Emma Pirie (buried 1889)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Pirie
First name: 
Emma
Other Christian names: 
Adeline Grace
Gender: 
Female
Burial number: 
149
Born: 
13/5/1861
Died: 
15/02/1889
Buried: 
20/02/1889
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
WB
Cemetery row: 
1
Cemetery plot: 
10
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/living.hers.paying
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In memorium A.G. Pirie third daughter of the late Rev. H.C. Pirie died Feby. 15th 1889 aged 27 years. R.I.P.

Life story

Life story

Emma's father, Henry George Pirie, was Scottish and was an Episcopalian Clerk in Holy Orders. ( The Scottish Episcopalian Church is High Church ie Anglo-Catholic, governed by bishops) Emma's mother, Grace Philott Pirie, nee Garrett, was Irish. It is not known what occupation Emma may have had. She did not marry. At some point she moved to Worthing and lived at Galloway House, Rowlands Road, where she died of phthisis pulmonaris, an old term for pulmonary tuberculosis, at the age of 27 on 15 February 1889 with one of her brothers present. She was buried at Heene on 20 February.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
13/05/1861

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
15/02/1889
Age (at time of death): 
27
Cause of death: 
phthisis pulmonaris
Address at time of death: 
Galloway House, Rowlands Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Parsonage, Bullwood Road, Dunoon, Argyll Henry G Pirie, 51, head, Episcopalian Clerk Holy Orders; Grace P Pirie, 52, wife; Kathleen N I Pirie, 15, daughter; Francis A Pirie, 14, son; Emma A G Pirie, 10, daughter; Frank H Pirie, 8, son; Frederick E Pirie, 6, son; Elisa G Pirie, 4, daughter; William E Pirie, 3, son; plus 2 domestic servants