Name: Emily Dodsworth
Burial Number: 1798
Gender: Female
Distinction: Wesleyan Worshipper
Born: 15/2/1854
Died: 24/01/1946
Buried: 29/01/1946
Story
Emily Florence Riggall was born on 15th February 1854 at Wandsworth, Surrey, to Edward Riggall 36yrs, MRCS, and Emily 34 yrs. Her brother, Frank Edward, was born in August 1858 but died at 9 days. The family lived in Paddington, and in 1868 Emily’s mother died, she then lived with her father until her marriage in 1876 at 22yrs of age. She married Robert Hardwidge, 33yrs, Bank Clerk, in Kensington, they had no children and Emily was widowed in 1892 when Robert died, aged 48yrs. In 1900 Emily’s father died and she inherited his estate, making her a very wealthy woman.
She continued to live in London and in 1904 Emily Florence Hardwidge 50 yrs. (nee Riggall) widow, married Reverend Jeremiah Dodsworth 60yrs. widower, Weslyan Minister, at St. Luke’s Church, Paddington on 3rd December. Emily, Jeremiah and his daughter, Gertrude, moved to Worthing and lived at 9, Queen’s Road, where, in 1909, aged 29yrs, Gertrude died.
Emily was widowed again in 1916 when Jeremiah died, aged 72yrs. She continued to live in Worthing until her own death, in a nursing home at 14, Queen’s Road, aged 85yrs. Probate was granted to George Frederick Wildash, chartered accountant, and Augustus Gordon Jarrett, Capt. RN. She left estate of £35,832 10s 10d. Value 2019 – £1.5m.
Researcher: Maggi Martin
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: SES Row: 13 Plot: 9
Exact Location (what3words): gains.clip.period
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
EndowedGrave: Complete maintenance
Inscription:
In loved memory of Gertrude Annie daughter of Rev. J. Dodsworth died July 24th 1909 aged 29 years. In ever loving memory of Emily Florence wife of Rev. J. Dodsworth died January 24th 1946 aged 91. In ever loving memory of Rev. J. Dodsworth died Sep 26th 1916 aged 73
Further Information
Birth
Name: Emily Florence Dodsworth
Gender: Female
Born: 15/2/1854
Town: Wandsworth
County: Surrey
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name:Riggall
Marriage Date: //1876
Spouse First Name: Robert
Spouse Last Name: Hardwidge
Town of Marriage: Kensington
County of Marriage: London
Country of Marriage: England
Marriage Date: 3/12/1904
Spouse First Name: Jeremiah
Spouse Last Name: Dodsworth
Town of Marriage: Paddington
County of Marriage: London
Country of Marriage: England
Information at Death
Date of Death: 24/01/1946
Cause of death: Unknown
Address line 1: Nursing Home
Address line 3: Queens Road
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
No obituary has been entered.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: £35832 10 s 10 d
Current value of effects: £1500000
Census Information
1861
Living at 65, Queen’s Road, Paddington. Edward Riggall 43yrs, MRCS, and General Practitioner, mother, Emily 41yrs, Emily F. 7yrs, and two servants, Sarah E. Chambers 29, Ellen Trinder 18.
1871
Living at 65, Queen’s Road, Paddington. Edward Riggall, 53yrs, MRCS, Emily F. 17yrs, and two servants, Margaret Reid 23, Housemaid and Emma Maltby 28, Cook.
1891
Emily Florence 36 yrs. and Robert Hardwidge, 47 yrs. are in a boarding establishment at Marine Parade, Broadwater. He is a Bank Clerk.
1901
Living at 28, Elgin Crescent, Kensington, Emily Florence 46yrs. (widow), 2 servants, Lucy Watts 44, Cook and Edith Taylor 24, Housemaid.
1911
Living at ‘Freda’ 9, Queen’s Road, Worthing, Sussex. Jeremiah Dodsworth, 66 yrs. Retired Minister, Emily Florence 56yrs, wife, Mary Sharpe 29, Cook/Housemaid.
1921
Living at ‘Freda’ 9, Queen’s Road, Worthing, Sussex.
| Emily Florence | Dodsworth |
Head
|
Female | 1856 | 65 | Home Duties | – | |
| Emily Charlotte | Bunett |
Visitor
|
Female | 1876 | 44 | Home Duties | – | |
| Ada | West |
Servant
|
Female | 1872 | General Domestic Servant |
1939
Emily Florence Dodsworth 85 yrs. was resident in a Nursing Home at 14 Queen’s Road, Worthing. She was of independent means.
Miscellaneous Information
Worthing Herald June 7th 1946.
Mrs. Emily Florence Dodsworth, of 9, Queen’s Road, Worthing, who died on January 25th last, widow of the Reverend Jeremiah Dodsworth, left £35,832 10s 10d with net personalty £27,622 3s 9d, (Duty paid £6355).
She left £200 conditionally to Heene (Worthing) parish church for the upkeep of the graveyard. £200 for distribution among Metropolitan Police poor boxes; £200 to the Church Army; £200 to the British and Foreign Bible Society; £100 each to the Methodist Missionary Society (women’s branch) and the Worn-Out Minister’s Fund; her wireless set and table to the Worthing Home for the Blind; £100 each to Ethel W. Dearle and Alice Peak, as a slight recognition of their skill and many acts of kindness to her while in their Home, and a further £10 to Ethel W. Dearle for her kindness and skill during a recent illness; £200 to George F. Wildash, chartered accountant, as a small token of her appreciation of his trouble and kindness in looking after her affairs and comfort during her illness.
£3,500 to Florence M. Jarrett, £500 to Florence I. Sandy, £2,000 and her residence to Emily C. Bennett; other legacies amounting to about £1,600 and some specific bequests, and the residue to the London Hospital.
