Kenneth Abbott (buried 1959)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Abbott
First name: 
Kenneth
Other Christian names: 
Donald
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1886
Born: 
18/2/1881
Died: 
03/05/1959
Buried: 
08/05/1959
Occupation: 
Wine and Spirit Merchant
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
EB
Cemetery row: 
4
Cemetery plot: 
49
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
"Jesu Mercy" In loving memory of Marie dearly beloved wife of Kenneth Abbott died 13th March 1934 aged 34 yrs. And Kenneth Abbott died 3rd May 1959 aged 78 years
Grave location map

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Life story

Life story

Kenneth was born in East Ham, the son of Jabez and Mary Ann. He was baptised at Barking on 30 Mar 1881. Kenneth was educated at a boy's prep school in Brighton. He trained as a commercial clerk in the wine and spirits business. In 1914, Kenneth was living at 25 Savage Gardens, London. Two years later in 1916, he enlisted in 28th Battalion London Regiment (Artists Rifles). He was sent to France in Feb 1917 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordinance Corps. After the war, Kenneth lived at Enville Cottage, Addlestone, Surrey. In 1919, he married Marie Dawson in Stirling, Scotland. Their son Charles Kenneth Jock Dawson was born in 1924. In 1929, the family moved to Worthing, living at Dunblane 3 Lansdowne Road. Marie died in a local nursing home on 13 Mar 1934. The following year, Kenneth married Edith May Richards. In 1956, the couple separated and Edith moved to New Parade. Kenneth moved to Teesgate in The Boulevard. He died in Worthing Hospital on 3 May 1959. Probate was granted on 6 Nov to Charles Kenneth Jock Abbott company director. Effects £353 1s 1d (approx. £7K in 2020).

Burial researcher: 
Carol Sullivan

Further information

Birth
Gender: 
Male
Date born: 
18/02/1881
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Mary Ann
Mother's maiden name: 
Adams
Mother's burial key: 
1582
Mother's year of birth: 
1848
Mother's year of death: 
1934
Father
Father's name: 
Jabez Charles
Father's burial key: 
1098
Father's year of birth: 
1846
Father's year of death: 
1922
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Marie
Spouse one last name: 
Dawson
Marriage one date: 
04/06/1919
Marriage one address: 
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Marriage 2
Spouse two first names: 
Edith May
Spouse two last name: 
Richards
Marriage two date: 
00/00/1935
Marriage two address: 
Worthing, Sussex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
03/05/1959
Age (at time of death): 
78
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Usual address at death: 
Teesgate, The Boulevard, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Charles Kenneth Jock Abbott status: Company Director
Probate pounds: 
£353

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1881 census: 

Abbotts Farm, Wall End, Essex

Jabez C aged 34, farmer. Minnie (Mary) aged 33. Kenneth D aged 1 month. 1 visitor, 1 nurse and 2 servants

1891 census: 

Boys Prep School, 19 Compton Avenue, Brighton

Kenneth aged 10, pupil at school run by Frances Maud and her sisters.

1901 census: 

Oakwood, Chigwell, Essex

Jabez C aged 54, own means. Minnie aged 53. Kenneth D aged 20, commercial clerk. Violet aged 18. Plus 2 servants

1921 census: 

Living at Enville Cottage, Simplemarsh Road, Addlestone Chertsey -

Kenneth Donald Abbott, Head, 39yrs 4mths; Born - East Ham, Essex; Wine Merchant, Own Account, at 2 Crosby Square EC3;

Marie Abbott, wife, 23yrs 11mths; Born - Glasgow, Scotland;

1939 register: 

3 Lansdowne Road. Occupation: wine merchant

Miscellaneous information

1916 

Enlisted in 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles). Address given as 68 Mannington Road, Chingford and 3 Hayden Chambers, 119 Oxford Street, London. Occupation: wine and spirit merchant. (Short Service Attestation Form)

Kenneth Donald Abbott Worthing Herald 1 Mar 1957 "£7 a week for wife, excessive, court rules"

The Court of Appeal held last Wednesday that an order directing Mr Kenneth Donald Abbott 76 year old director of a firm of wine merchants, of Lansdowne Road, Worthing, to pay £7 a week maintenance free of tax to his wife, was excessive. The order was reduced to £400 per year gross, which said Lord Justice Hodson would with the wife’s small income, give her about £7 a week. Mrs Edith May Abbott, now of New Parade, Worthing was granted the order by Mr Commissioner Law at Brighton. She contended that she was entitled to it because she had been told to leave the matrimonial home in Lansdowne Road in January 1956. For Mr Abbott who appealed, Mr M P Picard argued that no order should have been made because he was already making an allowance of £5 a week, free of tax and that the wife also had an income of £63 per annum as a part-time teacher. Mr Abbott suffered a stroke in July 1955, preventing him from taking an active part in his business and his remuneration was reduced. The judge’s order meant a payment of £632 a year. In his judgement, Lord Justice Hodson said that Mr Abbott’s advisers seemed to have taken the view that the amount of the maintenance should by fixed by a court order. As to its amount, he thought the Commissioner intended the wife, who was much younger than her husband, to have a total income of £7 a week, but failed to take her own income into account. Lord Justice Ormerod and Mr Justice Vaisey agreed.