Rosina Farrington (buried 1949)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Farrington
First name: 
Rosina
Other Christian names: 
Mary
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1819
Born: 
14/5/1875
Died: 
24/05/1949
Buried: 
24/05/1949
Distinction: 
Born Mile End Old Town
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
9
Cemetery plot: 
7
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of my dear husband Percy Hall Farrington fell asleep 23rd May 1923 aged 51

Life story

Life story

Rosina Mary Pratt was born on 14th May 1875, she was baptised at Holy Trinity, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, on 23rd April 1876. Her parents were George Pratt, 38yrs, Commission Traveller, and Mary Adelaide Pratt, 28yrs; she had 6 siblings.

When Rosina was 16yrs old, her family lived at 66, Daleview Road, Tottenham, and her future husband lived at 78, Daleview Road, he was Percy Hall Farrington, son of a shipbroker, employed as a shipbroker's clerk. They married on 11th September 1897 at St. Johns Church, Stamford Hill, Rosina was 23yrs and Percy, 26yrs.

By 1901 Rosina and Percy were living in Ilford, Essex, where they remained for over ten years, they had no children, and at some point, after 1911, they moved to Worthing, Sussex, where they lived at Aubreydene, Heene Road.

Rosina was widowed in 1923 when Percy died, aged 51yrs, from poliomyelitis which he had been suffering from for 4 years, he was buried at Heene on 26th May 1923. Rosina was living at 39, Bedford Square, Brighton in 1939, and ten years later, when she died, aged 75yrs, her address was 41, Norfolk Square, Brighton. She died at Brighton General Hospital on 18th May 1949.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
14/05/1875
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Pratt
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Percy Hall
Spouse one last name: 
Farrington
Marriage one date: 
11/09/1897
Marriage one address: 
Stamford, London, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
24/05/1949
Age (at time of death): 
75
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
41 Norfolk Square, Brighton, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1881 census: 

Living at 48, Lyal Road, Mile End Old Town, London. George Pratt, 44, Commission Traveller, wife, Mary A., 34yrs, 6 children, Ernest 10, Edith 8, Rosina 6, Herbert 5, Petronella 3, Mary 11 months.

1891 census: 

Living at 66, Daleview Road, Tottenham. George Pratt, 52, Commission Traveller, wife, Mary A. 43yrs, Ernest, 20yrs, Telegraphist, Edith, 18yrs, Teacher, Rosina, 16yrs, Petronella, 13yrs, Mary, 10yrs, George, 7yrs.

1901 census: 

Living at 15, Mayfair Avenue, The Drive, Ilford, Essex. Percy Hall Farrington, 29yrs, Shipbrokers clerk, wife, Rosina, 26yrs.

1911 census: 

Living at 15, Mayfair Avenue, The Drive, Ilford, Essex. Percy Hall Farrington, 40yrs, Shipbroker, wife, Rosina, 35yrs, plus 1 domestic servant.

1921 census: 

Living at Valetta, Sylvan Avenue, Hornchurch, Essex. Percy Hall Farrington, Hd. 49yrs, Shipbroker, wife, Rosina Mary, 47yrs, Home Duties, nephew, Cyril Alfred Hall, 24yrs, 2nd Officer, Merchant Mariner, plus 1 domestic servant.

1939 register: 

39, Bedford Square, Brighton, Sussex. Rosina M. Farrington, widow, living on own means.