Minnie Little (buried 1943)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Little
First name: 
Minnie
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1770
Born: 
3/4/1875
Died: 
10/12/1943
Buried: 
14/12/1943
Occupation: 
Unpaid Domestic Duties
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
17
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
in affectionate memory of Minnie wife of Rev. Ernest Little and daughter of John Wilson Watson and Emma Watson of Stockton on Tees. Born 3rd April 1875 died 10th December 1943

Life story

Life story

Minnie's parents, John and Emma, were married in 1874. They and their 3 children, Minnie, Arthur James and John Bertrand were all born in Stockton-on-Tees.

Minnie was born in 1875 and baptised in Easington Parish.

In 1881, John, a Builders' Merchant, with Emma, and their children were living in Spring Street, Stockton.

At 16, in 1891, Minnie was a Pupil at a Private School for Girls, in Stamford Hill, in Middlesex.

By 1901, the family were at Woodlands Farm Lane, Stockton. Father John now a Timber Merchant. Son Arthur James, at 24, was also a Timber Merchant. Son John Bertrand, 22, was a Solicitor. They had one Domestic Servant.

John Watson was a J.P. He died in Stockton in 1909, giving probate to Emma and their two sons. He left just under £130,000.

Minnie was living in Stockton in 1911, with mother Emma, and 2 General Servants.

Emma died in 1916 and was buried with husband John in Oxbridge Lane Cemetery in Stockton

(John Bertrand went on to be knighted and to become Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, with the Freedom of the City of London.)

Minnie married Richard Ernest Little in 1925, in Holborn. He was born in 1866 in Castleford, in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. He became a Methodist Minister.

From about 1908 to 1915 his address for the Electoral Register was Castleford, though he was living in various places, including  the Manse in Kilsyth, Glasgow, Retford in Notts., and Clifton, Bristol.

In 1937 he sailed from Southampton to New York, on the S.S. Berengaria.

1939, Minnie was at 1 Belsize Road, doing Unpaid Domestic Duties', with Visitors Tamar and Margaret Brignell, and a Parlourmaid.

In November 1939, Minnie and Ernest, with niece Dorothy Cook, and daughter Dollivar, arrived in Detroit.

When Minnie died, she was living at Berridon,1 Belsize Road, Worthing

Rev Little died in 1950, in the Methodist Parsonage, St Georges, Bermuda.

Burial researcher: 
Liz Lane

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
03/04/1875
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Watson
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Richard Ernest
Spouse one last name: 
Little
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1925
Marriage one address: 
Holborn, London, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
10/12/1943
Age (at time of death): 
68
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Berridon, 1 Belsize Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1921 census: 

Not found