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Ethel May Ward (33)
1887 –27/04/1889
Ethel May Ward (33)
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ETHEL MAY WARD; 1887 -1889 (and also ETHEL MAY WARD; 1904-1905?)
The first of three members of the Ward family to be buried in plot 33 in Rectory Lane Cemetery was Ethel May Ward. Her parents were Hosea and Phoebe. The family lived at 61 Castle Street from where her father ran his business as a fishmonger. Ethel was the youngest of five children to be born to Phoebe and Hosea and the only child who did not survive infancy. The headstone marking the grave in which not only Ethel, but also her parents, records the fact that Ethel died on the 27th April 1889 aged two. The burial records reveal that she was buried on 3rd May and her age is noted as 2 ½. The burial was conducted by curate, Harry Johnson.
Intriguingly the Rectory Lane Cemetery burial records also reveals that a second Ethel May Ward of 61 Castle Street was buried in the graveyard sixteen years later on 9th February 1905. She is not to be confused with the Ethel May Ward referred to above. The latter Ethel was the daughter of Hosea and Phoebe’s daughter Susan. Susan was still living with her parents at 61 Castle Street in 1901 and that is the address at which Ethel was born on 21st August 1904. Susan was about 24 years old when Ethel was born and Susan was not married. The birth certificate does not reveal the name of Ethel’s father.
Susan married in 1907. Her husband was Frederick Garner. Whether he was Ethel’s father, or perhaps even married Susan without being aware she had given birth to a child which had dies is not something that can now be determined.
Ethel was evidently named for her aunt who had died in infancy. She was to die at the even younger age of 5 months. Although the records tell us that this second Ethel was buried in the cemetery, they do not tell us where she lies. If she was buried in plot 33 with her namesake, the headstone makes no mention of her. Whilst we may not be sure where she lies buried, she too should not be forgotten
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ETHEL MAY WARD; 1887 -1889 (and also ETHEL MAY WARD; 1904-1905?)
The first of three members of the Ward family to be buried in plot 33 in Rectory Lane Cemetery was Ethel May Ward. Her parents were Hosea and Phoebe. The family lived at 61 Castle Street from where her father ran his business as a fishmonger. Ethel was the youngest of five children to be born to Phoebe and Hosea and the only child who did not survive infancy. The headstone marking the grave in which not only Ethel, but also her parents, records the fact that Ethel died on the 27th April 1889 aged two. The burial records reveal that she was buried on 3rd May and her age is noted as 2 ½. The burial was conducted by curate, Harry Johnson.
Intriguingly the Rectory Lane Cemetery burial records also reveals that a second Ethel May Ward of 61 Castle Street was buried in the graveyard sixteen years later on 9th February 1905. She is not to be confused with the Ethel May Ward referred to above. The latter Ethel was the daughter of Hosea and Phoebe’s daughter Susan. Susan was still living with her parents at 61 Castle Street in 1901 and that is the address at which Ethel was born on 21st August 1904. Susan was about 24 years old when Ethel was born and Susan was not married. The birth certificate does not reveal the name of Ethel’s father.
Susan married in 1907. Her husband was Frederick Garner. Whether he was Ethel’s father, or perhaps even married Susan without being aware she had given birth to a child which had dies is not something that can now be determined.
Ethel was evidently named for her aunt who had died in infancy. She was to die at the even younger age of 5 months. Although the records tell us that this second Ethel was buried in the cemetery, they do not tell us where she lies. If she was buried in plot 33 with her namesake, the headstone makes no mention of her. Whilst we may not be sure where she lies buried, she too should not be forgotten
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