John Houston (buried 1895)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Houston
First name: 
John
Other Christian names: 
Lipscombe
Gender: 
Male
Burial number: 
255
Born: 
11/8/1886
Died: 
15/12/1895
Buried: 
18/12/1895
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
5
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of John Lipscombe Houston born Aug 11 1886 died Dec 15 1895. Also of Robert Houston born Nov 28 1894 died March 5 1895 "Of such is the Kindom of Heaven"

Life story

Life story

John Lipscombe Houston was born in Paddington, London, in 1886 to Thomas John Houston, Butler and Kate Elizabeth nee Jones. He was baptised on 15th September at St. Saviour's Paddington. In 1891 John aged 4yrs lived with his mother, Kate Elizabeth 36yrs, a dressmaker and sister Kate 2yrs at 10 Milton Street, Worthing. The household included Ellen E. Houston 21yrs, sister-in-law and 1 domestic servant. In 1893 his brother, Thomas Ralph Houston, was born, and in 1894 another brother, Robert, was born but died as an infant. John Lipscombe Houston died, aged 9yrs, on 15th December 1895 in Swandean Hospital, Worthing - his death certificate gave the cause of death as "Diphtheria"

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
11/08/1886

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
15/12/1895
Age (at time of death): 
9
Cause of death: 
Diptheria
Address at time of death: 
Swandean Hospital, Arundel Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1891 census: 

Living at 10 Milton Street, Worthing - John aged 4yrs, Kate Elizabeth 36yrs, mother, a dressmaker and sister Kate 2yrs. The household included Ellen E. Houston 21yrs, sister-in-law and 1 domestic servant.

Miscellaneous information

Thomas John Houston - Father of John Houston

Thomas John Houston was Butler to the Rt. Hon. Caroline Anne Hatherton, Dowager Baroness, of "Laerdal" Wordsworth Road, Worthing. She died in 1897, her estate of £14,212 would be valued at £1.8m. in 2020 and she is buried in Heene Cemetery. Thomas and family returned to London and in 1911 he was a self-employed Lodging house keeper at 46, Ebury Street, Westminster. His daughter, Kate, was a shorthand-typist at a Bank and Thomas Ralph became a Chartered Mechanical Engineer. He died in 1942 leaving £2250 to his son, Thomas Ralph, value in 2020 - £106K.