Biography:
Katherine Randall
1870 –1914
Katherine Randall
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Unmarked grave Katherine Randall (née Beer) (1871-1914)
Katherine was born in 1870 in Aldbury, the third daughter of Arthur and Hannah (née Meager) Beer. Her father was a journeyman bricklayer and in 1871 they lived at Aldbury Lodge.
By 1881 Arthur had died, Hannah had remarried to Elijah Wilmore in 1872 and again been widowed in 1876. By the time of the census she had become keeper of the Bridgewater Column, a towering monument in Ashridge that commemorates the Canal Duke and which can still be climbed today. Hannah had her three daughters and her son Jesse Wilmore living with her.
The 1891 census reveals Katherine living with her mother in Monument Lodge and both working as seamstresses.
Katherine married carpenter Frederick Randall in 1892 in Berkhamsted.
Arthur Joseph was born in 1893 followed by Nellie (1895), Frank (1898) and William (1899). Twins Florence and Elizabeth were born and died in 1900: they are buried in this cemetery.
In 1901 the family were living at 243, High Street. Frederick was born in 1902 and Alma in 1903. Nellie died in 1904 aged only eight. Their final child, Albert, was born in 1907.
In 1911 Katherine and Frederick were living at 3, St John’s Well Road.
She died in April 1914 at 10, Kitsbury Road, aged 43.
Frederick remained at that address and survived her until 1937.
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Unmarked grave Katherine Randall (née Beer) (1871-1914)
Katherine was born in 1870 in Aldbury, the third daughter of Arthur and Hannah (née Meager) Beer. Her father was a journeyman bricklayer and in 1871 they lived at Aldbury Lodge.
By 1881 Arthur had died, Hannah had remarried to Elijah Wilmore in 1872 and again been widowed in 1876. By the time of the census she had become keeper of the Bridgewater Column, a towering monument in Ashridge that commemorates the Canal Duke and which can still be climbed today. Hannah had her three daughters and her son Jesse Wilmore living with her.
The 1891 census reveals Katherine living with her mother in Monument Lodge and both working as seamstresses.
Katherine married carpenter Frederick Randall in 1892 in Berkhamsted.
Arthur Joseph was born in 1893 followed by Nellie (1895), Frank (1898) and William (1899). Twins Florence and Elizabeth were born and died in 1900: they are buried in this cemetery.
In 1901 the family were living at 243, High Street. Frederick was born in 1902 and Alma in 1903. Nellie died in 1904 aged only eight. Their final child, Albert, was born in 1907.
In 1911 Katherine and Frederick were living at 3, St John’s Well Road.
She died in April 1914 at 10, Kitsbury Road, aged 43.
Frederick remained at that address and survived her until 1937.
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