Biography:
Lucilla Waterton
1850 –1926
Lucilla Waterton
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Unmarked grave Lucilla Waterton (1850-1826)
Lucilla was born in 1850 in Berkhamsted, the daughter of Joseph and Lydia Waterton. At the time her father was a labourer, and they lived in Prospect Place. Lucilla had an older brother.
By 1861 three more boys and a girl had been born and the family had moved to The Pightle (now Highfield Road).
Like many daughters of labouring families, Lucilla went into domestic service and in April 1871 was a general servant in the home of farmer William Claridge in Egginton, near Leighton Buzzard.
Ten years later she was a housemaid, one of five staff employed by publisher John Churchill to look after his wife and six children at “The Downs”, Wimbledon, Surrey.
By 1891 she was back in Berkhamsted living with her parents in George Street. Her father was recorded as a charcoal manufacturer and Lucilla was described in the census as “domestic servant cook retired”, although she was only 41. Perhaps her heath was not good.
In 1901 Lucilla was a boarder in the home of single needlewoman Charlotte King at 24, Ravens Lane. She was described as “living on her own means”.
In 1921 she was living alone at 56, Castle Street.
Lucilla died in April 1926 at 241a, High Street – the Union Infirmary – aged 76.
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Unmarked grave Lucilla Waterton (1850-1826)
Lucilla was born in 1850 in Berkhamsted, the daughter of Joseph and Lydia Waterton. At the time her father was a labourer, and they lived in Prospect Place. Lucilla had an older brother.
By 1861 three more boys and a girl had been born and the family had moved to The Pightle (now Highfield Road).
Like many daughters of labouring families, Lucilla went into domestic service and in April 1871 was a general servant in the home of farmer William Claridge in Egginton, near Leighton Buzzard.
Ten years later she was a housemaid, one of five staff employed by publisher John Churchill to look after his wife and six children at “The Downs”, Wimbledon, Surrey.
By 1891 she was back in Berkhamsted living with her parents in George Street. Her father was recorded as a charcoal manufacturer and Lucilla was described in the census as “domestic servant cook retired”, although she was only 41. Perhaps her heath was not good.
In 1901 Lucilla was a boarder in the home of single needlewoman Charlotte King at 24, Ravens Lane. She was described as “living on her own means”.
In 1921 she was living alone at 56, Castle Street.
Lucilla died in April 1926 at 241a, High Street – the Union Infirmary – aged 76.
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