Ethel Colbourne (buried 1939)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Colbourne
First name: 
Ethel
Other Christian names: 
Maud
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1688
Born: 
0/0/1877
Died: 
17/01/1939
Buried: 
17/01/1939
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
WB
Cemetery row: 
1
Cemetery plot: 
13
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/dose.entry.lands
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In ever loving memory of John Leslie 2nd Lt. R.A.F. only child of Charles and Ethel Colbourne. Killed whilst flying in Wiltshire 4th July 1918 aged 18 years and 8 months "We know not what a day will bring forth. Thy will be done" Also of his mother Ethel Maud Colbourne who passed away 17th Jan. 1939 aged 61 years.

Life story

Life story

Ethel Maude Marshall was born in 1878 in Lancing, Sussex; she was the daughter of John Marshall, 36yrs, Market Gardener, and Eliza, 32yrs, nee Blunden. She had 2 older siblings, Edward, born 1867, Edith, born 1876, a brother, Percy, was born 1887.

On 10th April 1899, aged 21yrs, Ethel married Charles Edward Colbourne, 20yrs, he was a butcher in his family business in South Street, Lancing. They had a son in 1900, John Leslie, who was to be their only child, and who was tragically killed in a flying accident in 1918 after joining the RAF.

In 1911 Ethel and Charles had a butcher's shop in Worthing, Ethel assisted her husband in his business, and in the 1930s Charles established a chain of 25 butchery shops in Sussex. At some point they moved to Hove where Ethel died, on 17th January 1939, aged 61yrs.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1877
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Marshall
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Charles Edward
Spouse one last name: 
Colbourne
Marriage one date: 
10/04/1899
Marriage one address: 
Lancing, Sussex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
17/01/1939
Age (at time of death): 
61
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Hove, Hove, Sussex, England
Obituary

The Worthing Herald - January 20th 1939.

The death ocurred at Brighton on Tuesday of Mrs Ethel Colbourne, wife of  Mr. Charles Colbourne, formerly of Lancing and Worthing.

Mr. Colbourne ran a butcher's business at Tarring before the war, and is well-known both in Worthing and Lancing. His wife, formerly Miss Marshall, used to live at Malt House, Lancing.

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1881 census: 

Living at Manor House, Lancing, Sussex. John Marshall, 39yrs, Market Gardener, wife, Eliza, 35yrs, 2 children, Edward, 17yrs, Gardener, Ethel, 3yrs.

1891 census: 

Living at Malt House, Lancing, Sussex. John Marshall, 49yrs, Market Gardener, wife, Eliza, 45yrs, 3 children, Edward, 27yrs, Market Gardener, Ethel, 13yrs, and Percy, 4yrs.

1901 census: 

Living at Butchers Shop, South Street, Lancing, Sussex. Charles Colbourne, 22yrs, Colonial Butcher, wife, Ethel, 23yrs, and John, 1yr.

1911 census: 

Living at 5, Broadway, West Worthing, Sussex. Charles Colbourne, 32yrs, Colonial Butcher, wife, Ethel Maude, 33yrs, Assistant in Business.