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Emily was born in Brompton, Middlesex, the daughter of Charles Lennox Moore Teesdale and his wife Emily. She was baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton by her grandfather Rev. John Rush on 29th June 1846. Emily had three sisters, Annie, Mary Jane and Charlotte Eloise. Mary Jane was the only sister who married. Emily lived with her parents until their deaths and never married. Her father worked for the Post Office and by 1861 was Postmaster at Exeter. When he retired, the family moved firstly to Rumboldswyke near Chichester and then to Worthing. They moved to a house in Shelley Road in 1886 and then to a newly built house on the corner of Wordsworth Road and Rowlands Road. After her mother died in 1890, Emily looked after her father with two of her sisters. Charles died in 1901 and the sisters separated, Emily went to London and Annie and Charlotte stayed in Worthing. In the early 1900’s, Emily was living at 21 Park Mansions in Battersea. By 1911, she was living in Hove but moved back to Worthing in the 1920’s, living at “Hartwell” in Warwick Gardens. Emily died on 16th July 1930. Probate was granted on 18th July to Humphrey Charles Bradshaw Bowles solicitor. Effects £2204 14s 6d.

Researcher: Carol Sullivan

Date of Death: 16/06/1930

Cause of death: Unknown

Address line 1: "Hartwell"

Address line 2: Warwick Gardens

Town: Worthing

County: Sussex

Country: England

Obituary

No obituary has been entered.

Personal Effects

Money left to others: £2204 14 s 6 d

Current value of effects: £100943.00

1851

1 Eton Place, Kensington.
Charles aged 34, senior clerk at General Post Office. Emily aged 39. Emily C aged 4. Annie aged 3. Mary Jane aged 1. Plus a nurse, cook and 1 servant.

1861

St Leonard’s Lawn, Exeter.
Charles aged 44, Postmaster of Exeter. Emily aged 50. Emily C aged 14. Annie aged 13. Mary J aged 11. Charlotte aged 9. Georgina Teesdale aged 56, sister, fundholder. Isabella Dixon aged 52, cousin, companion. Plus a cook and 2 servants.

1871

Heavitree Cottage, St Julian’s Road, Norwood.
Emily aged 24, visitor to home of George Cresswell, retired surveyor for General Post Office.

1881

Whyke House, Whyke Street, Rumboldswhyke.
Charles aged 64, superannuated Postmaster, Civil Service. Emily aged 70. Emily C aged 34. Annie aged 33. Mary J aged 31. Charlotte aged 29. Plus a cook and 3 servants.

1891

St Rumbold’s, Rowlands Road/Wordsworth Road
Charles aged 74, JP, retired civil servant. Emily C aged 44, dependant. Annie aged 43, dependant. Charlotte aged 39, dependant. Plus a cook and 2 servants.

1901

St Rumbold’s, Wordsworth Road, Worthing.
Charles aged 84, retired civil servant. Emily aged 54, living on own means. Annie aged 53, living on own means. Charlotte aged 49, living on own means. Benjamin Wilfre, aged 64, visitor. Plus a cook and 3 servants.

1911

52 Worcester Villas, Hove.
Emily aged 64, private means. Plus a housekeeper and maid.

1921

1 Warwick Gardens, Worthing, Sussex