Name: Mary Spurge
Burial Number: 1099
Gender: Female
Occupation: Housewife
Born: 00/00/1842
Died: 20/09/1922
Buried: 23/09/1922
Mother:
Ann Lofthouse
Father:
John Lant Elderton
Story
Mary Spurge (nee Elderton) was born in 1842, Buckden, Huntingdonshire to John Lant and Ann Elderton.
John Lant Elderton worked as a Master Butcher in Church Street, Buckden.
In 1861 aged 19 Mary left home and worked as an assistant to Edwin Carter, a Linen & Woollen Draper at High Street, St Benedict, Huntingdonshire.
By 1871 she was now working and living at 29 Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk as an assistant to Robert Joy, a draper.
In 1881 Mary (who is referred to as ‘Pollie’ on the 1881 census) are visiting Abraham Miller a Provision dealer in Leicester. Mary’s Mother Ann is also there. Mary married Walter Spurge on 19th September 1889 at the St. John Baptist Church, Knighton, Blaby, Leicestershire. There is no record of any children being born.
Walter and Mary moved to New Zealand and arrived back in the UK on the 16th May 1904. By 1911 they had moved to 8 Browning Road in Worthing, Walter had now retired.
Mary Spurge died on 20th September 1922 while still living in Browning Road, Worthing. She left £44 13s 6d (£1278 in 2020) to Walter.
Walter moved to Hertfordshire after his Wife’s death and lived at Keston House, Nascot Road, Watford, where he died on 22nd January 1937 and left £386 15s 7d (£19555 in 2020) with probate to Frederick Cawston, Estate clerk.
Walter was buried with his wife in Heene Cemetery on the 26th January 1937.
Researcher: Jackie Rooney
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: SES Row: 8 Plot: 7
Exact Location (what3words): others.damp.quite
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
No description of the headstone has been added.
Inscription:
In memory of Mary dearly loved wife of Walter Spurge died 20 Sep 1922 Walter Spurge died 22nd Jan 1937
Further Information
Birth
Name: Mary Spurge
Gender: Female
Born: 00/00/1842
Town: Unknown
County: Huntingdonshire
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name:Elderton
Marriage Date: 19/09/1889
Spouse First Name: Walter
Spouse Last Name: Spurge
Town of Marriage: Blaby
County of Marriage: Leicestershire
Country of Marriage: England
Information at Death
Date of Death: 20/09/1922
Cause of death: Unknown
Address line 1: 8 Browning Road
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
No obituary has been entered.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: £44 13 s 6 d
Current value of effects: £1278
Census Information
1851
Church Street, Buckden, Huntingdonshire
John L Elderton (Head) age 43, Ann (Wife) age 39, Betsey (Daughter) age 14, John (Son) age 13, Francis (Son) age 11, Mary (Daughter) age 9, Martha A (Daughter) age 7, Lydia (Daughter) age 2, Sarah (Daughter) age 2 months
1861
High Street, St Benedict, Huntingdonshire
Mary Ann Elderton, assistant to Edwin Carter a Linen & Woollen Draper
1871
29 Market Hill St Peter, Sudbury, Suffolk
Mary Elderton, assistant to Robert Joy a Draper
1881
38 Welford Road, Leicester St Mary, Leicestershire
Abraham Miller (Head) age 32, Lydia (Wife, Mary’s Sister) age 32, Ann (Mother-in-Law) age 69, Pollie (Sister-in-Law, Mary) age 39, William Neale (Nephew) age 10, plus 1 servant
1911
‘Komani’ Browning Road, Worthing Sussex
Walter Spurge (Head) age 61, Mary Spurge (Wife) age 68
1921
18 Lorne Road, Leicestershire
Abraham Miller (Head) age 72, Lydia (Wife) age 72, Walter Spurge (Visitor) age 71, Mary Spurge (Visitor) age 79, Sarah Helen Berry (visitor) age 56
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