Georgiana Dolby (buried 1946)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Dolby
First name: 
Georgiana
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1796
Born: 
9/3/1853
Died: 
03/01/1946
Buried: 
08/01/1946
Occupation: 
Domestic Servant; Tailoress
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
EB
Cemetery row: 
3
Cemetery plot: 
40
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Robert Burton Dolby died 8 March 1931 aged 77. Also of Georgiana his wife died 3rd Jan 1946 aged 92 "At rest"

Life story

Life story

Georgiana was born on 9th March 1853 to William and Sarah Blackett (nee Alcock/ Ancock,) and baptised on 17th April 1853 at St. Marys and All Saints Church, Sculthorpe, Norfolk. William was a wheelwright and the blacksmith for the village of Sculthorpe.

Sculthorpe (or 'Skuli's Hamlet' in Old English) was a village with a long history being well established by the time of the Domesday book.

In 1861 schoolchild Georgiana lived at 79 Creake Road, not far from the Sculthorpe water mill, at 'The Wheelwrights and Blacksmith House' where her father employed 4 men and 4 boys.

Ten years later Georgiana was working as a domestic [servant] alongside two other girls at 16 Banks Street, Plea, Norwich. This was the home of Arthur Preston, a local solicitor and his two daughters. The building dated from the 16th century and had been heightened to three storeys and extended in the 19th century.

By 1876 Georgiana had moved to Tindall Street, Camberwell, London. It was while living here that she met Robert Burton and they married in Brixton on 25th June 1876. Their son Burton William being born in Walworth in April 1877 and dying tragically at the age of 21 in Hampshire in 1899.

Georgiana and Robert lived at various addresses in London (particularly in the Stoke Newington/ Walworth area) up to at least 1911.

By March 1939 she was registered as an invalid and living at 10 Sheephouse Road, Farnham, Surrey. Farnham had been extant since Roman times, gaining its town status due to the medieval castle built to protect its wool production and wheat trade.

Farnham was becoming a commuter town by the time of Georgiana's death at 23 Hale Road on 3rd January 1946. Alfred Bluedon, a Trade Unionist who had previously handled husband Roberts' Will also handled her Estate which totalled £232 11s 3d.

Burial researcher: 
Unknown

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
09/03/1853
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Blackett
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Robert Burton
Spouse one last name: 
Dolby
Marriage one date: 
25/06/1876
Marriage one address: 
Brixton, London, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
03/01/1946
Age (at time of death): 
92
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
23 Hale Road, Farnham, Surrey, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£232

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1861 census: 

Living at 79 Creake Road, Sculthorpe -

1871 census: 

Living at 16 Banks Street, Plea, Norwich -

1881 census: 

Living at 66 Royal Road, Southwark

1891 census: 

Living at 66 Royal Road, Southwark

1901 census: 

Living at 87 Grosvenor Park, Stoke Newington -

1921 census: 

Living at 41, Buxton Road, Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey.

Robert Burton Dolby Head Male 67 Bloomsbury, London Woollen Draper Assistant Messrs J Cooper & Sons
Georgina Dolby Wife Female 68 Norfolk, England
1939 register: 

Living at 10 Sheephouse Road, Farnham, Surrey -