Mary Truefitt (buried 1896)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Truefitt
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Burial number: 
268
Born: 
0/0/1824
Died: 
16/09/1896
Buried: 
19/09/1896
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
1
Cemetery plot: 
15
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/glare.shack.thing
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
Erected to the memory of Mary wife of George Truefitt..ered.. Sep 16 1896 aged 73."To the people of God" also to the memory of George Truefitt ?.D. R.I.B.A. born on St Valentines Day 1824 and died on August 11 1902

Life story

Life story

Mary Truefitt (nee Haywood) was born in 1824 at Holt in Worcestershire. Her mother was also called Mary and her father was James Haywood, a bricklayer. In the 1851 England Census the family were living at 26, Broad Street, Worcester. Mary married George a successful architect, on 23 September 1852 and by 1861 they were living at 1, Middleton Road Islington, London, with 3 children and 2 servants. In 1871 they had moved to Bartholomew Road, Fernbank, Islington. The 2881 Census could not be found but at some point they had moved to Sussex and in 1891 they were at Shelsley Lodge, Broadwater. Interestingly, their married daughter, Mary Louisa Warleigh,  was with them and under occupation is listed as wife of Lieut George A Warleigh which has been crossed out, suggesting a divorce. George Warleigh did not die until 1909. Mary Truefitt died on 16 September 1896. No probate announcement was found. Exactly 3 months later George Truefitt remarried. He was 72 and his new wife was 26.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1824
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Haywood
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
George
Spouse one last name: 
Truefitt
Marriage one date: 
23/19/1852
Marriage one address: 
London, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
16/09/1896
Age (at time of death): 
72
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

26, Broad Street, Worcester

Mary Haywood, 56, head, widow, Trust? Holder; Joseph Haywood, 28, son, nurseryman employing 4 men; Mary Haywood, 24, daughter, Trust? Holder;

plus 1 domestic servant

1861 census: 

1, Middleton Road, Islington

George Truefitt, 37, head, architect; Mary Truefitt, 36, wife; George Haywood Truefitt, 5, son; Mary L Truefitt, 1, daughter; Lewis Haywood Truefitt, 3, son;

plus 2 house servants

1871 census: 

Bartholomew Road, Fernbank, Islington

George Truefitt, 47, head, architect; Mary Truefitt, 46, wife ;George H Truefitt, 15, son, scholar; Lewis H Truefitt, 13, son, scholar;

plus a cook and a housemaid

1891 census: 

Shelsley Lodge, Broadwater

George Truefitt, 67, head, architect; Mary Truefitt, 67, wife; Mary Louisa Warleigh, 31, daughter, wife of Lieut George A Warleigh (crossed out); plus a cook and a housemaid