William Honess (buried 1904)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Honess
First name: 
William
Other Christian names: 
Charles
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
445
Born: 
0/3/1873
Died: 
17/07/1904
Buried: 
21/07/1904
Occupation: 
Drapers Assistant;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
5
Cemetery plot: 
13
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/image.glue.struck
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of William Charles Honess died July 17th 1904 aged 31 years "At rest" Also of Emily Harriet Ashling who died Dec 11th 1934 aged 73 years

Life story

Life story

William Charles Honess was born in 1873, he was baptised on 9th March at Broadwater, Worthing. He had a half-sister, Emily, 12yrs. His father, Charles, 30yrs, married his mother, a widow, Sarah Short, 35yrs, in June 1870. When William was 8yrs old, the family lived at 36, Park Road, Worthing, his father was a Builder's Foreman, 41yrs, Sarah, 46yrs, and Emily, 20yrs, they employed 1 domestic servant. In 1891 William, 18yrs, was a Draper's Assistant, he lived as a Boarder in the household of Walter Chatterly and his family at 11, Childs Street, Kensington, London. Ten years later William, 28yrs, Draper's Assistant, was back living in Worthing with his retired parents at Park Road, Worthing. William Charles Honess died on 17th July 1904 at Karos' Rowlands Road, Worthing, the home of his brother-in-law, aged 31yrs. His death certificate gave the cause of death as Phthisis Exhaustion.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/03/1873

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
17/07/1904
Age (at time of death): 
31
Cause of death: 
Phthisis; Exhaustion;
Address at time of death: 
Karos, Rowlands Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1881 census: 

Charles Honess, 41yrs, Builders Foreman, wife, Sarah, 46yrs, William Charles, 8yrs, Emily Short, stepdaughter, 20yrs, and 1 domestic servant, living at 36, Park Road, Worthing.

1891 census: 

Walter Chatterly, 30yrs, wife, Elizabeth, 30yrs, 2 children, William, 7yrs, and Ethel, 5yrs, William Charles Honess, 18yrs, Drapers Assistant, Boarder, living at 11, Childs Street, Kensington.

1901 census: 

Charles Honess, 60yrs, Navy Pensioner, Sarah, 65yrs, William Charles, 28yrs, Drapers Assistant.