Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted

Elizabeth Warburton Read

187 –04/10/1961

A domestic servant who married railway clerk Arthur Warburton

Relatives

Arthur Trubshaw Read — husband

Arthur Douglas Read — son

Marion Jane Christian — other

• Melanie Hilton

Plot 978 Elizabeth Warburton Read (née Grounds) (1887-1961)

Elizabeth was born in Appleton, near Warrington, Cheshire in 1887, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Alice (née Warburton) Grounds. Her father was a quarryman who had been born in Orford, Lancashire, and her mother was from Hale in Cheshire.

In 1891 the family lived at Chapel House, Hill Cliffe, Appleton and her uncle Thomas Grounds and his family lived next door. Elizabeth had an older sister and two older brothers.

In 1892, when she was only five. she lost both her mother and one of her brothers.

Her father married again and in 1901 the family was living at 2, Mitchell Street, Stockton Heath, Runcorn. Her father was working as a general labourer.

Elizabeth went into domestic service and in April 1911 was employed by boarding house keeper Jane Windus and her daughter in Southport.

She married railway clerk Arthur Trubshaw Read in the Baptist church next to where she had grown up in September 1911. The Warrington Examiner for 16 September reported that “The marriage was solemnised at the historic Baptist Church at Hill Cliffe, on Monday, of Mr Arthur T Read, A.C.I.S., of Derby, and Miss E.W. Grounds, youngest daughter of Mr J. Grounds of Lower Walton. The bride…wore a travelling costume of navy blue and [a] grey picture hat with feathers to match. After the ceremony the wedding breakfast was held at the home of the bride’s father. Later in the day the happy couple left for North Wales where the honeymoon is being spent.”

The couple moved to Derby where Elsie M (1914) and Arthur Douglas (1918) were born.

In 1921 they lived at 14, Belgrave Street, Derby.

By 1929 the family had moved to 21, Greenway West, Berkhamsted. As Arthur was still employed as a railway clerk the move was presumably in the course of his employment.

Sadly Arthur Douglas, aged just 11, died 4 June 1929. He is buried here.

The 1939 Register records Arthur and Elizabeth at “Munslow”, Hall Park Gate, Berkhamsted.

In 1954 Marion Jane, the daughter of Elsie and her husband Robert Cecil Christian sadly died aged 5 months. She is buried here with Arthur Douglas and her grandparents.

Elizabeth died 4 October 1961. Arthur survived her until 1972.

Arthur Trubshaw Read

27/07/1885 –28/07/1972

A railway clerk

Relatives

Elizabeth Warburton Read — wife

Arthur Douglas Read — son

Marion Jane Christian — other

• Melanie Hilton

Plot 978 Arthur Trubshaw Read (1885-1972)

Arthur was born 27 July 1885, Stafford to John and Sarah Jane (née Emery) Read and baptised in Stafford 28 August. His father was a shoe maker who had died by 1891 when Arthur, his mother and his older brother Harry were living with his widowed grandmother at 7, County Road, Stafford. His mother was a dressmaker.

In 1901 Sarah and her sons lived at 31, Gaol Road, Stafford. Arthur, aged 15, was a railway clerk, an occupation he was to follow for life, and Harry an engine fitter. Both were employed by the Midland Railway Company.

Ten years later Arthur and his mother had moved to 14, Belgrave Street, Derby

He married Elizabeth Warburton Grounds in Runcorn in September 1911. The Warrington Examiner for 16 September reported that “The marriage was solemnised at the historic Baptist Church at Hill Cliffe, on Monday, of Mr Arthur T Read, A.C.I.S., of Derby, and Miss E.W. Grounds, youngest daughter of Mr J. Grounds of Lower Walton.’

The couple moved to Derby where Elsie M (1914) and Arthur Douglas (1918) were born. In

1921 their address was 14, Belgrave Street, Derby.

By 1929 the family had moved to 21, Greenway West, Berkhamsted. As Arthur was still employed as a railway clerk the move was presumably in the course of his employment.

Sadly Arthur Douglas, aged just 11, died 4 June 1929. He is buried here.

The 1939 Register records Arthur and Elizabeth at “Munslow”, Hall Park Gate, Berkhamsted.

In 1954 Marion Jane, the daughter of Elsie and her husband Robert Cecil Christian, sadly died aged 5 months. She is buried here with Arthur Douglas and her grandparents.

Elizabeth died 4 October 1961 and Arthur survived her until 28 July 1972.

Arthur Douglas Read

d.04/06/1929

Son of Elizabeth and Arthur Warburton; died age 11 years

Relatives

Elizabeth Warburton Read — mother

Arthur Trubshaw Read — father

Marion Jane Christian — other

• Melanie Hilton

Plot 978 Arthur Douglas Read (1918-1929)

Arthur was born in 1918 in Derby, the son of Elizabeth (née Grounds) and Arthur Trubshaw Read. His father was a railway clerk.

The family moved to Berkhamsted where Arthur sadly died aged just 11 on 4 June 1929 at 21, Greenway West.

He is buried with his parents and his baby niece Marion Jane Christian.

Marion Jane Christian

1954 –24/12/1954

Daughter of Robert and Cecil Christian; died age 5 months.

Relatives

Elizabeth Warburton Read — other

Arthur Douglas Read — other

Arthur Trubshaw Read — other

• Melanie Hilton

Plot 978 Marion Jane Christian (born and died 1954)

Marion was born in July 1954 and sadly died 24 December that year.

She was the daughter of Robert Cecil and Elsie M (née Read) Christian and is buried here with her grandparents.