisters Margaret, and Emily at 41 Berkeley Square, Westminster, London.

 

In 1851, however, 14 year old Lieutenant General Williams can be found studying at Eton College in Eton, Berkshire.  In 1854 Lieutenant General Williams entered the Royal Horse Guards, he became Lieutenant in 1856 and Captain in 1858.

 

 

Countess Edith first appears on the 1851 Census, aged 9 years, living with her parents, elder sisters Margaret Elizabeth, and Emily Gwendolyn, younger sisters Blanche, and Nina Janet Bronwyn, younger brother Thomas Anthony Hwfa, Uncle George Bacon, and cousin Kate Bacon.

 

By 1861 Lieutenant General Williams has returned to Temple House where he is now listed as being Captain of Royal Horse Guards.  His parents and sister Countess Edith have moved to Craig-y-don in Anglesey, Wales.

 

In 1862 Lieutenant General Williams married Fanny Florence Caulfield, in 1865 they celebrated the birth of their first child, a son, Owen Gywnydd St George Williams, followed closely by his brother Ivor Henry Williams in 1867.  In 1866 Lieutenant General Williams became Lieutenant Colonel.

 

In 1871 Lieutenant General Williams, now made a Colonel, his wife, and two young sons can be found living at 24 Hill Street in Westminster, London.  

That same year countess Edith married Henaege Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford.  In 1872 they celebrated the birth of their first child, Lady Hilda Joanna Gwendoline Finch, followed by her sister Lady Alexandra Louise Minna Finch in 1875.  However in 1877 the Earl of Aylesford and Countess Edith had separated.  After their separation, on November 4th 1881 at 8 Avenue Friedland, Paris, France, a son, Guy Bertrand Spencer Aylesford was born to Edith.  However there was some question as to his legitimacy.  After the Earl's death in 1885, Countess Edith petitioned the House of Lords to have her son Guy acknowledged as the son and heir of her late husband.  However the petition was unsuccessful with the title of 8th Earl of Aylesford being passed to Henaege's brother Charles Wightwick Finch.  

The real father of Guy Bertrand was George Charles Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford, 8th Duke of Marlborough.  Before the 7th Earl of Aylesford's death Countess Edith and the Duke's younger brother, Lord Randolph Churchill, tried to get the petition dropped by threatening the Princess of wales that they would subpoena the Prince of Wales as a witness. Henaege Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford died before the divorce could be finalised.

 

In 1881 Countess Edith can be found living alone at 11 Portugal Street in Chelsea, London.  Later in 1891 Countess Edith and 9 year old Guy Bertrand Spencer were living at Bear Place, Hare Hatch, Wargrave, Berkshire.  Her daughters can be found living with their paternal grandmother Lady Augusta Sophia, Dowager Countess of Aylesford.

 

In 1876 Fanny Florence Williams passed away. 

 

In 1880 until 1885 Lieutenant General Williams becomes the Conservative MP for Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire as well as the justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Anglesey and Carnarvon.  In 1882 he is promoted to Major General.  He also held the office of Silver Stick in Waiting to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

 

I am unable to locate the widowed Lieutenant General Williams on the 1881 Census, but his eldest son Owen Gywnydd can be found studying at Eton College in Eton, Berkshire.  .

 

In 1882 Lieutenant General Williams married Nina Mary Adelaide Sinclair, who was twenty years his junior.  He retires from the army in 1887 with the honourary rank of Lieutenant General.

 

By 1891 Lieutenant General Williams had returned to Temple House in Bisham, Berkshire, where he is living with his second wife Nina, and eldest son Captain Owen Gywnydd (Captain of the Royal Horse Guards).  Living with the family is 5 month old Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, Nina's nephew.  In 1901 Lieutenant General Williams, his wife Nina and Archibald Sinclair are still residing at Temple House in Bisham, Berkshire.  Sometime before 1904 Ivor Henry Williams passes away.

 

In 1892 the George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th duke of Marlborough passes

 

On June 24th 1897 Countess Edith Aylesford passes away at 61 Welbeck Street, London. On 3rd July 1897 the Reading Mercury reported:

"Funeral of the Countess of Aylesford.— 

The funeral of Edith, Countess of Aylesford. who died last week after a short illness, took place on Monday at Bisham Church. The mourners included General and Mrs. Owen Williams, Mr. Hwfa Williams, Colonel Wellesley, and other relatives and friends. The Rev. T. E. Powell, vicar of Bisham, was the officiating clergyman. Amongst large number of wreaths was one sent by the Prince and Princess of Wales."

That same day the The Warwick and Warickshire Advertiser reported:

"DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF AYLESFOED. 

