Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted

Hannah Buckle

1864 –21/09/1943

Sister of Frederick Buckle, joined him to keep house after death of his wife.

Relatives

Frederick Buckle (986) — brother

• Christopher Dolton

HANNAH BUCKLE; 1864 – 1943

Hannah was born on 15^th November 1864 at Hunston in Suffolk. Her parents were John and Susan Buckle. John was an agricultural labourer. Hannah was the third of six children. The oldest child was William, born about 1858 followed by Esther, 1861; Thomas, 1863; Hannah, 1864; Joseph, 1866 and finally Frederick.

Many young girls entered domestic service at a young age and at the age of 18 Hannah was working as a servant and probably had been for a number of years before then. She had left Suffolk and moved to London where she was living and working as a servant in the household of Charles King, a general medical practitioner. By 1891 she had moved back to Suffolk where she was one of two servants employed by William Higham, a farmer, who lived with his sister and mother. Ten years later she was still working for the Higham family, but was then the cook.

In 1905 her younger brother Frederick’s wife, Rose Buckle died at the age of 35, leaving Frederick with three young children to care for. Frederick and his family lived in Berkhamsted and Hannah joined Frederick in Berkhamsted to help look after his young children and keep house for him. Hannah never married and she remained living in Berkhamsted with Frederick for the rest of her life.

In 1939 Frederick and Hannah were living in Cross Oak Road. Frederick, at the age of 71, was working as a jobbing gardener and Hannah, age 75, was keeping the house.

Frederick died in 1940 and was buried in Rectory lane Cemetery. Hannah died on 21^st September 1943 at the age 78. She was buried with her brother. Her estate, worth £398 19s 7d was left to two of her brother’s surviving children, Ellen and John.

Frederick Buckle (986)

1868 –02-081940-1940

Originally from Suffolk, moved to Berkhamsted and worked as a labourer

Relatives

Hannah Buckle — sister

Rose Ellen Buckle — wife

• Christopher Dolton

FREDERICK BUCKLE; 1868 – 1940

Frederick was born on 27^th March 1868. He was born in Hunston, Suffolk. His parents were John and Susan Buckle. John Buckle was an agricultural labourer. Frederick was the youngest of six children born to John and Susan. The oldest child was William, born about 1858, followed by Esther, 1861; Thomas, 1863; Hannah, 1864; Joseph, 1866 and finally Frederick.

In 1881 Frederick, although only 13 years old, was working as an agricultural labourer, like his father and older brother, Joseph. Frederick, however, did not remain working as a labourer for long. Ten years later Frederick had moved from Suffolk and was working as a groom at Cashio Bridge House near Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Cashio Bridge House was then occupied by a tea importer, Edward Moon and his family.

Frederick married in 1894. His bride was Rose Ellen Freeman. Rose had been born in London, but in 1891 she too was working at Cashio Bridge House where she was a domestic servant. The wedding took place in St Pancras, and Rose and Frederick settled in London after their wedding.  Rose gave birth in 1897 to her first child, a daughter Ellen Hannah Buckle, Ellen’s birth being registered in St Pancras. Rose and Frederick soon moved from London. In 1901 they were living at 8 Bridge Street in Berkhamsted and Frederick was working as a labourer.

Rose gave birth to two more children, both sons. Thomas Frederick Buckle was born in Berkhamsted in the second quarter of 1902 and John William Buckle in the second quarter of 1904.

Rose died on 13^th June 1905 and was buried in Rectory Lane Cemetery on 16th June. She was 35 years old. Rose’s address at the time she died was 32 Cross Oak Road.

Frederick remained in Berkhamsted following Rose’s death and never remarried. In 1911 he and the three children were still living  in Cross Oak Road and had been joined by his sister, Hannah, who was keeping house for Frederick and the children. Frederick and his sister were still together in 1939, Frederick then being 71 and working as a jobbing gardener. Frederick died in 1940. He, like Rose, was buried in Rectory Lane Cemetery, but not with Rose. His sister Hannah died in 1943 and Hannah was buried with Frederick