Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted

Violet Jane Kingham

d.16/04/1967

Lived with her brother, both unmarried

Relatives

Herbert Charles Kingham — father

• Frances Stephens

Violet Jane was born to Charles Kingham and Jane Miller in 1895.  Her brother Cyril Herbert Charles joined her five years later.  Her father was a baker.

She never married but lived with her brother into old age.

I remember my father’s cousin’s, Cyril and Violet, very well. They were both unmarried and shared No. 7 Chapel Street. Cyril was the Chief Clerk in the National Westminster Bank at Berkhamsted and Violet lived at home caring for the house.  I regularly used to visit her and she taught me to sew and embroider. We moved into 109 High Street after the war and I used to walk down Manor Street to visit them.

Frances Jean Stephens nee Kingham

Violet Jane died 16th April 1967 aged 71. The family are all buried together in Rectory Lane Cemetery.

Herbert Charles Kingham

d.06/10/1947

Master Baker in Gravel Path

Relatives

Violet Jane Kingham — daughter

Cyril Kingham — son

Jane Kingham — wife

• Frances Stephens

Herbert Charles Kingham was born to Charles Kingham and Emma Nash on 20th September 1868 in Great Berkhamsted. He was christened on 18th October that year.  His brother Arthur William was born on 21st March 1870.  His sisters Ada Jane on 27th July 1872,  Lilian Fanny on 22nd November 1874, Flora Emma on 21st December 1876, Louisa Elizabeth on 14th January 1879, Mabel Sarah on 13th May 1882 and Edith Mary in 1888. The family lived in Northchurch. His father, Charles Kingham, died on 28th February 1893. His mother Emma Nash died on 9th March 1902.

In 1894 Charles Kingham married Jane Miller (1872 – 1929).  In 1895 they had a daughter Violet Jane and in 1900 a son Cyril Herbert Charles. By the 1901 census they were living at 20 Station Road and his occupation was given as Manager -Baker.
By the 1911 census they were living ‘above the shop’ at Gravel Path Bakery, in Berkhamsted and he was listed as Baker.

His wife Jane died on 26th March 1929.  He died on 6th October 1947.

Jane Kingham

d.26/03/1929

Wife of a Master Baker

Relatives

Herbert Charles Kingham — husband

Jane Kingham was born Jane Miller in 1872.  In 1894 she married Charles Kingham, a master baker. They had two children, a daughter Violet Jane and a son Cyril Herbert Charles.
By the 1901 census they were living at 20 Station Road. By the 1911 census they were living ‘above the shop’ at Gravel Path Bakery, in Berkhamsted and her husband was listed as Baker.

Jane died on 26th March 1929.  Her husband Charles died on 6th October 1947 and is buried with her.

Cyril Kingham

13/05/1900 –05/04/1998

Chief Clerk in Berkhamsted's Nat West Bank

Relatives

Herbert Charles Kingham — father

• Frances Stephens

Cyril Herbert Charles was born to Charles Kingham and Jane Miller in 1900, who already had a daughter, aged 5, Violet Jane.  His father was a baker.

He never married but lived with his sister into old age.

I remember my father’s cousin’s, Cyril and Violet, very well. They were both unmarried and shared No. 7 Chapel Street. Cyril was the Chief Clerk in the National Westminster Bank at Berkhamsted and Violet lived at home caring for the house.  I regularly used to visit her and she taught me to sew and embroider. We moved into 109 High Street after the war and I used to walk down Manor Street to visit them.
Frances Jean Stephens née Kingham

Cyril died on 5th April 1998, aged 97. The family are all buried together in Rectory Lane Cemetery.