Jane Pugh (buried 1908)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Pugh
First name: 
Jane
Other Christian names: 
Helen
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
572
Born: 
0/0/1846
Died: 
03/11/1908
Buried: 
07/11/1908
Occupation: 
Nurse; Domestic Servant
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
2
Cemetery plot: 
9
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/glory.fast.lasted
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Jane Helen Pugh died November 3rd 1908 aged 61 years

Life story

Life story

Jane was born in Aberystwyth, the daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth. She was baptised in the local chapel of St Michael on Christmas Day 1846. Her father worked for a local solicitor. As a young girl, Jane worked with her sister as dressmakers. By 1871, she had moved to the south coast of England, working in service as a nurse. She was sometimes known by her middle name of Helen. By 1881, Jane was working in Hove but there is no trace of her in 1891 Census. In 1901, Jane was boarding in Camberwell, Surrey. The Census records showed that she was paralysed. Jane died on 3rd November 1908 at 35 Thorn Road, Worthing. This was a boarding house run by Jane's sister Annie Elizabeth Singre and her husband Edouard. Annie died in 1912 and is also buried at Heene. Probate was granted to her sister Margaret on 4th December 1908. Effects £136 10s 4d.

Burial researcher: 
Carol Sullivan

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1846

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
03/11/1908
Age (at time of death): 
61
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
35 Thorn Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£136

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

28 Portland Street, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire

Hugh aged 38, solicitor's writing clerk. Elizabeth aged 40. James aged 13. Ann Elizabeth aged 11. Margaret aged 7. Susanna aged 9. Jane aged 4. Hugh aged 1.

1861 census: 

Portland Street, Aberystwyth.

Hugh aged 48, law clerk. Elizabeth aged 49. Margaret aged 17, dressmaker. Jane aged 14, dressmaker. Melliam Humphreys aged 3, nephew.

1871 census: 

Burlington House, Hartington Place, Eastbourne, Sussex.

Jane aged 23, nurse, domestic servant. In household of Anna Griffiths, barrister's wife.

1881 census: 

41 Lansdowne Place, Hove, Sussex.

Helen (Jane) aged 33, domestic servant in household of Georgina E Orlebar, widow, private means.

1901 census: 

149 Denmark Hill, Camberwell, Surrey.

Jane aged 51, boarder in house of Augusta Stowe-Price, proprietor.

Jane is described as "paralysed"