Joan Penfold (buried 1929)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Penfold
First name: 
Joan
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1383
Born: 
00/00/1909
Died: 
05/03/1929
Buried: 
09/03/1929

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
10
Cemetery plot: 
23
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of JOHN Eldest son of the REV E.W.D and VIOLET PENFOLD died 3rd Feb 1918 aged 12 also, of their daughter JOAN died 5th March 1929 aged 19 years

Life story

Life story

Joan was born to Edward William Penfold and Violet Bevers who married in 1904 at All saint's church in Oxford Oxfordshire. Edward William Penfold was a Clergyman and the couple lived in Oxford. They moved to Chelmsford where they had their first son Edward John Penfold a year later in 1905. Second son Cecil was born the following year in 1906. By 1909 the family were living in Worthing at Southey Road and their third child, a daughter Joan was born in Worthing in 1909. In 1911 the family were living at Draycott Southy Road, Worthing, with three servants to support the family. The Father Edward William was a vicar in Worthing. Another daughter was born in 1911 Helen M, and finally completing the family of five children a son, Thomas Bernard Dixon born in 1915.

In 1918 Son Edward John died in Worthing at the age of 12 and was buried in Heene Cemetery, When Daughter Joan was 19, on 5th March 1929 she died and was buried with her brother at Heene Cemetery.

After Joan died, on Saturday 13 April 1929 a notice was placed in the Worthing herald, it read: A Memorial window. I am informed that a movement is on foot to erect a stained-glass window in Durrington Church to the memory of the late Miss Joan Penfold, the eldest daughter of the vicar, the Rev E. W. D. Penfold and Mrs Penfold. The window will cost about £200 and subscriptions may be sent to the following. (There followed a list of names and addresses to contact)

Burial researcher: 
Gail Warner-Clarkson

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1909

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
05/03/1929
Age (at time of death): 
19
Cause of death: 
Misadventure; Shock and Exhaustion following excessive haemorrhage after operation (removal of tonsils) one hour.
Address at time of death: 
Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1911 census: 

Family living at Draycott, Southey Road, Worthing. Father William 35 was a clerk in Holy orders, Mother Violet 33, Children John 5, Cecil 4, Joan 2. They had 3 servants living with them.

1921 census: 

Family living at The Vicarage, Durrington, Worthing, Sussex. Edward William Dixon Penfold, Hd. 45yrs, Clerk in Holy Orders, wife, Violet, 43yrs, daughters, Joan, 12yrs,

Helen Mary, 9yrs, son, Thomas Bernard, 6yrs, visitor, Helen Jane Bevers, 69yrs, plus 1 domestic servant.

Miscellaneous information

Children of Edward and Violet

While the remaining family lived in Worthing, Father Edward William Dixon Penfold was the vicar of Durrington Church and they lived at The Vicarage for many years. He became the Rural Dean of Worthing from 1936 and became known as Canon E.W.D Penfold. He had a Heart attack at home in 1947 and died.

Son Cecil marries and has three children and was a police officer. He spent a lot of time in Mombasa Kenya. His wife and three children also went there. Cecil returns with his family to live in Tunbridge Wells where he dies aged 86 in 1994

Son Thomas travels to Cape town Africa in 1936 and is an Engineer. He returns to marry in 1939 and his Occupation is a provisional Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1939. Thomas lived with his family in Hampshire where he dies aged 88 in 2003

Daughter Helen also travels to Mombasa in 1947 aged 35 and this is her intended place of Residence, but Helen returns to the UK in 1948. Helen never marries and dies in Worthing aged 93 in 2005