Evelyn Buckeridge (buried 1973)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Buckeridge
First name: 
Evelyn
Other Christian names: 
Amie Tamersham
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1954
Born: 
0/0/1879
Died: 
02/06/1973
Buried: 
29/06/1973
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Image of the headstone for Vera Buckeridge
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
12
Cemetery plot: 
8
what3words location: 
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone description: 
No record of where Evelyn Buckridge ashes were scattered, could be found. We guess she might have been placed with her daughter Vera Eileen Buckeridge
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Vera Eileen Buckeridge
Grave location map

Life story

Life story

Evelyn Amie Teversham Buckeridge (nee Bushby) of Heene Way, was born in Worthing in 1879, and died in June 1973. In 1881 the Bushby family was living in Park Road.  

Father Thomas, born Sompting, was a Gardener, his wife was Annie, born in Brighton. Evelyn was the youngest of their six children. In 1891, at Heene farm, Thomas Bushby was a Market Gardener and Nurseryman, and Evelyn was a scholar aged 11. 

In 1901 the family was living at Homestead, in Heene.  Thomas and Annie with Evelyn and Jennie, Evelyn's older sister, plus one female Domestic Servant. 

Evelyn married Francis Malcolm Buckeridge in 1905 and they divorced in1923. By 1911 they were living apart. They had one daughter, Vera, in 1907 who lived only eight months and is also buried in the Cemetery. Francis was born in Paddington in 1883 and in 1891, living with his 3 older brothers, and 2 Domestic Servants, he was at a school in Selsey. In 1901 Francis M was a Railway Signalman living with his parents in Rotherhithe and in 1911 he was a Motor Engineer and Boarder, living alone  in the Bayswater Road. In 1911 Evelyn was a married woman, living on private means', with her parents, two older sisters, Jennie and Agnes May, plus one Domestic Servant, in Heene Croft. (Thomas and Annie are also in the Cemetery, with daughter Jennie, who died in 1963. (See Botolph Bell, March 2014)) 

Agnes was married in 1900 to Frederick Palmer, who died in 1902.  They had one child, a boy, who died in childhood. Agnes, of Heene Croft, died in 1961, at 10 St Michael's Road, but isn't buried in Heene Cemetery. Sister Jennie didn't marry. 

In the 1939 census, Evelyn is still living in Heene Croft, with Jennie and Agnes, plus two Private Nurses. Jennie, now in her 80s, has household duties', while her sisters are described as retired. 

When Evelyn died, a wealthy woman. in 1973, she was living at 31 Heene Way. Her ashes were scattered in the Cemetery among the last people whose remains were put there before it closed.

The Last Will and Testament for Evelyn Buckeridge was dated 16th March 1971 and has this signature:   

Burial researcher: 
Sue Standing

Further information

Birth
Gender: 
Female
Date born: 
12/09/1879
Address at birth: 
Worthing, Sussex
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Annie
Mother's maiden name: 
Hack
Mother's burial key: 
1296
Mother's year of birth: 
1844
Mother's year of death: 
1927
Father
Father's name: 
Thomas Bushby
Father's burial key: 
848
Father's year of birth: 
1843
Father's year of death: 
1916
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Bushby
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Francis Malcolm
Spouse one last name: 
Buckeridge
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1905

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
02/06/1973
Age (at time of death): 
93
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
31 Heene Way, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Walter Frederick Searle Tapner (Solicitor) Southfield house, 11 Liverpool Gardens, Worthing Roger Shaw Tapner (Solicitor) Southfield house, 11 Liverpool Gardens, Worthing
Probate pounds: 
£85,735

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1911 census: 

Living at Heene Croft, Heene Road, Worthing

Thomas Bushby, 61yrs, Market Gardener; Annie Bushby, 61yrs; Jennie Bushby, 40yrs; Agnes May Salmer, 38yrs, Private Means; Evelyn Buckeridge, 30yrs, Private Means; Ethel Treman, 23yrs, General Servant;

1921 census: 

Not found.