Laura Jay (buried 1915)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Jay
First name: 
Laura
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
777
Born: 
26/3/1844
Died: 
16/03/1915
Buried: 
19/03/1915
Distinction: 
Dance Teacher
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
EB
Cemetery row: 
2
Cemetery plot: 
24
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Headstone inscription: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves

Life story

Life story

Laura Jay 1844 -1915 Dance Teacher Laura Jay was born on 26 March 1844 to Dance Master, Alexander Jay and his wife Catherine Hinton from Chichester. Alexander had been a specialist in Italian dance and was from the London borough of Becontree. Laura was born in the Regents Park area of London and had two sisters, Isabella Caroline (1842) and Amelia (1848).

In 1871, Laura was an assistant in her mother's ladies dancing school along with her sister Amelia. They lived in Leighton Grove, St. Pancras. In 1891, Laura,  rejoined the family in Leighton Grove and was also a dance teacher and their mother was living on independent means.

1901 sees Laura and Amelia living in Arlington Road, Ealing after their mother's death in 1898. The sisters retired to Hinton Cottage, Harrow Road, Worthing and in 1911 lived on private means with a servant. Laura died on 16 March 1915 and was buried in Heene Cemetery. Amelia died 3 years later.

Burial researcher: 
Pat Brownbill

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
26/03/1844

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
16/03/1915
Age (at time of death): 
70
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Hinton Cottage, Harrow Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£728

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Living at 18 Leighton Grove St. Pancras, London: Alexander Joy (57), Catherine Joy (54), Laura Joy (27), Amelia Joy (23)

1911 census: 

Living at Hinton Cottage, Harrow Road, Worthing, Sussex: Laura Jay (67) , Amelia Jay (62) and servant Bertha Turner (43)

Miscellaneous information

Brighton Gazette 26th September 1872

Advert for Dancing Lessons

Dancing, To the Nobility and Gentry and Principals of High Class Schools. (Under distinguished Patronage.) The Misses Jay, daughters of the eminent Mons. Alexander Jay (late of the Italian Opera), have the honour to announce that their classes for dancing, presentation and calisthenic exercises for Ladies will resume as usual.