Mary Hinds (buried 1939)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Hinds
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Louise
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1702
Born: 
0/0/1856
Died: 
13/07/1939
Buried: 
15/07/1939
Distinction: 
Inherited wealth
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
7
Cemetery plot: 
23
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone description: 
Mary Hinds is buried under the headstone for Walter Henry Higman
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Walter Henry Higman born 11th March 1875 died 13th November 1926

Life story

Life story

Mary Hinds was born in 1856 in Cranbrook, Kent, she was baptised on 4th August 1856; she was the daughter of George Hinds, 34yrs, a solicitor, and Sarah, 28yrs, nee Parker. She was 1 of 11 children, 5 boys and 6 girls. Her widowed father died in 1896 leaving estate of £2.9m. (2022 value), allowing Mary and her sisters to live comfortably on private means.

Mary remained with her siblings, living in their family home in Goudhurst, Kent, into her old age, at some point the sisters moved to Worthing, living at Edenhurst, Belsize Road. She died, aged 83yrs, at Amatola Nursing Home, Shakespeare Road, Worthing, Sussex, on 13th July 1939. Probate was granted to Jessie Maria Hinds, spinster, and George Vernon Hinds, solicitor, effects £5022 2s 3d. Value 2022 - £350K.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Gender: 
Female
Date born: 
16/02/1858
Address at birth: 
Goudhurst, Kent
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Sarah Ann
Mother's maiden name: 
Parker
Mother's year of birth: 
1826
Mother's year of death: 
1888
Father
Father's name: 
George Hinds
Father's year of birth: 
1819
Father's year of death: 
1896

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
13/07/1939
Age (at time of death): 
83
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Edenhurst, Belsize Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Mary Hinds, (Sister/Spinster) of Edenhurst, Belsize Road, Worthing George Parker Hinds (Retired Solicitor/Brother) Edenhurst, Belsize Road, Worthing
Probate pounds: 
£5,022

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Living at Beechurst, Goudhurst, Kent. George Hinds, 51yrs, wife, Sarah A. 45yrs, 11 children,

Mary Louise 17, George 16, Mary 14, Jessie Maria 13, Sarah 11, Frank 10, Lydia 8, Arthur 7, Herbert 6, Thomas 4, Edith, under 1yr, plus 5 domestic servants.

1881 census: 

Living at Beechurst, Goudhurst, Kent. George Hinds, 61yrs, Solicitor, wife, Sarah A. 55yrs,

Mary Louise 27, George 26, Solicitor, Mary 24, Lydia 18, Arthur 17, Articled Clerk, Herbert 16, Thomas 14, Edith 10, plus 3 visitors and 4 domestic servants.

1901 census: 

Living at Beechurst, Goudhurst, Kent. Mary Hinds, 45yrs, living on own means, Jessie Maria, 43yrs, Edith, 30yrs, Aunt, Jessie R. Parker, 78yrs, all living on own means, plus 3 domestic servants.

1911 census: 

Living at Beechurst, Goudhurst, Kent. Mary Hinds, Hd. 55yrs, sisters, Jessie Maria, 53yrs, Sarah Alice, 51yrs, visitor, James Croft, 47yrs, Clerk in Holy Orders, wife, Lydia Croft, 48yrs, plus 3 domestic servants.

1921 census: 

Visitor at Maypole, Goudhurst, Kent. George Parker Hinds, Hd. 66yrs, Solicitor, wife, Zylda Claire, 60yrs, daughter, Ethel Claire, 38yrs, son, George Vernon Hinds, 26yrs, Solicitor, visitor, Mary Hinds, 65yrs, plus 2 domestic servants.