Rose Saunders (buried 1950)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Saunders
First name: 
Rose
Other Christian names: 
Elizabeth Sarah
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1822
Born: 
0/0/1862
Died: 
30/12/1949
Buried: 
04/01/1950
Occupation: 
Domestic Servant; Cook; Lodging House Keeper
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
7
Cemetery plot: 
13
what3words location: 
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone description: 
None Found 'Listed' in Heene Burial Register
Headstone inscription: 
None Found 'Listed' in Heene Burial Register
Grave location map

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Life story

Life story

Rose was born in Holton, Oxford, the daughter of James and Jane. Her father was a farm labourer. She was baptised in the local church on 9th June 1861. As a young woman, Rose worked in Oxford and the surrounding area as a servant and cook later moving to the Isle of Wight. On 18th November 1895, Rose married Frederick Saunders who at the time was running the Eagle Tavern in Ventnor. He had been a widower for two years. The couple had two daughters, Hilda b1896 and Rose Elizabeth in 1900. Frederick gave up the tavern in 1898 and went looking for work in Sussex. Rose stayed in Ventnor running a lodging house. By 1911, the family were together in Becket Road, Worthing. Frederick had gone back to his old job as a builder's carpenter. They later moved to Thorn Road where Frederick died in 1923. Rose continued to live there until 1938 when she moved to 33 Pearson's Retreat in Brougham Road, Worthing. Rose died on 30th December 1949 in Southlands Hospital, Shoreham after an accident with a saucepan of boiling water (see inquest report below). She was buried beside Frederick at Heene. No probate.

Burial researcher: 
Carol Sullivan

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
15/01/1861
Address at birth: 
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Maunder
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Frederick
Spouse one last name: 
Saunders
Marriage one date: 
18/11/1895
Marriage one address: 
Ryde, Isle of Wight, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
30/12/1949
Cause of death: 
Heart Failure; Toxaemia
Address at time of death: 
Southlands Hospital, Eastern Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1861 census: 

Holton, Oxford, Oxfordshire

James aged 31, ag lab. Jane aged 32. Ferdinand aged 4. Rose E aged 2 months.

1871 census: 

Holton, Oxford, Oxfordshire.

James aged 41, farm labourer. Jane aged 41. Ferdinand aged 14, farmer's boy. Rose aged 10. Stephen aged 7.

1881 census: 

"Rycote" 31 Leckford Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire.

Rose aged 20, general domestic servant in household of Edwin Spiers, alderman and JP for the city of Oxford and family.

1891 census: 

"Selby Lodge" Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell, Bucks.

Rose aged 29, domestic cook in household of Charles Powell, solicitor and family.

1901 census: 

1 Wargrave Villas, Albert Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

Rose aged 39, lodging house keeper. Hilda aged 4. Rose Elizabeth aged 1. Maurice Gale aged 24, boarder, hardware shopkeeper's assistant. Edward Bale aged 18, hardware shopkeeper's assistant. Walter Bale aged 22, pianoforte parts maker.

(Frederick was in Washington, Sussex).

1911 census: 

103 Becket Road, Worthing, Sussex.

Frederick aged 56, carpenter. Rose aged 50. Hilda aged 14. Rose Elizabeth aged 11.

1921 census: 

19 Thorn Road, Worthing, Sussex.

Frederick Saunders. Rose Elizabeth Sarah Saunders.

1939 register: 

33 Pearson's Retreat, Brougham Road, Worthing, Sussex

Rose Saunders, widow b 15 Jan 1861. Retired.

 

Miscellaneous information

Worthing Herald 6th January 1950

"Scalds Hastened Death of Widow aged 88"

Scalds on 88 year old widow Mrs Rose Elizabeth Sarah Saunders's shoulder caused by an accident with a saucepan of boiling water at her Pearson's Retreat home Worthing may have hastened her death in Southlands Hospital on December 30th. This opinion was given by Doctor K Rodan pathologist during an inquest at Southlands on Monday. The Coroner Mr Francis Haddock recorded a verdict that death was due to heart failure, accelerated by toxaemia caused by the burn and was accidental.

Mrs Rose Elizabeth Smytherman of Canterbury Road, Worthing said her mother, a widow, lived alone. When she called on December 14th, her mother said that she had had an accident with a saucepan two days earlier. The injury to her shoulder had not been dressed so witness attended to it and summoned a doctor, who sent Mrs Saunders to Southlands two days later. Dr Rodan said Mrs Saunders deteriorated in health and died on Friday. A post-mortem revealed myocardial degeneration. Mrs Smytherman paid tribute to the way her mother was cared for while in hospital.