Charlotte Brown (buried 1934)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Brown
First name: 
Charlotte
Other Christian names: 
Ann
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1575
Born: 
27/11/1848
Died: 
05/04/1934
Buried: 
10/04/1934
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Headstone for Charlotte Brown
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
2
Cemetery plot: 
16
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/seat.lights.lovely
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Charlotte Ann Brown third daughter of William and Mary Freshfield Brown born November 27th 1848 passed to her rest April 5th 1934
Grave location map

Life story

Life story

Charlotte Ann Brown was baptised on 29 December 1848 at Holy trinity, Clapham. Her father, William, was a merchant, and her mother was Mary Freshfield Brown nee King. By 1861 Charlotte and her sister, Emma, were living in Loats Road, Clapham  being taught by a governess, Sarah Loar. The Brown family had moved to Quarry Hill House, Tonbridge, Kent, by 1881 and to Speldhurst, also in Kent, by 1891, and always had  plenty of servants. Charlotte was living in her final home, 25, Shakespeare Road, Worthing , by 1924. She died there on 5 April 1934. In her probate announcement are mentioned Austin John Brown, a printer,(not traced), Violet Catherine Kitto,( the daughter of William Charles Brown , Charlotte's brother ) wife of John Lemon Kitto, Annie Mary Brown, wife of Austen Charles Brown (not traced) and Roy Alexander Malcolm, solicitor, of Worthing, whose wife was Mary nee Collet, the daughter of Augustus H Collet, surgeon, and Emma L Collet, of Ashurst Lodge, Liverpool Gardens, Worthing.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
27/11/1848
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Mary Freshfield
Mother's maiden name: 
King
Mother's year of birth: 
1819
Mother's year of death: 
1891
Father
Father's name: 
William Brown
Father's year of birth: 
1811

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
05/04/1934
Age (at time of death): 
85
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
25 Shakespeare Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Austin John Brown status: Printer: Violet Catherine Kitto status: wife of John Lemon Kitto: Annie Mary Brown status: wife of Austen Charles Brown: Roy Alexander Malcolm status: Solicitor
Probate pounds: 
£7,675

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

15, Crescent  , Clapham, Surrey

William  Brown, 39, head, merchant  ? in export station?; Mary Freshpole (actually Freshfield) Brown, 31, wife; Sarah Maria Brown, 9, daughter, scholar at home; Anthony Brown, 7, son, scholar at home; Mary Elizabeth Brown, 6, scholar at home; Charlotte Brown, 2, daughter; William Charles Brown, 9 months, son;

plus nurse, housemaid, assistant nurse and another (illegible)

1861 census: 

Loats Road, Clapham, Wandsworth

Charlotte A Brown, 12;  Emma G Brown, 7; Sarah Loar, 43, governess;

plus 3 house servants

NB This Census was not found on Ancestry. This short form came from Findmypast.

1871 census: 

Loats Road, Clapham, Surrey

William Brown, 59, head, wholesale stationer; Mary Freshfield Brown, 51, wife; Sarah Maria Brown, 29, daughter; Anthony Brown, 27, son, wholesale stationer; Charlotte A Brown, 22, daughter; William C Brown, 20, son, assistant to his father; Jane  I Heurtley, 23, visitor; Francis H Woods, 20, visitor, undergraduate Oxford;

plus 4 domestic servants

1881 census: 

Quarry Hill House, Tonbridge, Kent

William Brown, 69, head, merchant and wholesale stationer: Mary Freshfield Brown, 51, wife; Sarah M Brown, 39, daughter; Charlotte A Brown,; 32, daughter; Emma G Brown, 27, daughter; Lionel F Heurtley, 4, grandson; Ernest S Heurtley, 3, grandson; Evelyn M Heurtley, granddaughter;

plus a cook, 2 housemaids, nurse, kitchenmaid and butler

NB the grandchildren were the children of Charlottes sister, Mary Elizabeth Brown.

1891 census: 

Census           4, Hungershall ?    , Speldhurst, Kent

William Brown, 79, living on own means; Mary F Brown, 71, wife; Sarah M brown, 49, daughter; Charlotte A Brown, 42, daughter; Emma G Brown, 37, daughter;

Plus a cook, 2 housemaids, a kitchenmaid and a butler

1901 census: 

Not Found

1911 census: 

Not Found