Mary Burnham (buried 1940)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Burnham
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Louisa
Gender: 
Female
Burial number: 
1721
Born: 
1/5/1871
Died: 
27/03/1940
Buried: 
29/03/1940
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
7
Cemetery plot: 
10
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/royal.gain.beans
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of my beloved husband Albert Burnham who was called home suddenly 19th April 1926 aged 56 "Called, Chosen, Faithful" and his beloved wife Mary Louisa passed home 27th March 1940 in her 69th year "Reunited"

Life story

Life story

Mary Louisa was the daughter of Edmund Brown and his second wife, Louisa, nee Pople. Both her parents had had previous marriages. They married in 1867 and Mary Louisa was born on 1 May 1871 in Warwickshire. The England Censuses for 1871, 1881 and 1891 could not be found so nothing is known about her before she married Albert Burnham, a domestic coachman, in 1896. In the 1901 Census they are shown living at Stable Cottage, Rosebank, Friar Lane, Acton, Middlesex with 2 sons, aged 3 and 1. By 1911 they had moved to Worthing to 4, Heene Mews, and now also had a daughter, Doris Drusilla, aged 4.  Albert died on 19 April 1926 and in the 1939 Register, Mary Louisa is shown living with Doris and her husband, Edgar Wilton, and a widow, Charlotte Carter, at 27, Belsize Road, Worthing. Mary Louisa died on 27 March 1940 leaving £1306 1s 16d to her 2 sons, Albert George Burnham, an oil and colour merchant, and John William Burnham, a timber merchant's cashier.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
01/05/1871
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Brown
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Albert
Spouse one last name: 
Burnham
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1896
Marriage one address: 
England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
27/03/1940
Age (at time of death): 
69
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
27 Belsize Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Albert George Burham status: Oil and Colour Merchant: John William Burnham status: Timber Merchants Cashier
Probate pounds: 
£1,306

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1901 census: 

Stable Cottage, Rosebank. Friars Lane, Acton, Middlesex

Albert Burnham, 31, head, coachman domestic;  Louisa (sic) Burnham, 30, wife; Albert G Burnham, 3, son; John W Burnham, 1, son;

1911 census: 

4, Heene Mews, Worthing

Albert Burnham, 41, head, coachman domestic; Mary Louisa, 40, wife; Albert George Burnham, 13, son, school/ doctors boy; John William, 11, son, school; Doris Drusilla Burnham, 4, daughter;

1939 register: 

27, Belsize Road, Worthing

Edgar Wilton, b. 19 November 1912, nurseryman; Doris D Wilton, b, 24 January 1902, unpaid domestic duties; Mary L Burnham, b. 1 May 1871, widow, private means;  Charlotte Carter, b. 28 March 1859, widow private means