Beatrice Lynch (buried 1938)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Lynch
First name: 
Beatrice
Other Christian names: 
Mary Blanche
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1673
Born: 
16/04/1865
Died: 
21/03/1938
Buried: 
23/03/1938
Distinction: 
Took in paying guests
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
WB
Cemetery row: 
1
Cemetery plot: 
53
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/oiled.began.drip
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone description: 
Cut grass and keep tidy. Attend to climbing roses as well.
Headstone inscription: 
Beatrice Mary Blanche Lynch died 21st March 1938

Life story

Life story

 

Beatrice Mary Blanche Tregaskis was born at Sea Mills, St. Issey, Cornwall, in 1865; she was the daughter of Samuel Thomas Tregaskis, 34yrs, a merchant and farmer, and Charlotte, 37yrs, nee Robbins. She was 1 of 6 children, she attended a boarding school in Plymouth as a teenager. Beatrice remained living with her family until 16th April 1900 when, aged 34yrs, she married, Sidney Lynch, 37yrs, who had been born in Assam, India, and worked there as a civil engineer. They moved to Lancashire where Sidney was employed as a mechanical engineer, and in 1901, their daughter, Nina Beatrice, known as Nissa, was born in Chester, Manchester, she was their only child. In 1911 the family were living in Lewisham, London. At some point, after 1911, Sidney went back to India, he returned in February 1916, stating his last country of residence as Afghanistan. A few weeks later, on 31st May, Sidney set sail from Liverpool for New York, his intended place of residence. Beatrice did not accompany her husband on any of these voyages. On the census of 1921, Beatrice was working in London, as a domestic employee, at 30-31-32, Upper Bedford Place, probably a hotel or institution, she was still married. In 1923 she was living in Worthing, Sussex, where she had rented a large furnished property called Melrose, in Manor Road, and she appeared to be taking lodgers and paying guests for the sum of 6 guineas per week. In January 1924, the Worthing Gazette printed an account of a court case, where the prisoner, Winifred Page aka Maxwell Heron, was charged with larceny in a dwelling house; she was apparently a guest of Beatrice at Melrose, Manor Road, and had stolen several items of jewellery from her. Other charges were also brought, and the prisoner was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions in Chichester. Beatrice recovered her stolen goods. In 1925 she appeared to have moved to Sea Bank, Manor Road. Beatrice died in Worthing on 21st March 1938, aged 71yrs. No probate.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
16/04/1865
Address at birth: 
Sea Mills, S Issey, St. Columb Major
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Charlotte
Mother's maiden name: 
Robins
Father
Father's name: 
Samuel Thomas
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Tregaskis
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Sidney
Spouse one last name: 
Lynch
Marriage one date: 
16/04/1900
Marriage one address: 
St Columb Major, Cornwall, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
21/03/1938
Age (at time of death): 
71
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Sea Bank, Manor Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Living at Sea Mills, St. Issey, Cornwall. Samuel T. Tregaskis, 39yrs, Merchant/Farmer of 100acres, wife, Charlotte, 42yrs, 6 children, Ella, 18yrs, Charlotte, 8yrs, Eliza, 6yrs, Beatrice, 5yrs, Edward, 4yrs, William, 1yr, mother-in-law, Jenifer Robbins, 73yrs, widow, niece, Mary Tregaskis, 16yrs, plus 3 domestic servants.

1891 census: 

Living at Sea Mills, St. Issey, Cornwall. Samuel T. Tregaskis, 59yrs, Manager/Flour Miller, wife, Charlotte, 62yrs, son, Samuel T. 35yrs, Miller Flour, Beatrice, 25yrs, Edward, 24yrs, Medical Student, William, 21yrs, Engine Maker/Fitter, plus 1 domestic servant.

1901 census: 

Living at Trafford Park, Barton under Irewell, Lancashire. Sidney Lynch, 38yrs, Mechanical Engineer, wife, Beatrice, 35yrs, plus 1 domestic servant.

1911 census: 

Living at 58, Adelaide Road, Brockley, Lewisham, S.E. Sidney Lynch, Hd. 48yrs, Engineer, AMIEE, wife, Beatrice, 45yrs, sister, Lily Clayton, 47yrs, nephew, Cyril Clayton, 16yrs, daughter, Nissa, 9yrs, visitor, Madelina Growse, 73yrs, widow, visitor, Percy Bladrell, 28yrs, Stock Exchange Clerk, plus 1 domestic servant.

1921 census: 

Living at 30-31-32, Upper Bedford Place, St. Giles in the Fields, Bloomsbury, Middlesex.  Miss Sands, Hd. boarder, Beatrice M. B. Lynch, 56yrs, married, Household duties, plus 62 others.