Mary Simpson (buried 1890)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Simpson
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Grace
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
163
Born: 
0/0/1826
Died: 
01/05/1890
Buried: 
03/05/1890
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
7
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/dark.sling.label
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone description: 
Mary Simpson is buried under the headstone for Alan and Winifred Bee
Headstone inscription: 
Major Alan Raikes Bee T.D. 24th London Regt. The Queen's, Dearly loved and devoted husband of Winifred Bee fell asleep 1st June 1927 aged 46 "Sleep on beloved and take thy rest In loving memory of Winifred Bee died Sept. 24th 1946 aged 62 years Also of Flying Officer Derek Alan Raikes Bee R.A.F. V.R. missing April 1942 aged 25 years.
Grave location map

Life story

Life story

 

Mary Grace Simpson was a widow, aged 64yrs, who died on 1st May 1890 at 2, Brunswick Esplanade, Worthing. (Now Thorn Road)

No next of kin were traced and five years after her death her estate of £100 went to the Crown in 1896.

Value 2024 - £16,103.00

No records or census information found as yet.

Added information.

In 1896 a letter to the press from Sidney H. Preston, Solicitor of 27, Chancery Lane, listed the names of all the deceased whose unclaimed estates went to the Crown in that year, including Mary Grace Simpson.

He wrote

If the advertisements for next of kin were in future issued in a more attractive form, stating the value of each unclaimed estate, no doubt missing heirs would quickly come forward.

In 1895, the total of unclaimed estates totalled £125,275 Value 2024 - £20,600,000.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1826

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
01/05/1890
Age (at time of death): 
64
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
2 Brunswick Esplanade, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£100