Harriet Mathews (buried 1951)

At a glance

At a glance
Harriet Mathews (buried 1951) portrait
Surname: 
Mathews
First name: 
Harriet
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1836
Born: 
27/10/1859
Died: 
30/01/1951
Buried: 
07/03/1951
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
7
Cemetery plot: 
3
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone description: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves - Ashes buried with Louise Madeleine Stone
Headstone inscription: 
"Jesu Mercy" in loving memory of Louise Madeleine Stone who passed on December 8th 1926 and of Florence Mary Edwards April 22nd 1935
Grave location map

Life story

Life story

Harriett Marsh was born on the 27th October,1859 to farmer Henry Marsh and his wife Ellen (nee Burt) in Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire. Henry and Ellen married in July 1851 in Witchampton, Dorset, and had 13 children..... They both were from farming backgrounds. Ellen was born in Witchampton in 1829. Her father, Aine Burt, was a Miller and Farmer of 350 acres. Both Aine and his wife, Jane, were Witchampton folk. 

On 9th February, 1882 in Mere, Wiltshire, Harriett married farmer Thomas Mathews from Eastham, Essex. Her Uncle Thomas was one of their witnesses. Thomas Mathews was said to be a Farmer, living in Harlow, at the time. Born in East Ham, Thomas was the son of Thomas and Charlotte Mathews, also Farmers. The couple went on to have seven children: Thomas Gurney, John Kenneth, Stanley, Charles Bernard, Winifred, Harold and Edith Marion, all born in Harlow. 

In 1917, Thomas was described as a Gentleman, at the marriage, at St Peter's Church Cranley Gardens in London, of his daughter Edith Marion to John Myddleton Ashcroft, a Lieutenant in the Indian Cavalry, his address being London SW. His father William Ashcroft, was also a Gentleman. Thomas died in 1927. 

When Harriett died, aged 92, her address was the Hollies, 204 Heene Road, though she died at Hopedean in Wordsworth Road. She left £13,430 13s 11d. Probate was given to Stanley Matthews (retired Lt Colonel), Edith Marion Ashcroft (Widow) and Cyril Laud Baddeley (Solicitor).

The Last Will and Testament for Harriet Mathews was dated 4th November 1949 and has this signature: 

Son Stanley was a Captain and later a Major, then Lt.Col., in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. His wife was Australian - Beryl de Courcy Hamilton

Burial researcher: 
Liz Lane

Further information

Birth
Gender: 
Female
Date born: 
27/10/1859
Address at birth: 
Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Ellen
Mother's maiden name: 
Burt
Mother's year of birth: 
1829
Mother's year of death: 
1911
Father
Father's name: 
Henry Marsh
Father's year of birth: 
1824
Father's year of death: 
1892
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Marsh
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Thomas
Spouse one last name: 
Mathews
Marriage one date: 
09/02/1882
Marriage one address: 
Mere, Wiltshire, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
30/01/1951
Age (at time of death): 
92
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Hopedene, Wordsworth Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Usual address at death: 
The Hollies, 204 Heene Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Stanley Mathews (Son/Lieutenant Colonel (retired), H.M Army) Melrose, Dinas Powis, Glamorgan Edith Marion Ashcroft (Daughterr/Widow) 45 Beaumont Road, Worthing Cyril Laud Baddeley (Solicitor) 77 Leadenhall Street, London
Probate pounds: 
£13,430

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

Henry was living in Heytesbury with his widowed mother Elizabeth who was farming 1700 acres, and employing 55 Labourers. Henry and his younger brother Charles were farmers, and the family had 3 House Servants.

1861 census: 

Living at Sutton Mandeville, were Henry, a Farmer of 554 acres, and employer of 13 men and 2 boys, born Heytesbury, Wiltshire, Ellen, with their 6 children, a Governess, and 3 female Servants. Harriett then had 5 siblings: Ellen, Elizabeth, Charles, Henry and William, all born in Sutton Mandeville.

1871 census: 

12-year-old Harriett and her 5-year-old brother Edward, were staying with Farmer Thomas Harding in Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, and his wife, Henrietta, their Aunt.

1881 census: 

In 1881, now 22, Harriett was still with the Hardings, in Rodmead Farm House, described as having no profession. She was brought up by her Aunt Henrietta.

1891 census: 

Living at Old Road, Harlowbury - Harriett and Thomas, a Farmer, had 5 children, Stanley, 6, Charles Bernard, 5, Winifred, 3, Harold, 1, and Edith, less than 2 months. They also had a Nurse and Under-Nurse, a Housemaid and a Cook.

1901 census: 

Codford St Peter, Wiltshire
Codford St Peter, Wiltshire

Thomas was living at Montfort House, Chigwell, farming with his father Thomas and younger brother John. Meanwhile Harriet was living in School House Road, Codford St Peter, Wiltshire, with Thomas Gurney, Winifred and Edith, all Pupils. There was a Governess, a Housemaid and a Cook there too. In the same Household was the National School Teacher, Frank Clarke, aged 25 Codford is in the Whyke Valley, South of Salisbury, now named Codford as the result of the merger of Codford St Peter with Codford St Mary. This is now Old School House Codford.

1911 census: 

the family was back together, in Codford. Thomas, Farmer, Harriet, Thomas Gurney (Farmers son working on the farm), Charles Bernard, a Civil Engineer, Winifred and Edith Marion. They had a Housemaid, Cook and Domestic Maid.

1921 census: 

Not found.

1939 register: 

Harriet was living in Beaumont Road, Worthing, on her own means. There also were Edith (in the Land Army) and Jean Ashcroft (ages 48 and 20) and Gladys Beck, single and a Draper and Housekeeper.