Emily Covey (buried 1893)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Covey
First name: 
Emily
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
211
Born: 
0/8/1875
Died: 
06/08/1893
Buried: 
08/08/1893
Occupation: 
Housemaid
Distinction: 
Typhoid Victim
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
7
Cemetery plot: 
17
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
Emily Covey is buried under the headstone for Caroline Letitia Bomford
Headstone inscription: 
C.L. Bomford very dearly loved called home March 22nd 1928 "In Thy presence is fulness of joy"

Life story

Life story

Emily Matilda Covey was born in 1875 in Billingshurst, Sussex, she was baptised on 29th August. Her father, William Covey, 27yrs, was an Agricultural Labourer, her mother was Eliza, 24yrs, nee Strudwick, and she had 2 older siblings, Albert 10yrs, and Agnes 9yrs, they lived at 2, Newbridge Wharf, Wisborough Green. In 1891 Emily's sister, Agnes, 19yrs, was employed as a servant in Heene Villas, Heene Road, Worthing and Emily also took employment near to her sister at West View, Heene Road, Worthing as a housemaid/domestic. She became a victim of the Worthing town typhoid outbreak of 1893. Emily Matilda Covey died on 6th August 1893, aged 18yrs at West View, Heene Road. Her death certificate gave the cause of death as "Enteric Fever, Hyperpyrexia"

Burial researcher: 
Unknown

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/08/1875

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
06/08/1893
Age (at time of death): 
18
Cause of death: 
Enteric Fever; Hyperpyrexia
Address at time of death: 
West View, Heene Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Obituary

Death Notice in The Worthing Gazette, Wednesday 23rd August 1893.COVEY - On the 6th inst. at West View, Heene-road, Worthing, Emily Matilda Covey, youngest daughter of William and Eliza Covey, Newbridge Wharf, Billingshurst, aged 18.

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1881 census: 

Living at 2, Newbridge Wharf, Wisborough Green, Sussex - William Covey, 33yrs, Agricultural Labourer, wife, Eliza, 31yrs, and 3 children, Albert 10, Agnes 9, and Emily 6

1891 census: 

Living at 2, Newbridge Wharf, Wisborough Green, Sussex - William Covey, 44yrs, Agricultural Labourer, wife, Eliza, 40yrs, and Emily, 15yrs