Mary Light (buried 1890)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Light
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Ann
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
160
Born: 
0/0/1830
Died: 
10/03/1890
Buried: 
14/03/1890
Occupation: 
Milliner; Shop Assistant; Business Assistant;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
4
Cemetery plot: 
20
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Mary Ann Light who fell asleep in Jesus March 10th 1890 ........

Life story

Life story

Mary Ann was born to Mary and Richard Light in St Luke, Finsbury, London, Middlesex, on the 2nd January 1830 and was baptised later that year on 14th April at St Luke's in Old St, Finsbury, London. The next census details available tell us that at 20 years old, in 1851, Mary was living in Islington at 31 Buckingham St with her mother, now a widow, and her sister, Emily. Occupation is a Milliner. In 1861, Mary is living with her sister at 12 Denmark Road in Islington where Mary is working as a shop assistant. Her age is recorded as 26 despite being born in 1830. Just ten years later, Mary is still living with Emily but in Greenwich, Kent, at 14 Royal Hill where Mary is working as a business assistant. Documents from 1881, and the last census available before her death, reveal Mary was now living at Belmont South View in Brading, Hampshire, as a lodging housekeeper with her sister, Emily. Only nine years later, Mary dies on the 10th March 1890 in Heene, Worthing, West Sussex. She moved to Worthing some years earlier with Emily to run a lodging house, 'Carton House' on Rowlands Road. Interestingly, organist, Arthur Boyse, is a lodger with Emily in 1891.

1891 census for Emily Light

Burial researcher: 
Sophie Watts

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
02/01/1830

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
10/03/1890
Age (at time of death): 
60
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Usual address at death: 
Carlon, Rowlands Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1841 census: 

Living at St Leonard Shoreditch - Mary Light, 56yrs, Widow; Emily Light, 10yrs; Mary Light 10yrs;

1851 census: 

Living at 33 Buckingham Street, Islington - Mary Light, 62yrs; Emily Light, 22yrs, Dressmaker; Mary Light, 20yrs, Milliner;

1861 census: 

Living at 12, Denmark Street, Islington - Emily Light, 28yrs, Dress Maker; Mary Ann Light, 26yrs, Shop Assistant; Mary A Light Junior, 15yrs, Scholar, Visitor;

1871 census: 

Living at 14 Royal Hill, Greenwich - Emily Light, 38yrs, Dress Maker; Mary Ann Light, 36yrs, Business Assistant;

1881 census: 

Living at South View, Brading, Southdown, I.o.W. - Emily Light, 48yrs, Lodging House Keeper; Mary A Light, 46yrs, Lodging House Keeper;

1891 census: 

Sister, Emily running Carton House, Rowlands Road, Worthing, with Arthur Boyse, organist as lodger