Gertrude Johnstone (buried 1927)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Johnstone
First name: 
Gertrude
Other Christian names: 
Mary
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1284
Born: 
8/9/1845
Died: 
12/02/1927
Buried: 
17/02/1927
Occupation: 
School Mistress
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Gertrude Johnstone's headstone with the Hardy's
Cemetery area: 
NB
Cemetery row: 
13
Cemetery plot: 
2
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
Mabel Emma Johnstone died Jan 24th 1925 aged 81 John Forbes Hardy died Dec 7th 1906 Also of Maude Anne his wife died Dec 16th 1920 aged 78 Gertrude Mary Johnstone died Feb 12th 1927

Life story

Life story

Gertrude's family were school teachers. Her mother, father and aunt were teachers and Gertrude and her sisters, Maude and Mabel became teachers. Gertrude was born on 8th September 1845 and was baptised later that month at St. Andrew, Holborn. Her father, Charles Emilius Johnstone, was 37, her mother, Eliza Johnstone, nee Hitchcock, was 33 and her sister Maude and Mabel were 3 and 2 years old. Her brothers, Charles and Edward were born in 1849 and 1853 respectively.

Gertrude moved with her parents to school at 32 London Street, Beaconsfield, where her parents were both teachers taking in male scholars include two of her nephews. In 1860, Following her father's death at Woodspeen, near Newbury, the family moved to Worthing and her mother set up a school at Marlborough House. All three sisters taught at the school. In 1877, her sister, Maude married, John Forbes Hardy, their landlord and artist. Before her mother's death in 1892, Gertrude moved to live with the Hardys' in their Manor Road, home called Beaconsfield. John Forbes Hardy died in 1906 and Gertrude, joined by her sister Mabel, moved to Maude's new home, Woodspeen, 7 Wordsworth Road, Worthing.

Gertrude died on 12th February, 1927 and was buried alongside Maude (d 1920) and Mabel (d 1925) in John Hardy's burial plot at Heene Cemetery following a funeral at Heene Church. She left her estate to her sister-in-law, Jessie Isabel Johnstone and her nephew, Rupert Johnstone, a clerk in holy orders.

Burial researcher: 
Pat Brownbill

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
08/09/1845

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
12/02/1927
Age (at time of death): 
81
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
7 Wordsworth Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Obituary

Worthing Gazette - Wednesday 16 February 1927 Johnstone – On February 12th, at 7, Wordsworth Road, Worthing, Gertrude Mary, last surviving daughter of the late Charles Emelius Johnstone, of Newbury, and Mrs Johnstone of Worthing. No flowers. Funeral at Heene Church. Thursday, at 2.30.

Personal effects
Executors: 
Jessie Isabel Johnstone status: Widow
Probate pounds: 
£7,259

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

Living at 32 London Street, Beaconsfield, Charles Johnstone, 45, school master, wife Eliza Johnstone,  41, daughter Gertrude Johnstone,  son Charles R Johnstone, 1, nephew George Johnstone, 12, visitor, Dorothy Grayson, 32, governess, nephew Alfred Bigg, 12, scholar, James Raynham, 25, school assistant, 14 male scholars and servants: Sarah Dormer, 24, Eliza Baldwin, 19, Lavinia Kirby, 19.

1861 census: 

Living at Marlborough House, Broadwater, Worthing, Eliza Johnstone, 50, Schoolmistress, daughter Maude A Johnstone,18, teacher, daughter Mabel E Johnstone, 17, daughter Gertrude M Johnstone, 15, two boarders, two servants (housemaid and cook) and 14 pupils.

1871 census: 

Living at Marlborough House, Eliza Johnstone, 60, school mistress, daughter Maude A Johnstone,28, daughter Gertrude M Johnstone, 25, Helene OTooley, 21, teacher, and 15 pupils and sisters: Mary Higgins, 19, and Mary Greetham.

1881 census: 

Living at 1 Marlborough Terrace, Worthing, Eliza Johnstone, 70, school mistress, daughter Mabel Johnstone, 37, school mistress, daughter Gertrude Johnstone, 35, school mistress, 8 pupils, 2 servants, sister Emma Thompson, 61, shares in public companies, nephew Gerald Thompson, 24, bankers clerk.

1891 census: 

Living at Beaconsfield, Worthing,  John F Hardy, 74, living on owns means wife Maude A Hardy, 48, sister-in-law Gertrude M Johnstone, 45, living on own means servants: Emily M Easley, 41, cook and Alice L Packham, 25, housemaid.

1901 census: 

Living at Beaconsfield, Manor Road, Worthing,  John F Hardy, 84, living on own means, wife Mande Hardy, 58, sister-in law Gertrude M Johnstone, 55, living on own means and servants: Emily Easley, 51, cook and Sarah Green, 42, housemaid.

1911 census: 

Living at Woodspeen, 7 Wordsworth Road, Worthing, Maude Hardy, 68, private means, Sister Mabel Johnson, 67, private means, sister Gertrude Johnson, 65, private means, niece, Isabel Johnson, 17, and servants: Annie Talmey, 25, cook, Gertrude Ovenden, 25, house maid.

1921 census: 

Not found.