Margaret Handford (buried 1932)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Handford
First name: 
Margaret
Other Christian names: 
Emma
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1551
Born: 
13/7/1868
Died: 
21/12/1932
Buried: 
24/12/1932
Occupation: 
Member of The Barnsley Local War Pensions Committee
Distinction: 
Awarded MBE for war work
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
WB
Cemetery row: 
1
Cemetery plot: 
2
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
William Boycott Handford Priest Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment 1890-1912 and Vicar St Peter's Barnsley 1913-1926. Born 5th Nov. 1862 - died 21 Dec. 1943 R.I.P. Margaret Emma Handford M.B.E. wife of the Rev'd W.B. Handford born 13 July 1868 - died 21 December 1932

Life story

Life story

Margaret Emma Peard was born in Hampstead on 13th July 1868 to John Davis Peard, 28yrs, Attorney-at-Law, and Margaret Elizabeth, 28yrs, nee Terrell. She was the eldest of 7 children, 5 sisters and 1 brother, Frances Elizabeth 1869, Henry Terrell Peard, 1871, Mary Beatrice, 1874, Gertrude, 1877, Olive, 1880, and Nora Russell, 1882 (died in infancy).

In 1890, when she was 22yrs and living in Croydon, she met William Boycott Handford while he was assistant priest at St. Michael's and All Angels, and they married there on 26th August 1890.

They returned to India where William was a Priest of the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment in Bengal from 1890 until 1911. (The I.E.E. was created in 1813 to provide Anglican Priests for that part of the British Empire. It initially operated under the auspices of the East India Company).

He and Margaret had four children, 3 born in India, John Richard 1892, Margaret 1897, Hugh 1900, born Cornwall, and Philip 1907. William and his family returned to England in 1911, he was Priest at St. Saviour's, Croydon and in 1913 he became Vicar of St. Peter's Church, Barnsley, where he and Margaret lived until 1926.

During the Great War William served as a Naval Reserve Chaplain 1914-1918 and Margaret carried out war work for the local community as a member of The Barnsley Local War Pensions Committee, for which she was awarded an MBE in 1920.

They retired to Worthing where William's brother, Walter, lived, he was also a clergyman. Margaret died on 21st December 1932, aged 64yrs, her address was 26, St. Matthew's Road, Worthing.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
13/07/1868
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Peard
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
William Boycott
Spouse one last name: 
Handford
Marriage one date: 
26/08/1890

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
21/12/1932
Age (at time of death): 
64
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
26 St Matthews Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Living at 4, St. Julians Road, Willesden, Middlesex.

John Davis Peard, 29yrs, Attorney at law, wife, Margaret E., 29yrs, daughters, Margaret E. 2yrs, Frances 1yr, Margaret Terrell, mother, 65yrs, Mary A. Peard, mother, 59yrs, plus 3 domestic servants.

1881 census: 

Living at Chepstow Road, Croydon, Surrey.

John D. Peard,40yrs, Solicitor, wife, Margaret E. 39yrs, 5 children, Margaret Emma 12, Frances 11, Mary Beatrice 7, Gertrude 4, Olive E. 8 months, mother, Mary A. Peard, 69yrs, widow, Julia James, 48yrs, visitor, plus 4 domestic servants.

1911 census: 

Living at 12, Queens Rise, Brighton.

Margaret E. Handford, 42yrs, 4 children, John Richard, 18yrs, Theology Student, Margaret, 13yrs, Hugh, 11yrs, and Philip, 4yrs.

 

1921 census: 

Living at St. Peter's Vicarage, Doncaster Road, Barnsley, Yorkshire. William Boycott Handford, Hd., Clergyman C of E, wife, Margaret Emma, 52yrs, Home Duties, son, Hugh William, 21yrs, Colliery Surveyor, visitor, Mary Beatrice Peard, 47yrs, Welfare Worker.