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Beatrice Lane
18/05/1885 –12/07/1972
Beatrice Lane
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BEATRICE VANE LANE; 1885 – 1972
Beatrice was born in Greenwich on 18th May 1885. Her parents were Harry Vane Stow and Daisy Stow. Beatrice had two older sisters, Edith, born in 1879 and Nora, born in 1882.
The family surname appears in early documents as Stow, for example, in the 1891 Beatrice is recorded as “Beatrice V” and her name at birth was registered as “Stow, Beatrice Vane”. In later documents, however, such as the 1901 census, “Vane” is used as part of the surname, becoming “Vane-Stow”, perhaps an indication that the family was moving up the social hierarchy (or at least aspired to).
Beatrice’s father, Henry, was involved in the printing industry, but not as a printer. The 1891census recorded Henry’s as secretary to the Printing & Allied Trades Guild. He was also a member of the Rifle Volunteers and was awarded the Volunteer officers Decoration for long service. During World War I he was appointed as secretary to the “Newspapers for the Fleet” committee with the rank of major. He was also a prominent member of the Masons, setting up a number of lodges and holding the office of Deputy Grand Sword Bearer. He was awarded an O.B.E.
At the age of eight, Beatrice became a pupil at James Allen’s Girls School in Dulwich. The school, still in existence today, is the oldest independent school for girls in London, having been established in 1619.
Beatrice married shortly after her twentieth birthday in July 1905. She married Henry Vials Lane. Henry was a serving officer in the Indian Army, the marriage taking place when was in England on furlough. Henry was originally from Berkhamsted. It is not apparent how Beatrice and Henry met. It may have been through Masonic connections. Like Beatrice’s father, a number of members of the Lane family, including Henry himself, were masons.
The marriage took place at St Raphael’s church Kingston-on-Thames. The West Herts & Watford Observer published a report of the wedding on 22nd July 1905.
“The pretty, childlike bride, who was given way by her father, was attired in white crepe de chine, elaborately trimmed with wreaths of white roses interlaced with white satin true lovers’ knots and innumerable edgings of blonde lace. The tulle veil reached to the end of the train and was surmounted by a wreath of orange blossom. She also wore a pearl and diamond pendant, the gift of the bridegroom, and carried a shower bouquet of white roses and malmaison carnations.”
The reception was held at the Vane-Stow family home and the newly-weds went to the English Lakes for their honeymoon.
Following the wedding and honeymoon, Beatrice accompanied Henry to India. Beatrice and Henry were to remain in India until Henry’s retirement in 1921. Their two children were both born in India. The first child, Doris Beatrice Lane, was born in Mussorie, Bengal in 1906, to be followed by a son, John Henry Stow Lane, born in Satara, Maharashtra in 1910.
Upon Henry’s retirement, the family returned to England, settling in Henry’s home town of Berkhamsted. We learn from the electoral rolls that in 1926 Beatrice and henry were living at Crab Tree Cottage in Gossom’s End; in 1928 and 1929 they were Oaklyn in Cross Oak Road. In 1930 they were living in Potten End, but time the 1939 Register was complied, they were living at 4 Kitsbury Road.
Henry died in 1940. Beatrice lived for a further 34 years, dying on 12th July 1972 at the age of 87 years. At some point after Henry’s death, Beatrice moved away from Berkhamsted. When she died she was living in south west London. She was however reunited on death with her husband Henry, being buried in the same grave as him in Rectory Lane Cemetery.
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BEATRICE VANE LANE; 1885 – 1972
Beatrice was born in Greenwich on 18th May 1885. Her parents were Harry Vane Stow and Daisy Stow. Beatrice had two older sisters, Edith, born in 1879 and Nora, born in 1882.
The family surname appears in early documents as Stow, for example, in the 1891 Beatrice is recorded as “Beatrice V” and her name at birth was registered as “Stow, Beatrice Vane”. In later documents, however, such as the 1901 census, “Vane” is used as part of the surname, becoming “Vane-Stow”, perhaps an indication that the family was moving up the social hierarchy (or at least aspired to).
Beatrice’s father, Henry, was involved in the printing industry, but not as a printer. The 1891census recorded Henry’s as secretary to the Printing & Allied Trades Guild. He was also a member of the Rifle Volunteers and was awarded the Volunteer officers Decoration for long service. During World War I he was appointed as secretary to the “Newspapers for the Fleet” committee with the rank of major. He was also a prominent member of the Masons, setting up a number of lodges and holding the office of Deputy Grand Sword Bearer. He was awarded an O.B.E.
At the age of eight, Beatrice became a pupil at James Allen’s Girls School in Dulwich. The school, still in existence today, is the oldest independent school for girls in London, having been established in 1619.
Beatrice married shortly after her twentieth birthday in July 1905. She married Henry Vials Lane. Henry was a serving officer in the Indian Army, the marriage taking place when was in England on furlough. Henry was originally from Berkhamsted. It is not apparent how Beatrice and Henry met. It may have been through Masonic connections. Like Beatrice’s father, a number of members of the Lane family, including Henry himself, were masons.
The marriage took place at St Raphael’s church Kingston-on-Thames. The West Herts & Watford Observer published a report of the wedding on 22nd July 1905.
“The pretty, childlike bride, who was given way by her father, was attired in white crepe de chine, elaborately trimmed with wreaths of white roses interlaced with white satin true lovers’ knots and innumerable edgings of blonde lace. The tulle veil reached to the end of the train and was surmounted by a wreath of orange blossom. She also wore a pearl and diamond pendant, the gift of the bridegroom, and carried a shower bouquet of white roses and malmaison carnations.”
The reception was held at the Vane-Stow family home and the newly-weds went to the English Lakes for their honeymoon.
Following the wedding and honeymoon, Beatrice accompanied Henry to India. Beatrice and Henry were to remain in India until Henry’s retirement in 1921. Their two children were both born in India. The first child, Doris Beatrice Lane, was born in Mussorie, Bengal in 1906, to be followed by a son, John Henry Stow Lane, born in Satara, Maharashtra in 1910.
Upon Henry’s retirement, the family returned to England, settling in Henry’s home town of Berkhamsted. We learn from the electoral rolls that in 1926 Beatrice and henry were living at Crab Tree Cottage in Gossom’s End; in 1928 and 1929 they were Oaklyn in Cross Oak Road. In 1930 they were living in Potten End, but time the 1939 Register was complied, they were living at 4 Kitsbury Road.
Henry died in 1940. Beatrice lived for a further 34 years, dying on 12th July 1972 at the age of 87 years. At some point after Henry’s death, Beatrice moved away from Berkhamsted. When she died she was living in south west London. She was however reunited on death with her husband Henry, being buried in the same grave as him in Rectory Lane Cemetery.
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