Milllicent Dunk (buried 1903)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Dunk
First name: 
Milllicent
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Burial number: 
415
Born: 
0/0/1862
Died: 
28/06/1903
Buried: 
03/07/1903
Occupation: 
Housekeeper/Domestic
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Image of the headstone for Millicent Dunk
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
1
Cemetery plot: 
10
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
Sacred to the memory of Millicent Dunk who died at Heene Rectory June 28 1903 aged 41 years "The Lord is my shepherd"

Life story

Life story

Millicent Dunk was born in 1862 at Wadhurst, Sussex. Her father, George, 39yrs, was a Groom, her mother Martha, 32yrs. When she was 8yrs she had 3 sisters, Fanny 10, Elizabeth 6 and Catherine 4, they lived at Horse Grove Cottage, Wadhurst, Sussex. Her father, George, was now an Agricultural Labourer. In 1880 she had a fourth sister, Ellen. When Millicent was 28yrs. of age, in 1891, she was employed as a Housekeeper/Domestic to the Vicar of Coatham, Yorkshire, Rev. John P. Fallowes. She stayed in employment with the Vicar and his family, moving to the Rectory at Heene, Worthiing and remaining there until her death in 1903. Millicent Dunk died on June 28th, 1903, at Heene Rectory, Manor Road, Worthing, aged 41yrs. She was a spinster and left her estate of £44 14s to her widowed mother, Martha. Value -2020 - £5K. Her death certificate gave the cause of death as Fatty degeneration of the heart. Enlargement of the liver (P.M.) Fatal syncope.

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1862

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
28/06/1903
Age (at time of death): 
41
Cause of death: 
Fatty Degeneration of the Heart; Enlargement of the Liver P.M.; Fatal Syncope;
Address at time of death: 
Heene Rectory, Manor Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Martha Dunk status: Widowed Mother
Probate pounds: 
£44

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Millicent was 8yrs old and she had 3 sisters, Fanny 10, Elizabeth 6, and Catherine 4, they lived at Horse Grove Cottage, Wadhurst, Sussex, with father, George, 47yrs, an Agricultural Labourer and mother, Martha, 41yrs.

1881 census: 

Millicent, 18yrs, lives with parents, George, 56yrs, Groom-Dealers Yard, Martha, 52yrs. and sisters, Catherine 14, and Ellen 1yr. They live at Speldhurst, Kent, and have a Boarder, Ellen Davis, 52yrs.

1891 census: 

Millicent 28yrs and employed as a Housekeeper/Domestic to the Vicar of Coatham, Yorkshire, Rev. John P. Fallowes, 34yrs. The household included a parlour maid and a kitchenmaid.

1901 census: 

Millicent 38yrs, listed as Visitor at the Rectory, Heene, Worthing. John P. Fallowes, 44yrs. is married to Agnes, 39yrs, they have 3 children, John 8, Katherine 6, and Richard 1month. They employ 2 nursemaids, a cook, and a housemaid.