Mary Felkin (buried 1922)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Felkin
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Eliza
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1092
Born: 
23/6/1830
Died: 
11/08/1922
Buried: 
15/08/1922
Occupation: 
Private means
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
EB
Cemetery row: 
3
Cemetery plot: 
2
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Mary Eliza Felkin born 3rd June 1830
Grave location map

Life story

Life story

Mary was born in March, Cambridgeshire, the daughter of John, a corn merchant and his wife Rebecca nee Smith. She was baptised at Castle Gate Independent Meeting House, Nottingham on 19th November 1833. On 13th June 1850, Mary married William Felkin Jnr at St Mary's Church, Nottingham. William was the son of the Lord Mayor of Nottingham. William Felkin Snr was a lace manufacturer and one of the leading personalities of the city. William Jnr worked for his father employing over 100 people in his business. He was also a Wesleyan preacher. The couple had no children. The Felkin lace industry had failed by 1865 and William Snr took to writing about the business.. (For further details on Felkin lace manufacturers see www.knittingtogether.org.uk ). William Snr died in 1874. William Jnr travelled to New Zealand leaving Mary living with her uncle Joseph Smith, a retired corn merchant. She acted as Joseph's housekeeper. William Jnr died in Auckland on 24th December 1885 aged 60. By 1891, Mary was living in Rowlands Road, Worthing. She moved a couple of times in the same area until her death in 1922. Her probate records her address as being 9 Stratford Square, Shakespeare Street, Nottingham but she died at "Gainsboro" in Richmond Road, Worthing. Mary died on 11th August 1922. Probate was granted on 26th September to Hannah Stanger widow and Joseph Elliott Johnson Smith gentleman. Effects £195 18s 2d.

Burial researcher: 
Carol Sullivan

Further information

Birth
Name: 
Mary Eliza Cole
Gender: 
Female
Date born: 
23/06/1830
Address at birth: 
March, Cambridgeshire
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Rebecca
Mother's maiden name: 
Smith
Mother's year of birth: 
1800
Mother's year of death: 
1846
Father
Father's name: 
John Cole
Father's year of birth: 
1802
Father's year of death: 
1873
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Cole
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
William
Spouse one last name: 
Felkin
Marriage one date: 
13/06/1850
Marriage one address: 
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
11/08/1922
Age (at time of death): 
92
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Gainsboro, 64 Richmond Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£195

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1841 census: 

Living at Poplar Square, St Mary, Nottingham - John 35yrs, corn factor; Rebecca 35yrs; Harriet 15yrs; Mary 11yrs; Martha 7yrs; Emma Abbott, 15yrs, female servant;

1851 census: 

Mansfield Road, Basford, Notts - William 26yrs, lace manufacturer employing 120 hands; Mary Eliza 20yrs; James H Wallis 28yrs, visitor, Hosier employing 300 hands; Sarah Weddowson, 30yrs, Domestic Servant;

1861 census: 

Living at Broad Gate, Beeston, Notts - William 36yrs, lace manufacturer employing 107 hands, Wesleyan Preacher; Mary Eliza 30yrs; Margaret Bridget, 17yrs, Domestic Servant;

1871 census: 

Living at 22 Clarendon Street, St Mary, Nottingham - William 46yrs, yarn agent; Mary Eliza 40yrs; Elizabeth Shelstone, 23yrs, Servant;

1881 census: 

Living at 56 Ropewalk Street, Nottingham - Joseph Smith, 81yrs, Retired Corn Merchant; Mary A M Smith, Granddaughter, 18yrs; Mary E Felkin, 50yrs, Niece, housekeeper; nn Gulliver, 57yrs, Domestic Nurse; Sarah Gadsby, 27yrs, Domestic Cook; Matilda Smith, 25yrs, Domestic Housemaid; Fanny Smith, 16yrs, Domestic Under Nurse Maid;

1891 census: 

Living at 3 Southview Terrace, Rowlands Road, Worthing - Mary 60yrs, widow, own means; Louisa Richards, 19yrs, General domestic servant;

1901 census: 

Living at 3 Southview Terrace, Rowlands Road, Worthing - Mary E, 70yrs, widow, own means; Harriet Jane Belton, 27yrs, General Domestic Servant;

1911 census: 

Living at 9 Eriswell Road, Worthing - Katherine Mary Wright, 67yrs, lodging house keeper; Elizabeth Burgess, 66yrs, sister, lodging house keeper; Charles Wright, 27yrs, son, Solicitor Clerk; Mary Eliza Felkin, 80yrs, boarder, private means;

1921 census: 

Living at "Gainsboro" Richmond Road, Worthing - Jane Anne Greene, 60yrs, Trained Nurse; Elizabeth Greene, 63yrs, Sister, Housekeeper; Elizabeth Jackson, 77yrs, Visitor; Marianne Seabrook, 66yrs, Visitor; Mary Eliza Felkin, 93yrs, visitor;

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