Mary Spurge (buried 1922)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Spurge
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1099
Born: 
0/0/1842
Died: 
20/09/1922
Buried: 
23/09/1922
Occupation: 
Housewife
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
7
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In memory of Mary dearly loved wife of Walter Spurge died 20 Sep 1922 Walter Spurge died 22nd Jan 1937

Life story

Life 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. 

Church Street, Buckden
Church Street, Buckden

In 1861 aged 19 Mary left home and worked as an assistant to Edwin Carter, a Linen and 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.

Burial researcher: 
Jackie Rooney

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1842
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Ann Elderton
Mother's maiden name: 
Lofthouse
Father
Father's name: 
John Lant Elderton
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Elderton
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Walter
Spouse one last name: 
Spurge
Marriage one date: 
19/09/1889
Marriage one address: 
Blaby, Leicestershire, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
20/09/1922
Age (at time of death): 
80
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
8 Browning Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Frederick Causton status: Estate Clerk
Probate pounds: 
£44

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

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 census: 

High Street, St Benedict, Huntingdonshire

Mary Ann Elderton, assistant to Edwin Carter a Linen & Woollen Draper

1871 census: 

29 Market Hill St Peter, Sudbury, Suffolk

Mary  Elderton, assistant to Robert Joy a Draper

1881 census: 

38 Welford Road, Leicester St Mary, Leicestershire

Abraham Miller (Head) age 32, Lydia (Wife, Marys 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 census: 

Komani Browning Road, Worthing Sussex

Walter Spurge (Head) age 61, Mary Spurge (Wife) age 68

1921 census: 

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

Miscellaneous information

The gravestone for John Lant Elderton - Father of Mary Spurge
The gravestone for John Lant Elderton - Father of Mary Spurge