Name: Blanche Hart
Burial Number: 1493
Gender: Female
Occupation: Stationer's Shop Assistant
Distinction: Born in Camden Town
Born: 00/00/1860
Died: 05/05/1931
Buried: 09/05/1931
Story
Emily Blanche Cosser, known as Blanche, was born in Pancras, in June quarter, 1860. She was the daughter of Robert Mason Cosser, 25yrs, a dealer in fancy goods and toys, and Margaret, 27yrs, nee Ravenhill. She had 2 siblings, Robert, born 1868, and Alice Ellen, born 1863.
Blanche was a stationer’s shop assistant at 21yrs, and in 1886, aged 25yrs, she married Herbert Hart, 26yrs, also a dealer in fancy goods, on 16th June, at St. Mary, Kilburn, Camden. They had a son, Harold Ravenhill Hart, he was baptised on 3rd February 1889, at St. Paul’s, Haringey, a daughter, Florence Lillian, baptised in October 1891, died in infancy.
Herbert moved his family many times in the Middlesex area, from Haringey to Stoke Newington, then to Hornsey, and at some point, after 1921 to Worthing, Sussex, where they lived at a property called Pulborough, in Wykeham Road.
Blanche died on 5th May 1931, aged 71yrs.
Researcher: Maggi Martin
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: SWS Row: 3 Plot: 18
Exact Location (what3words): ripe.every.crew
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
No description of the headstone has been added.
Inscription:
In loving memory of my beloved wife Blanche Emily Hart departed this life 5th May 1931
Further Information
Birth
Name: Blanche Emily Hart
Gender: Female
Born: 00/00/1860
Town: St Pancras
County: London
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name:Cosser
Marriage Date: 16/06/1886
Spouse First Name: Herbert
Spouse Last Name: Hart
Town of Marriage: Kilburn
County of Marriage: London
Country of Marriage: England
Information at Death
Date of Death: 05/05/1931
Cause of death: Unknown
Address line 1: Pulborough
Address line 3: Wykeham Road
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
No obituary has been entered.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: No value recorded
Current value of effects: Not calculated
Census Information
1861
Living at 13, Henley Terrace, Camden Town, London. Robert Cosser, 26yrs, Dealer in Fancy Goods & Toys, wife, Margaret, 28yrs, Robert, 3yrs, Emily B. 1yr. plus 1 domestic servant.
1871
Living at 218, High Street, Camden Town, London. Robert Cosser, 36yrs, Toy Dealer, wife, Margaret, 38yrs, 3 children, Emily, 11yrs, Ellen, 7yrs, Robert, 3yrs, plus 1 employee.
1881
Living at 3. Stonebridge Villas, Tottenham, London. Robert Cosser, 46yrs, widower, Warehouseman, Emily B. 21yrs, Stationer’s Shop-woman, Alice E. 17yrs, Draper’s Shop-woman.
1891
Living at 9, Stoke Newington Road, Stoke Newington, London. Herbert Hart, 31yrs, Fancy Draper, wife, Blanche, 26yrs, son, Harold, 2yrs, boarder, Sidney Edge, 19yrs, Porter, plus 2 domestic servants.
1901
Living at 33, Granville Road, Hornsey, Middlesex. Herbert Hart, 40yrs, Dealer in Fancy Goods, wife, Blanche, 37yrs, plus 1 domestic servant.
1911
Living at 82, Hornsey Lane, Hornsey Rise, N. Islington, London. Herbert Hart, 51yrs, Fancy Goods Dealer, wife, Blanche, 49yrs, son, Harold, 22yrs, plus 2 domestic servants.
1921
Living at Pulborough, Wykeham Road, Worthing, Sussex. Herbert Hart, Hd. 61yrs, Fancy Goods Merchant, wife, Blanche, 59yrs, plus 2 domestic servants.
