Florence Boddy (buried 1930)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Boddy
First name: 
Florence
Other Christian names: 
Gertrude
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1434
Born: 
0/0/1856
Died: 
13/03/1930
Buried: 
17/03/1930
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
11
what3words location: 
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
"Jesu Mercy" Marian Caroline Maude Boddy 13th April 1941. Fanny Louisa Boddy 5th November 1926. Florence Gertrude Boddy 13th March 1930

Life story

Life story

Florence was one of the three daughters of Rev. George Yatman Boddy and his wife, Eliza, nee Riddle, who were buried at Heene. Florence Gertrude was born in 1856 at Woolwich and baptised on the 6 April 1856. She remained single and lived with her  sisters and her parents. 

‘Colegate’, 22, Shakespeare Road, Worthing
‘Colegate’, 22, Shakespeare Road, Worthing

After the parents' deaths,  the sisters continued to live together at Colegate, 22, Shakespeare Road, Worthing. Florence died on 13 March 1930, aged 74.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1856

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
13/03/1930
Age (at time of death): 
74
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Colegate, 22 Shakespeare Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

26, Woolwich Common?, Woolwich St Mary

Herbert G Boddy, 19, son, undergraduate at Cambridge University; Marian C M Boddy, 16, daughter, scholar; Florence G Boddy, 15, daughter, scholar;

plus a cook and a housemaid

NB the above entry is unusual in that the parents, Rev George Yatman Boddy and Eliza Boddy, and their 25 year old daughter, Fanny L were away and are recorded on the 1871 Census as ˜visitors in the household of Clifton Brown and his wife, Amelia, and young family in Colegate, Sussex .

1881 census: 

The Vicarage, Lower Beeding, Sussex

George Yatman Boddy, 64, head, Vicar St Saviour; Eliza Boddy, 58, wife; Fanny L Boddy, 35, daughter; Maria(sic)  C M Boddy, 26 daughter; Florence G Boddy, 25, daughter;

plus a cook and a housemaid

1891 census: 

Elmslie Villa, Tarring Street, West Tarring

George Y Boddy, 74, head, Clerk Holy Orders Clergy; Eliza Boddy, 58, wife; Fanny L Boddy, 45, daughter; Marian C M Boddy, 36, daughter; Florence G Boddy, 35, daughter; plus 1 house parlourmaid

1901 census: 

Elmslie, South Street, West Tarring

George Y Boddy, 84, head, widower, clergyman Church of England; Fanny Boddy, 55, daughter; Marian Boddy, 45, daughter; Florence Boddy, 45, daughter;

plus a cook

1911 census: 

Elmslie, South Street, West Tarring

Fanny Boddy, 65, head, private means; Marian Boddy, 56, sister, private means; Florence Boddy, 55, sister private means;

plus a cook and a housemaid