George Finch (buried 1922)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Finch
First name: 
George
Other Christian names: 
Henry
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
1102
Born: 
0/0/1845
Died: 
05/11/1922
Buried: 
09/11/1922
Occupation: 
Solicitor
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NB
Cemetery row: 
12
Cemetery plot: 
1
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of George Henry Finch died November 5th 1922 aged 76 years Also of Jane widow of the above died October 30th 1924 aged 69 years

Life story

Life story

George Henry's parents were George Finch, a builder and Freemason, and Maria Charlotte Finch, nee Peach. Born in London in 1845, George Henry was baptised at St John the Evangelist, Lambeth, on 25 November 1845. On 17 August 1876 he married Jane Belcham, the daughter of a draper and auctioneer, and at the time of the 1881 Census he and Jane were living with her parents in her home town of Rayleigh in Essex. George Henry was a solicitor and, according to an 1875 Directory, he worked at Bridge Chambers, Borough High Street, SE and at 2, Gipsy Hill, Upper Norwood. At the time of his death in 1922, at the age of 77, he and Jane were living at "Kelvedon", in Lansdowne Road, Worthing. He was very wealthy, leaving well over £20,000.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1845
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Jane
Spouse one last name: 
Belcham
Marriage one date: 
17/08/1876

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
05/11/1922
Age (at time of death): 
76
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Kelvedon, Lansdowne Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Arthur Turner status: Solicitor: Alfred Ernest Raif Rutherford status: M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
Probate pounds: 
£20,158

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1881 census: 

Census Living at High Street, Rayleigh, Essex - John Belcham, 55, head, draper and auctioneer; Jane Belcham, 59, wife; George H Finch, 34, son-in-law, solicitor; Jane Finch, 26, daughter; Edward Simmons, 42, draper’s shopman; and a general female servant

1891 census: 

Living at 15 Highland Road, St Mary Norwood, Surrey - George Henry Finch, 44, head, solicitor; Jane Finch, 36, wife; Ellen A Prior, 17, niece, and a cook and housemaid

1901 census: 

Living at 16, Harold Road, All Saints Upper Norwood, Surrey - George H Finch, 54, head, solicitor; Jane Finch, 45, wife; Florence M Wright, 18, visitor; Allan L Wright, 14, visitor, and a cook and housemaid

1911 census: 

Burlington Hotel, Marine Parade, Worthing
Burlington Hotel, Marine Parade, Worthing

 Living at Burlington Hotel, Marine Parade, Worthing - Frederick William Dullingham, 29, head, coal merchant; George Henry Finch, 64, boarder, solicitor; Jane Finch, 56, boarder; Charles Eli D'esiré Shiebant, 31, boarder, accountant; Mabel Randell Shiebant, 30, boarder; Daisie Clarissa Sadler, 28, boarder, private means; Josephine Grote Cordiner, 39, boarder, private means; Henry Burgiss Hudson, 58, private means; Mary Burgiss Hudson, 66, boarder, private means; Henry Davis, 58, boarder surgeon; Annie Davis, 48, boarder; Cecilia Mary Burt, 20 boarder, housemaid; Ethel Rosalie Hunt, 21, boarder, ladies maid; Beatrice Crawford, 22, boarder, nurse