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Martha Day (951)
12/02/1868 –14/01/1951
Martha Day (951)
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Plot 951 Martha Day (née Pitts) (1868-1951)
Martha was born 12 February 1868 in Tugby, Leicestershire, the daughter of John Pitts and Ann (née Ward). Her father was an agricultural labourer born in Rutland, her mother was from Yorkshire.
In 1891 Martha was employed as a parlour maid in one of the school houses of Uppingham School, Rutland. One of her fellow domestic servants was kitchen maid Ruth Day.
On 23 August 1892 she married Ruth’s brother Joseph Cleaver Day, in St Matthew’s, Rugby.
Their first child, Ethel, was born in the village of Whilton, Northamptonshire in 1893 and they were still living there when Albert Thomas was born in 1895. Joseph was by then a signalman. By 1899 when Florence was born they had moved to Berkhamsted and were living at 58, Kittsbury Road. Joseph was employed as a railway signalman by the London and North West Railway. They were still at the same address in 1911, with only Florence still at home. They also had a schoolteacher as a boarder.
In June 1921 Joseph and Martha were living at “Newnham”, 6, Queen’s Road. Joseph was still employed as a signalman. Also at home was Florence, now a clerk at John Dickinson’s Ltd in Apsley Mills and a police constable lodger.
Joseph died 2 January 1932 at the Queen’s Road address, aged 64, and was buried here 6 January.
In the 1939 Register Martha and Florence were still at 6, Queen’s Road where Martha died, 14 January 1951, aged 82. In her will Albert (by then a retired police sergeant) and Florence, were named as executors.
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Plot 951 Martha Day (née Pitts) (1868-1951)
Martha was born 12 February 1868 in Tugby, Leicestershire, the daughter of John Pitts and Ann (née Ward). Her father was an agricultural labourer born in Rutland, her mother was from Yorkshire.
In 1891 Martha was employed as a parlour maid in one of the school houses of Uppingham School, Rutland. One of her fellow domestic servants was kitchen maid Ruth Day.
On 23 August 1892 she married Ruth’s brother Joseph Cleaver Day, in St Matthew’s, Rugby.
Their first child, Ethel, was born in the village of Whilton, Northamptonshire in 1893 and they were still living there when Albert Thomas was born in 1895. Joseph was by then a signalman. By 1899 when Florence was born they had moved to Berkhamsted and were living at 58, Kittsbury Road. Joseph was employed as a railway signalman by the London and North West Railway. They were still at the same address in 1911, with only Florence still at home. They also had a schoolteacher as a boarder.
In June 1921 Joseph and Martha were living at “Newnham”, 6, Queen’s Road. Joseph was still employed as a signalman. Also at home was Florence, now a clerk at John Dickinson’s Ltd in Apsley Mills and a police constable lodger.
Joseph died 2 January 1932 at the Queen’s Road address, aged 64, and was buried here 6 January.
In the 1939 Register Martha and Florence were still at 6, Queen’s Road where Martha died, 14 January 1951, aged 82. In her will Albert (by then a retired police sergeant) and Florence, were named as executors.
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