Name: Emily Portlock
Burial Number: 0428
Gender: Female
Born: 00/00/1850
Died: 00/01/1904
Buried: 30/01/1904
Story
Emily Feest was born in Worthing, Sussex, in 1850, she was the daughter of William Feest, 41yrs, greengrocer, and Louisa, 39yrs, nee Burden. Emily was 1 of 8 children, the family lived in the town centre, in Montague Street.
On 14th January 1875, Emily, 25yrs, married Joseph Harwood Portlock, 25yrs, at the Parish Church, Broadwater, Worthing; over the following 16yrs, they had 9 children, the youngest, Arthur, born in 1891, died in infancy.
In 1900, Emily’s husband appeared before the local magistrate and was fined for beating his 12yr old son, Percy. (See below).
In 1901, Emily and Joseph were living in Heene, Joseph had changed his occupation to fisherman, and in 1904 Emily died, aged 53yrs, she was buried at Heene Cemetery on 30th January 1904.
Researcher: Maggi Martin
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: EB Row: 1 Plot: 12
Exact Location (what3words): only.couch.habit
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
Buried with Susanna Miles
Inscription:
In loving memory of Susannah Joyce Miles called to rest 20th June 1928 aged 61
Further Information
Birth
Name: Emily Portlock
Gender: Female
Born: 00/00/1850
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name:Feest
Marriage Date: 14/09/1875
Spouse First Name: Joseph
Spouse Second Name: Harwood
Spouse Last Name: Portlock
Town of Marriage: Worthing
County of Marriage: Sussex
Country of Marriage: England
Information at Death
Date of Death: 00/01/1904
Cause of death: Unknown
Address line 2: 1
Address line 3: Wallace Cottages, Heene
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
1851
Living at 38, Montague Street, Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex. William Feest, Hd. 42yrs, Greengrocer, wife, Louisa, 40yrs, 8 children, Esther 14, Charles 13, Louisa 11, Lucy 9, Ann 7, William 5, Jim 3, and Emily 1.
1861
Living at 48, Montague Street, Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex. William Feest, Hd. 52yrs, Greengrocer, wife, Louisa, 50yrs, 4 children, Ann, 17yrs, Shop woman, William, 16yrs, Gardener, Jim, 13yrs, and Emily, 11yrs.
1871
Living at 26, Montague Street, Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex. William Feest, Hd. 62yrs, Gardener, wife, Louisa, 60yrs, James, 23yrs, Gardener, Emily, 21yrs, Shop woman, grandson, Herbert Tutt.
1881
Living at 5, Augusta Place, Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex. Joseph Harwood Portlock, Hd, 30yrs, Carpenter, wife, Emily, 31yrs, 4 children, Joseph H. 5yrs, Frederick, 1yr, Herbert, 1month.
1891
Living at 1, Wallace Cottages, Wallace Lane, Heene, Worthing, Sussex. Joseph H. Portlock, Hd. 41yrs, Carpenter, wife, Emily, 41yrs, 9 children, Joseph H. 15, General Labourer, William 13, Frederick 11, Herbert 10, Lilian 7, Percy 3, Ethel 2, Edith 1, Arthur 1month.
1901
Living at 1, Wallace Cottages, Wallace Lane, Heene, Worthing, Sussex. Joseph H. Portlock, Hd. 51yrs, Fisherman, wife, Emily, 51yrs, Herbert, 20yrs, Brickmaker, Ethel, 12yrs, Edith, 11yrs.
Miscellaneous Information
Summary of report in the Worthing Gazette – 11th April 1900.
12yr old Percy Portlock was a persistent school truant, he was punished regularly by his father, Joseph, but continued to run away from school. On this occasion, Percy had taken a younger sister with him when playing truant, and his father whipped him with a rope, inflicting deep bruises on the child’s back and legs. The local police officer visited the home after hearing complaints, and on seeing the child he sent for a doctor who agreed the beating was excessive.
At the Magistrate’s hearing, Emily, who was not at home during the beating, stated that the boy was a ‘great trouble’ to them.
The Magistrates retired for just 15minutes before concluding that the beating was of a very severe nature, and Joseph was fined £5.*
*The sum of £5 in 1900 was equivalent to £785 in 2023.
Percy Portlock and his brother, Herbert Portlock, were both killed in action in 1917.
