Fanny Hills (buried 1893)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Hills
First name: 
Fanny
Other Christian names: 
Esther
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
212
Born: 
23/3/1874
Died: 
19/08/1893
Buried: 
19/08/1893
Occupation: 
dressmaker
Distinction: 
Typhoid Victim
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
11
what3words location: 
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
Buried under the headstone for Marian, Fanny and Florence Boddy
Headstone inscription: 
"Jesu Mercy" Marian Caroline Maude Boddy 13th April 1941 Fanny Louisa Boddy 5th Nov 1926 Florence Gertrude Boddy 13th March 1930

Life story

Life story

Fanny, a dressmaker, was one of the victims of Worthing's typhoid epidemic, caused by the water supply being contaminated by sewage, claiming the lives of 194 people between 8 May and the autumn of 1893. Fanny was ill for three weeks before she died on 19 August. Her sister, Charlotte, was present. She was born on 23 March 1874 at Stoke-next-Guildford, Surrey, and was only 18 years old. Her father, Thomas was a gardener and her mother, Elizabeth, nee Gibbs, was a laundress. In 1881 the family was living in Broadwater but by 1891 had moved into 6, Heene Cottages in Heene Lane (Road).

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
23/03/1874

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
19/08/1893
Age (at time of death): 
18
Cause of death: 
Typhoid Fever 3 weeks; heart failure
Address at time of death: 
6 Heene Lane (Road), Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1881 census: 

Living at North Street, Broadwater - Thomas Hills, 55, head, gardener; Elizabeth Hills, 46, wife, laundress; Ellen Hills, 21, daughter, helps at home (washer); George A Hills,14, son, helps at home ; Lucy Hills, 11, daughter, scholar; Charlotte Hills, 8, daughter, scholar; Fanny Hills, 6, daughter, scholar; Frederick H Hills, 4, son, scholar;

1891 census: 

Living at Heene Cottages, Heene - Thomas Hills, 66, head, gardener; Elizabeth Hills, 55, wife; George Hills, 23, son, butcher's assistant; Lottie Hills, 19, daughter, draper's assistant; Fanny Hills, 17, daughter, helps mother, domestic duties; Frederick Hills, 14, son, scholar; Ernest Hills, 9, son, scholar;