Name: Mary Lidwell
Burial Number: 0432
Gender: Female
Born: 27/1/1821
Died: 23/03/1904
Buried: 25/03/1904
Story
Mary Ann Draper was born on 27th January 1821 in Holborn, London. Her father was Thomas Draper, a Carriage Trimming manufacturer, her mother, Maria, nee Rowley, they were Protestant Dissenters, recording Mary Ann’s birth on that registry.
When Mary Ann was 22yrs old in 1843, she married Thomas Gardner, 27yrs, a Hay Salesman and in March 1844 they had a son, Stanley, but, sadly, Mary Ann’s husband died a few months later. In 1856, Mary Ann, 35yrs, married Joshua Edward Lidwell, 33yrs, on 8th July, at St. John’s, Notting Hill. Joshua was a Chemist, with his own shop on the High Street, Notting Hill, and their daughter, Laura Ellen, was born in 1857.
Joshua died, aged 75yrs, in 1899 in Hastings, Sussex, and Mary Ann then lived with her married daughter and 7 grandchildren in Woking, Surrey. She died in Worthing, aged 83yrs, on 23rd March 1904.
Researcher: Maggie Martin
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: SWS Row: 5 Plot: 11
Exact Location (what3words): image.glue.struck
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
No description of the headstone has been added.
Inscription:
In loving memory of dear mother Mary Ann Lidwell died March 23rd 1904 aged 83
Further Information
Birth
Name: Mary Ann Lidwell
Gender: Female
Born: 27/1/1821
Town: Holborn
County: London
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name:Draper
Marriage Date: //1843
Spouse First Name: Thomas
Spouse Last Name: Gardner
Town of Marriage: Unknown
County of Marriage: Unknown
Country of Marriage: Unknown
Marriage Date: //1856
Spouse First Name: Joshua
Spouse Second Name: Edward
Spouse Last Name: Lidwell
Town of Marriage: Notting Hill
County of Marriage: London
Country of Marriage: England
Information at Death
Date of Death: 23/03/1904
Cause of death: Unknown
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
No obituary has been entered.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: No value recorded
Current value of effects: Not calculated
Census Information
1861
Living at 130, High Street, Notting Hill, London. Joshua E. Lidwell, 36yrs, Chemist, employing 2 men, wife, Mary Ann, 40yrs, daughter, Laura Ellen, 3yrs, plus 2 employees and 2 domestic servants.
1871
Living at 130, High Street, Notting Hill, London. Joshua E. Lidwell, 47yrs, Chemist, employing 3 men, wife, Mary Ann, 50yrs, plus 2 employees and 2 domestic servants.
1881
Living at Surrey Lodge, Caxton Road, Hammersmith, London. John E. Lidwell, 56yrs, Chemist, Mary Ann, 60yrs, plus 1 domestic servant.
1891
257, Vauxhall Bridge Road, London. William Hanser, 65yrs, Glass engraver, plus wife and family, 2 boarders, Joshua and Mary Lidwell.