Edith, Countem of Aylesford, died on Thursday pn last week, at 61, Welbeck-etreet, London, after a short illness. It Is some years, says the London Daily Mail, since Lady Aylesford was much seen in London. She was a daughter of the late Colonel Piere Williams, of Temple House, Bucks. She married, in 1871, the late Lord Aylesford. Their later married life was a very unhappy one, and their divorce proceedings caused much talk at the time, but neither gained their case. 

At his father’s death Lady Aylesford tried to prove that her son was entitled to the earldom, but in this also she unsuccessful. Lord and Lady Aylesford had two daughters, Lady Hilda and Lady Alexandra Finch. Many families are placed in mourning Lady Aylesford's death, noteably Mr. and Mrs. Hwfs Williams and her sisters, the Duchess of Wellington, Dowager Lady Cowley, Lady Charles Ker, and Lady Bulkeley. By this sad event, Mrs. Hwfa Williams was prevented attending the fancy ball at Devonshire House on Friday. The funeral took place on Monday at Bisham Church, near Marlow." 

 

On 2nd October 1904 Lieutenant General Williams passed away at his home in Temple House, Bisham. On 8th October 1904 the Newmarket Journal reported:

"DEATH OF GENERAL OWEN WILLIAMS. 

Lieutenant-General Owen Williams died at his residence, Temple House, Great Marlow, Bucks. at half-past four on Sunday morning. The general's health had been failing for the last few years and three weeks ago a serious attack developed. Though the patient rallied at times the worst was feared, and on Saturday night his condition became critical, and he passed peacefully away in the presence of Mrs. Williams and his only surviving son. 

Lieutenant-General Owen Lewis Cope Williams had a long family connection with Marlow, Temple House having been purchased by his great-grandfather in the eighteenth century. His great-grandfather, grandfather, and father had all represented the Borough of Marlow in Parliament. General Williams was returned in the Conservative interest in 1880. The Redistribution Act of 1885 disfranchised Marlow, and General Williams did not seek Parliamentary honours elsewhere. 

General Owen Williams was born in London in 1838, and was the eldest son of the late Colonel Thomas Peers Williams. M.P. Leaving Eton. he entered the Royal Horse Guards in  1854 and attained the rank of lieutenant-general in 1887 He as. Equerry to the King (then Prince of Wales) during his Indian tour in 1875-76. General Williams took a great interest in coaching and horse-racing and was made a member of the Jockey Club in 1881. 

He was twice married, firstly  to Fanny Florence, youngest daughter of the late Mr. St. George Caulfield. of Donamon (she died in 1876), and secondly to Nina Mary Adelaide, youngest daughter of Sir Tollemache Sinclair, Bart. He was J.P. for Anglesey and Buekinghanishire." 

 

The widowed Nina Williams leaves Temple House in Bisham and takes up residence at the family home at 24 Hill Street, Westminster, London, where she can be found on the 1911 Census.  Young Lieutenant Archibald Sinclair has become a commissioned officer in the 2nd Life Guards At St George, Hanover Square in London.

 

In 1910 Guy Bertrand Spencer married Lily Blanche Saville.  In 1911 Guy Bertrand Spencer and his wife Lily can be found living at New Road, Dinton, Aylesbury.  Guy Bertrand Spencer's occupation is listed as a brewer.

 

 

 



Second World War Commonwealth War Grave - Leading Aircraftman Edmund John Michael McGrath, 13 Elementary Flight Training School - Flying Accident

Gravestone of Leading Aircraftman Edmund John McGrath, Under Training Pilot, Royal Air Force. All Saints' Cemetery, Maidenhead, Berkshire.

 

 

Edmund John Michael McGrath was born in 1911 in Aldershot, Surrey, to Edmund Louis McGrath,  a clerk at the Aldershot Gas, Water, and District Lighting Company, and his wife Rosalind White. On 10 April 1913 Edmund's father passed away. 

Edmund first appears in the 1921 Census, aged 9, living with his widowed mother Rosalind, who was working as a teacher, at 20 Sister's Avenue, Wandsworth, London. Edmund's mother Rosalind was to pass away in the first quarter of 1939.

On 21st December 1940 Leading Aircraftman Edmund John McGrath was due to pilot a de Havilland Tiger Moth aeroplane BB754 from R.A.F Crazies Hill, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire to  R.A.F White Waltham, Berkshire. The Tiger Moth stalled on take off and crashed at the Henley-on-Thames airfield, killing Edmund on impact. Edmund was just 29 years old at the time of his death.

 

 



 



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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In Loving Memory Of... All Saint's Maidenhead Cemetery, Maidenhead, Berkshire.

 

 

 

 



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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.