Hannah Rolfe (buried 1886)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Rolfe
First name: 
Hannah
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
114
Born: 
22/04/1810
Died: 
17/05/1886
Buried: 
20/05/1886
Occupation: 
Servant
Distinction: 
Lady's Maid
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
9
Cemetery plot: 
9
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
"Thy Will be done" In affectionate remembrance of Hannah Rolfe who died at "Edenhurst" in this parish May 17th 1886 "True and faithful until death"

Life story

Life story

Pishiobury Park
Pishiobury Park

Hannah Rolfe was born on the 22 April, 1810 in West Drayton, Middlesex, the daughter of Harriet Haynes and her husband Robert Rolfe. St. Martin's Church, West Drayton was the place of her Baptism on 13th May 1810.

Hannah became a Lady's Maid to Mary Raw Ede before 1851. Mary Ede was the daughter of Francis and Fanny Ede. Francis was a successful merchant in the Ottoman Empire and was the proud owner of Pishiobury Park. 

In 1851 she served Mary Ede and her sister Fanny who were visiting in St. Hanover Square and in 1861 she was Mary's servant at Lion Hill, Bristol. By1871 she was Mary's servant in Weston Somerset and in 1881 she was Mary's lady's maid in Hastings, Sussex. 

She died on 17 May 1886 at Edenhurst, Worthing at the age of 76. She was once again living in the employ or Mary Rawe Ede. She was buried in Heene Cemetery, Worthing, Sussex on 25th May 1886 and her gravestone acknowledges that she was a 'true and faithful servant'.

Burial researcher: 
Pat Brownbill

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1810

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
17/05/1886
Age (at time of death): 
76
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Edenhurst, Belsize Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Obituary

Northampton Mercury, June 26th, 1886

June 17, at Edenhurst, Hannah Rolfe, for many years faithful servant to Mr. Francis Ede, of Pishiobury Park,