Minnie Kent (buried 1911)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Kent
First name: 
Minnie
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
640
Born: 
25/9/1865
Died: 
13/05/1911
Buried: 
17/05/1911
Occupation: 
Domestic Servant, Cook at Police Home in Hove
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
EB
Cemetery row: 
4
Cemetery plot: 
7
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
Minnie Kent born Sept. 25th 1865 Died May 13th 1911

Life story

Life story

Minnie was born in Sompting, the daughter of James and Ellen. She was baptised in the village on 10 Dec 1865. James was a gardener. By the age of 15, Minnie was a domestic servant working in Hove. In 1885, she gave birth to a son Albert at The Lodge, Rectory House, Sompting. He was baptised on 8 Feb but died the following year in Nov 1886. The church register noted that she was a single woman. Minnie went back to work in Brighton and by 1901 she was the cook at the Police Home in Hove. By 1911, Minnie's parents were running Seaview Nurseries in Boundary Road, Worthing. It was here on 13 May, Minnie died of phlebitis embolism. Her sister Ellen registered her death. No probate.

Burial researcher: 
Carol Sullivan

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
25/09/1865

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
13/05/1911
Age (at time of death): 
45
Cause of death: 
Phlebitis Embolism
Address at time of death: 
Seaview Nurseries, Boundary Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Bennetts Cottages, Sompting, Sussex

James aged 31, gardener. Ellen aged 32. Sarah aged 9. Minnie aged 5. Ellen aged 2 months

1881 census: 

52 Ventnor Villas, Hove, Sussex

Minnie aged 15, domestic servant in the household of William A Colbourne, solicitor.

1891 census: 

65 Montpelier Road, Brighton

Minnie aged 25, parlour maid in the household of Elizabeth Coombe, own means.

1901 census: 

The Police Home, Portland Road, Hove

Minnie aged 34, cook at the Police Home run by Annie Mathieson, Hon. Superintendent.