Frances Peachey (buried 1907)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Peachey
First name: 
Frances
Other Christian names: 
Charlotte
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
526
Born: 
3/12/1829
Died: 
09/03/1907
Buried: 
13/03/1907
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
4
Cemetery plot: 
12
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Frances Charlotte Peachy of Crouch End, London died at Worthing 9th March 1907

Life story

Life story

Frances Charlotte Peachey was born on 3rd December 1829 at St. Luke Old Street, Middlesex, she was the daughter of James Peachey, 36yrs, Pawnbroker and Silversmith, and Rebekah, 39yrs, nee Carter. Frances was registered in the Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers on 15th January 1830. She had 4 siblings, Rebekah b.1823, James b.1825, Mary b.1827, and William b. 1832.

Frances lived with her family in the house of her birth, 38, Goswell Street, Finsbury, until she was in her thirties. When her father died in 1865 leaving estate valued at £1m. (2023 value) he was the owner of a successful jewellery business in Hatton Gardens, London, it was inherited by his son, William.

Frances remained single, living on her own means, and from 1881 she lived with her widowed sister, Rebekah Mullins, in Islington and then at 8, Cecile Park, Crouch End, Middlesex.

On 9th March 1907 Frances died at Rosario, Heene Road, Worthing, Sussex, aged 77yrs. Probate was granted to Charles Frederick Booth and William Tozer, gentlemen, effects £1966 12s 5d. Value 2023 - £302,500.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
03/12/1829

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
09/03/1907
Age (at time of death): 
75
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
8 Cecile Park, Hornsey, Middlesex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Charles Frederick Booth status: Gentleman: William Tozer status: Gentleman
Probate pounds: 
£1,966

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

Living at 38, Goswell Street, St. Luke Old Street, Middlesex. James Peachey, Hd. 57yrs, Pawnbroker and Silversmith, wife, Rebekah, 60yrs, daughters, Rebekah, 26yrs, Frances, 21yrs, son, William, 19yrs, Clerk to Shipbroker, plus 2 domestic servants and 2 employees.

1861 census: 

Living at 38, Goswell Street, St. Luke Old Street, Middlesex. James Peachey, Hd. 67yrs, Pawnbroker, wife, Rebekah, 72yrs, daughter, Frances, 31yrs, plus 2 domestic servants and 2 employees.

1881 census: 

Living at 18, Compton Road, Islington, London. Rebekah Mullins, Hd. 56yrs, widow, Annuitant, daughter, Edith, 18yrs, sister, Frances C. Peachey, 51yrs, Annuitant, plus 1 domestic servant.

1891 census: 

Living at 8, Cecile Park, Hornsey, Middlesex. Rebekah Mullins, Hd. 69yrs, living on own means, sister, Frances C. Peachey,61yrs, living on own means, niece, F. J. Mullins, 32yrs, living on own means.

1901 census: 

Living at 8, Cecile Park, Hornsey, Middlesex. Rebekah Mullins, Hd. 77yrs, living on own means, sister, Frances C. Peachey,71yrs, living on own means, plus 2 domestic servants.