At a glanceAt a glanceSurname: RolfeFirst name: HannahOther Christian names: Gender: FemaleChildren: NoBurial number: 114Born: 15/04/1810Died: 17/05/1886Buried: 20/05/1886Occupation: ServantDistinction: Lady's MaidHeene Hallmark: NoCommonwealth War Grave: No The GraveThe graveCemetery area: NWSCemetery row: 9Cemetery plot: 9what3words location: https://what3words.com/lifted.layers.giftedBurial remains: Unknown The headstoneEndowed grave: NoHeadstone inscription: "Thy Will be done" In affectionate remembrance of Hannah Rolfe who died at "Edenhurst" in this parish May 17th 1886 "True and faithful until death" Grave location map Life storyLife storyPishiobury Park Hannah Rolfe was born on the 15 April, 1810 in West Drayton, Middlesex, the daughter of Harriet Haynes and her husband Robert Rolfe. St. Martin's Church, West Drayton was the place of her Baptism on 13th May 1810. Hannah became a Lady's Maid to Mary Raw Ede before 1851. Mary Ede was the daughter of Francis and Fanny Ede. Francis was a successful merchant in the Ottoman Empire and was the proud owner of Pishiobury Park. In 1851 she served Mary Ede and her sister Fanny who were visiting in St. Hanover Square and in 1861 she was Mary's servant at Lion Hill, Bristol. By 1871 she was Mary's servant in Weston Somerset and in 1881 she was Mary's lady's maid in Hastings, Sussex. She died on 17 May 1886 at Edenhurst, Worthing at the age of 76. She was once again living in the employ or Mary Rawe Ede. She was buried in Heene Cemetery, Worthing, Sussex on 25th May 1886 and her gravestone acknowledges that she was a 'true and faithful servant'. Burial researcher: Pat Brownbill Further informationBirthDate born: 15/04/1810 DeathDeath (details)Date of death: 17/05/1886Age (at time of death): 76Cause of death: UnknownAddress at time of death: Edenhurst, Belsize Road, Worthing, Sussex, England ObituaryNorthampton Mercury, June 26th, 1886 June 17, at Edenhurst, Hannah Rolfe, for many years faithful servant to Mr. Francis Ede, of Pishiobury Park, Census and miscellaneous informationCensus information1851 census: 8 Princes Street, Hanover Square London visiting the Hall family and was Mary Ede's servant. Hannah Hall 51 Head Sophia Hall 17 Daughter Elizabeth Day 25 Servant Sarah Bateman 20 Servant Fanny Ede 28 Visitor Mary B Ede 27 Visitor Hannah Rolfe 37 Servant 1861 census: At 6 Lion Hill, Clifton, Bristol as Mary Ede's servant Fanny Ede 71 Head Mary Ede 34 Daughter Hannah Rolfe 46 Servant Anna Davis 32 Servant Ann Shorland 31 Servant Gertrude Edwards 33 Servant 1871 census: At Fairfield, Weston, Somerset as Mary Ede's servant Fanny Ede 80 Head Mary R Ede 45 Daughter Hannah Rolfe 60 Servant Ann Purchase 30 Servant Rhoda Timbrey 47 Servant Jane Addicott 28 Servant 1881 census: In lodging's at Hasting St. Leonard's Sussex as a lady's companion to Mary Ede Charles Hillary 56 Head William Hillary 14 Son Agnes Hillary 20 Daughter Belinda Burdom 51 Visitor Nellie Burdom 24 Visitor George Vernon 10 Visitor Kate Vernon 12 Visitor Charlotte Barton 21 Servant Mary Ede 48 Lodger Hannah Ralfe 60 Lodger Previous Random burial Next