Lydia Way (buried 1926)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Way
First name: 
Lydia
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
1271
Born: 
0/0/1861
Died: 
19/11/1926
Buried: 
23/11/1926
Occupation: 
Chambermaid;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
7
Cemetery plot: 
3
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/senses.glad.boil
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves - 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

Life story

Life story

Lydia Way was born in 1861 to Methodist parents, James, labourer, and Ruth (nee Read) Hawkins and baptised as a Bible Christian on 19 May . They were living with James parents, John, also a labourer, and Sarah in St Catherine Street, Godshill, Isle of Wight. Lydia became a chambermaid, one of a staff of 10 at the Marine Hotel, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. In 1892 she married Henry (Harry) Way , a coal porter, an Isle of Wight man, and they lived in his home town of Newport at Riverside. They had no children according to the 1911 Census but Richard C Way, described as' son, aged 15, lived with them in 1901. Lydia was widowed in 1913. She continued to live on the Isle of Wight. No Probate announcement was found so her death certificate was sent for. Her address was 6, Cross Lanes, Newport, Isle of Wight, at the time of her death from myocardial degeneration (which she had suffered from for 20 years) and cardiac failure. She never moved to Worthing. So why is she buried at Heene?  It was because she died at Nava Rutnam, 56, Grand Avenue, Worthing, which was run by John Andrew MRCS LRCP physician and surgeon. Presumably, this establishment specialised in heart conditions. There was no post mortem.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1861
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Hawkins
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Henry
Spouse one last name: 
Way
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1892

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
19/11/1926
Age (at time of death): 
65
Cause of death: 
Myocardial Degeneration - 20 years; Cardiac Failure;
Address at time of death: 
Nava Rutnam, 56 Grand Avenue, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1881 census: 

Marine Hotel, Ventnor, Isle of Wight

William M Judd, 48, hotel proprietor; Ellen Adelaide Judd, 48, wife; Lucy E Judd, 20, daughter; Emily S R Lambert, 18, Bookkeeper;  Lydia Hawkins, 20, chambermaid;

plus 9 other servants

1891 census: 

8, Alfred Road, Brading, Isle of Wight

William J Musson?, 26, head, Carpenter and joiner; Selina Musson?, 25, wife; Lydia Hawkins, 27, visitor;

1901 census: 

Riverside, Newport, Isle of Wight

Henry Way, 37, head, shoeing blacksmith; Lydia Way, 36, wife; Richard C Way, 15, son, errand post? boy;

 

1911 census: 

Riverside, Newport, Isle of Wight

Henry Way, 45, head, Coal porter; Lydia Ruth Way,45, wife; Thomas Frederick Dore, 11, nephew, scholar;