Emily White (buried 1914)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
White
First name: 
Emily
Other Christian names: 
Wormald
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
733
Born: 
0/5/1835
Died: 
27/01/1914
Buried: 
30/01/1914
Occupation: 
Dressmaker, Woollen Draper's Assistant.
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
5
Cemetery plot: 
21
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Headstone inscription: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves

Life story

Life story

Emily was born in Penzance, Cornwall, the daughter of William and Mary. She was baptised as Emilia at St Mary, Penzance on 29 May 1835. Her father was a currier. Emily learned the skills of a dressmaker and by 1861 she was an assistant to a woollen draper in Bristol. In 1862, Emily married Joshua Wormald White at St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico on 15 Mar. He was a warehouseman in the haberdashery business and in 1870 was granted the Freedom of the City of London. The couple had four children and lived in Hampstead. Joshua died suddenly at the High Cliff Hotel, Margate on 24 Jun 1894. In 1906, Emily and two of her daughters moved to Worthing, living in Ripley Road. Emily's son George died in South Africa in 1907. Emily died on 27 Jan 1914. Probate was granted on 4 Apr to Emily Wormald White spinster. Effects £93 4s 2d.

Burial researcher: 
Carol Sullivan

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/05/1835
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Amelia
Mother's year of birth: 
1837
Father
Father's name: 
Joshua Wormald White
Father's year of birth: 
1830
Father's year of death: 
1894
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Webb
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Joshua Wormald
Spouse one last name: 
White
Marriage one date: 
15/03/1862
Marriage one address: 
Pimlico, London, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
27/01/1914
Age (at time of death): 
78
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Ebury, Ripley Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£93

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1841 census: 

Market Jew Street, Penzance, Cornwall William aged 30, currier. Mary aged 35. William aged 8. Emilia aged 6. Richard aged 4. Edwin aged 3.

1851 census: 

Church Town, Perranuthoe, Cornwall Emilia aged 16, dressmaker, visitor to home of Jane Pascoe, proprietor of houses.

1861 census: 

31 & 32 College Green, Bristol. Emilia aged 26, assistant to Daniel Peters, master woollen draper.

1871 census: 

24 Belton Road, Hampstead. Joshua aged 41, warehouseman. Emilia aged 35. Emily aged 8. Fanny aged 6. George William aged 4. Julia Burgoyne aged 37, visitor. Plus 1 servant.

1881 census: 

24 Belton Road, Hampstead. Joshua aged 51, warehouseman. Emilia aged 46. Emily aged 18. Fanny aged 16. George aged 14. Maud aged 7. Plus 1 servant.

1891 census: 

5 Boundary Road, Hampstead. Joshua aged 60, warehouseman. Emily aged 54. Emily aged 27. Fanny aged 25. Florence Maud aged 17. Plus 1 servant.

1901 census: 

5 Boundary Road, Hampstead. Emilia aged 62, widow, own means. Fanny aged 36. Maud aged 26, retired singer. Plus 1 servant.

1911 census: 

Ebury Ripley Road, Worthing. Emilia aged 74, private means. Emily aged 48. Fanny Mary aged 45. Augusta Walters aged 44, visitor, own means.