Ehret Way (buried 1913)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Way
First name: 
Ehret
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
720
Born: 
1878
Died: 
29/08/1913
Buried: 
02/09/1913
Occupation: 
Mechanical Engineer;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NES
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
2
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
Sacred to the memory of Colonel George Augustus Way C.B.....born 6th March 1837 died 19th October 1899 and of his wife Katharine born 30th January 1842 died 23rd November 1923. Also of Ehret Way son of Co. George Augustus Way C.B. born 1st September 1857 died 29th August 1919

Life story

Life story

Ehret was born in Pashawar India in 1878 (Peshawar was in India until 1947 when it became part of Parkistan) In 1881 Ehret and his siblings were living at Spaynes Hall, Great Yeldham, Essex. Their parents aren't staying in the house at this time, records show their Father is staying at the United Hotel in Pall Mall. Their Father was made a lieutenant Colonel with the Bengal Staff corp at this time, so this might explain why he was staying in London. The children are being looked after by a Governess and 3 servants. By 1901 Ehret is boarding in Penarth Wales, he has become a mechanical engineer training at the Taff Railway. (The Taff Railway was the first purpose built railway powered by locomotives to serve the expanding coalfields in Wales. The railway was eventually incorporated into the Great Western Railway along with 8 other small local railways). He also gained engineering experience in the Malay States railway (a peninsula in south east Asia) and in 1904 became temporary assistant in the Indian Public Works Department. (they were in charge of public sector works dealing with roads, bridges, buildings and stadiums etc)

On 4th April 1905 Ehret was elected as a member of the Institute of civil Engineers

He married Clarice Imogen Tippets on 5th September 1905 in St. Mary's Church, Belgaum, Bombay, India (Clarice was the Daughter of Alfred Malpass Tippets, a Surgeon)

He was employed as an engineer for the Bombay, baroda, and Central Indian railway company which formed a branch railway line from Nagda to Muttra a length of 339 miles. He also worked on the Great Indian Penninsula railway at Bhusawal (a british company, registered in London), where it is believed he contracted enteric fever (Thyphoid)

He came back to England but died on the 29th August 1913 in Broadstairs Kent of Enteric Fever, and is buried in the family plot at Heene. He left £1016 3s 1d to his widow Clarice. Clarice married Joseph Wells in 1932 in Chelsea London. She died in Ripon Yorkshire in 1960

Burial researcher: 
Jackie Rooney

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1878
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Clarice Imogen
Spouse one last name: 
Tippets
Marriage one date: 
05/09/1905
Marriage one address: 
Belgaum, Bombay, India

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
29/08/1913
Age (at time of death): 
35
Cause of death: 
Enteric Fever
Address at time of death: 
14 Wynnstay Gardens, Kensington, Middlesex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Clarice Imogen Tippets status: Widow
Probate pounds: 
£1,016

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1881 census: 

Spaynes Hall, Great Yeldham, Essex
Spaynes Hall, Great Yeldham, Essex

 Spaynes Hall Great Yeldham Essex Mabel C Way (head) b. 1870 India, Winifred (Sister) b. 1872 India, Sybilla (Sister) b. 1875 Colchester Essex, Katherine (Sister) b. 1876 Great Yeldham Essex, Ehret (Brother) b. 1878 Peshawar India. Plus 2 servants and 1 governess

1901 census: 

25 Windsor Terrace Penarth Glamorgan Ehret Way, boarding at the home of Charles Partridge