Stephanie Hammick (buried 1901)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Hammick
First name: 
Stephanie
Other Christian names: 
Rosabel
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
359
Born: 
22/9/1868
Died: 
14/04/1901
Buried: 
18/04/1901
Occupation: 
Daughter of a Barrister at law and Treasurer of the Statistical Society and Secretary of the Registrar Generals office.
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Stephanie Hammick (buried 1901) headstone
Cemetery area: 
NES
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
19
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Stephanie Rosabel Hammick died at Southsea 14th April 1901 aged 32 "With Christ which is far better" 1 Philippians 23 Also of Dorothy Allan niece of the above, daughter of Major W B Watts niece and adopted child of Percy & Sybil Shotter of West Worthing who died at Dar-es-salaam, East Africa 7th April 1927 aged 32 In memory of Sybilla Therese Shotter widow of John Percy Shotter aged 77 years.

Life story

Life story

Stephanie Rosabel Hammick was born to James Thomas and Eliza Sybilla Hammick on the 22nd September 1868 in Rockbeare Hill, Ottery, Devon.

James was a Barrister at law and a land owner in Devon.  He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn on 26th January 1865. He was also the Treasurer of the Statistical Society and Secretary of the Registrar Generals office.  He wrote many books and pamphlets on law. He was also a commissioner for the 1871 census.

In 1876 James divorced Eliza Sybilla for adultery with a farmer called William Aldridge.

After her parents divorced Stephanie and her siblings lived with their Father.  In 1881 they were living at Melford Heath, Wetley, Surrey.

By 1901 Stephanie had moved to Portsmouth where she was lodging with William and Ellen Taylor who ran a lodging house at 58 Osborne Road, Southsea.

Stephanie died at 58 Osborne Road, Southsea of Pulmonary Phithisis (Tuberculosis), her Sister Laura who lived  in Taunton somerset was in attendance. She left  £4462.13s.10d to her Sister and Brother in Law, John Percy Shotter and Sybella Therese Shotter.

Sybella Therese Shotter lived in St. Botolph's Road Worthing when Stephanie died, that might be why she was buried in Heene Cemetery

Burial researcher: 
Jackie Rooney

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
22/09/1868

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
14/04/1901
Age (at time of death): 
32
Cause of death: 
Pulmonary Phithisis (Tuberculosis)
Address at time of death: 
58 Osborne Road, Southsea, Hampshire, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Laura Hammick status: Sister: John Percy Shotter status: Brother in Law: Sybella Therese Shotter status: Sister
Probate pounds: 
£4,462

Census and miscellaneous information

Miscellaneous information

James Thomas Hammick, father of Stephanie Rosabel Hammick
James Thomas Hammick, father of Stephanie Rosabel Hammick

Daily News January 28th 1865

Call to the bar - Lincoln's Inn - The undernamed gentlemen were this day called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's inn, vis:- .... James Thomas Hammick, Esq.,; .... Essex Herald 13th Dec 1871 The Census of 1871 - We understand that the Commission for the forthcoming census of 1871 for Ireland has been nominated. The commissioners are:- Mr William Donnelly, Registrar-General; Sir William Robert Wilde, M.D.; and Mr George W Abraham, LL.D.; All filled the same posts in the census of 1861. The census in England will be taken by Major Graham, Registrar-General; Dr Farr and Mr James T Hammick, assistants to Registrar-General; and Mr W Clode acting as secretary. A staff of 100 clerks will be specially employed for digesting the returns. The work is expected to occupy three years - British Medical Journal.