Anne Beaumont (buried 1950)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Beaumont
First name: 
Anne
Other Christian names: 
Eliza
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
1831
Born: 
24/10/1861
Died: 
20/11/1950
Buried: 
29/11/1950
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
7
Cemetery plot: 
23
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of my dear husband Charles Beaumont passed away 7th November 1924 aged 70 years and of Anne Eliza his wife died 20th November 1950 also Ethel their daughter died 31st January 1951

Life story

Life story

Anne Eliza Beaumont was born on 24th October 1861, she was baptised on 22nd December that year in Croydon, Surrey. Her father was William Beaumont, 43yrs, Post Office Messenger, and her mother, Maria, 43yrs. She had 2 brothers, William, born 1857(died 1865), Robert Henry born 1860.

Anne Eliza Beaumont married her first cousin, Charles Beaumont in Croydon in 1885 and they had 4 children, Charles, 1885, Ethel, 1886, Edith, 1888, (died young) and Leonard, 1889. Charles owned a Coal Merchant's business in Worthing High Street, when he retired at the age of 56 yrs. their two sons, Charles and Leonard took over the business and ran it as a partnership until Leonard went abroad.

Ann was widowed in 1924, she lived in the family home with her unmarried children, but her son Leonard died from cancer, aged 35yrs, just two years after his father. In 1939, Ann was an invalid and being cared for by her daughter, Ethel, at 26, Christchurch Road, Worthing.

On 11th October 1950, Ann suffered a fall at home and after several weeks in Southlands Hospital she died on 20th November. She was 89yrs old.

Burial researcher: 
Unknown

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
24/10/1861
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Beaumont
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Charles
Spouse one last name: 
Beaumont
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1885
Marriage one address: 
Croydon, Surrey, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
20/11/1950
Age (at time of death): 
86
Cause of death: 
myocardial degeneration; hypostatic pneumonia
Address at time of death: 
26 Christchurch Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Obituary

1950 – Worthing Gazette – 22nd November. The death occurred on Monday of Mrs. A Beaumont of 26, Christchurch Road who had been a Worthing resident for 64 years. Mrs. Beaumont died as a result of a fall in her home. She was the wife of the late Mr. Charles Beaumont, a retired coal merchant. They had three children, two of whom are still alive. One of those is Mr. Charles Beaumont who still carries on a coal merchant’s business.

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Living at Handcross Alley, Croydon. William Beaumont, 53yrs, Cordwainer, wife, Maria, 53yrs, Robert Henry, 11yrs, Ann Eliza, 9yrs.

1891 census: 

Living at 49, High Street, Worthing. Charles Beaumont, 37yrs, Coal Merchant, wife, Ann E., 28yrs, 3 children, Charles 5, Ethel 4, Leonard 2, and 1 domestic servant.

1901 census: 

Living at 49, High Street, Worthing. Charles Beaumont, 47yrs, Coal Merchant, wife, Ann E., 38yrs, 3 children, Charles 15, Solicitors Clerk, Edith 13, Leonard 12.

1911 census: 

Living at 3, Westbourne Villas, Christchurch Road, Worthing. Charles Beaumont, 56yrs, retired Coal Merchant, wife, Ann Eliza, 47yrs, Charles, 25yrs, Coal Merchant, Ethel, 24yrs, Leonard, 22yrs, Coal Merchant.

1939 register: 

Living at 26, Christchurch Road, Worthing, living on their own means.Anne E. Beaumont, widow, 75 yrs., Invalid, and daughter, Ethel, single, 53 yrs., Housekeeper

Miscellaneous information

1950 – Worthing Herald – 24th November

A verdict of accidental death was recorded by the Coroner, Mr. Francis F. Haddock, at an inquest on Wednesday on Mrs. A. E. Beaumont, of Christchurch Road, Worthing, who fell in her home on October 11th. Mrs. Beaumont died in Southlands Hospital, Shoreham, on November 20th. She was 86 years and the widow of Mr. Charles Beaumont, a retired Coal merchant. Miss Ethel Beaumont told the coroner that she had heard a bump in the hall on the morning of October 11th and found her mother lying stretched out but fully conscious. Mrs Beaumont was later removed to Southlands Hospital. Dr. D.O. Williams said that the right femur was fractured in the fall. The cause of death he gave as myocardial degeneration and hypostatic pneumonia, accelerated by a fractured femur.