Name: Laura Flack
Burial Number: 1151
Gender: Female
Occupation: Housekeeper
Distinction: Married her employer
Born: 11/09/1857
Died: 24/01/1924
Buried: 29/01/1924
Story
Laura Ellen Lidwell was born on 11th September 1857, and baptised at St. John’s, Notting Hill, on 18th November 1857. She was the daughter of Joshua Edward Lidwell, 32yrs, a chemist, and Mary Ann Gardner, 36yrs, nee Draper.
In 1881, aged 23yrs, Laura was employed as a Lady Housekeeper by Daniel Ludgate Flack, 38yrs, a widower with 5 children, in Chepstow, Monmouthshire. The following year Laura married her employer at St. Stephen, Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith, on 3rd October 1882. They had 4 children, Mary b.1885, Dorothy b.1887, Charlotte b.1888, and Hugh b.1891, all born in Penarth, Glamorganshire.
Laura’s husband was a shipping and export merchant, dealing in coal and fuel, and they lived in Wales for many years. By 1901 they were in Woking, Surrey, before moving to Worthing, Sussex, where they lived at Airedale, Boundary Road, Heene. Laura was widowed in 1920 when Daniel died, aged 77yrs, she continued to reside at Airedale, Boundary Road, where she died, on 24th January 1924, aged 66yrs.
Probate was granted to Frederick William Flack, farmer, effects £7135 2s 0d. Value 2022 – £462000.
Researcher: Maggi Martin
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: WB Row: 1 Plot: 18
Exact Location (what3words): latest.frozen.windy
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
No description of the headstone has been added.
Inscription:
In loving memory of my dear husband Daniel Ludgate Flack who died June 9th 1920 aged 77 years
Further Information
Birth
Name: Laura Ellen Flack
Gender: Female
Born: 11/09/1857
Town: Notting Hill
County: London
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name:Lidwell
Marriage Date: 03/10/1882
Spouse First Name: Daniel
Spouse Second Name: Ludgate
Spouse Last Name: Flack
Town of Marriage: Hammersmith
County of Marriage: London
Country of Marriage: England
Information at Death
Date of Death: 24/01/1924
Cause of death: Unknown
Address line 1: Airedale
Address line 3: Boundary Road
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
No obituary has been entered.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: £7135 2 s 0 d
Current value of effects: £462000
Census Information
1861
Living at 130, High Street, Kensington Town, Middlesex. Joshua Edward Lidwell, 36yrs, Chemist, employing 2 men, wife, Mary Ann, 40yrs, daughter, Laura Ellen, 3yrs, plus 2 employees and 2 domestic servants.
1881
Living at Pwllmeyric House, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. Daniel L. Flack, widower, 38yrs, sons, Herbert, 12yrs, Frederick, 9yrs, Reginald, 7yrs, daughter, Ida, 10yrs, Laura E. Lidwell, 23yrs, Lady Housekeeper, plus 3 domestic servants.
1891
Living at 35, Plymouth Road, Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales. Daniel L. Flack, 48yrs, Merchant Shipper, Coal & Fuel, wife, Laura, 33yrs, daughters, Bertha 23yrs, Mary 6yrs, Dorothy, 4yrs, Charlotte, 2yrs, plus 4 domestic servants.
1901
Living at Mayford House, Woking, Surrey. Daniel L. Flack, 58yrs, Merchant Shipper, Coal & Fuel, wife, Laura, 43yrs, daughters, Bertha 33yrs, Mary, 16yrs, Dorothy, 14yrs, Charlotte, 12yrs, sons, Frederick, 29yrs, Hugh, 9yrs, mother-in-law, Mary A. Lidwell, widow, 80yrs, plus 6 domestic servants.
1911
Living at Airedale, Boundary Road, Worthing, Sussex. Daniel Ludgate Flack, 68yrs, Export Merchant, wife, Laura Ellen Flack, 53yrs, Mary L. 26yrs, Dorothy V. 24yrs, Charlotte A. 22yrs, Frederick William, 32yrs, Grazier, plus 4 domestic servants.
