Marianne Shank (buried 1915)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Shank
First name: 
Marianne
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
786
Born: 
0/0/1819
Died: 
00/06/1915
Buried: 
02/06/1915
Occupation: 
governess
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Marianne Shank (buried 1915) headstone
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
9
Cemetery plot: 
10
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/lifted.layers.gifted
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In Memory of Emma Shank who died December 16th 1893 Aged 76 years Also Marianne sister of the above who died May 31st 1915 Aged 96 years And LUCY SHANK who died April 8th 1935 Aged 90 years.

Life story

Life story

Marianne Shank was born in The Minories, London, in 1819 and was baptised on 3 October 1819 at All Saints, Lewes .Her parents were Thomas Shank and Lucy Holt Shank nee Verrall.  At the age of 30, she and her widowed mother were living with a cousin, Mary Page, at a school for boys at 12, Bedford Row, Worthing with 11 pupils aged between 10 and 6 years old. Marianne later became a governess. By 1891 she had moved to Gratwicke Cottage, Broadwater and by 1901 to her final home at 'Chalfont', 24, Milton Street, Worthing where she died in June 1915 aged 96. No probate announcement was found. In 1898 her brother,  John Shank, a banker at the London Cattle Market, left her £2,000 in his will.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1819

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
00/06/1915
Age (at time of death): 
96
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Chalfont, 24 Milton Street, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

Living at 12, Bedford Road, Broadwater (school) - Mary E Page, 37yrs, head, governor;    Elizabeth Page, 75yrs, mother, widow, gentlewoman; Lucy Holt Shank, 72yrs, aunt, gentlewoman; Marianne Shank, 30yrs, cousin; John F Lewis, 1yrs, pupil; William Ferm, 10yrs, pupil; William Page, 9yrs, pupil; Edwin Potter, 8, pupil; Henry J Brewer, 8yrs, pupil; Thomas Shank, 8yrs, pupil; Robert P Page, 7yrs, pupil; William Poole, 7yrs, pupil; Edward Brewer, 7yrs, pupil; Benjamin Hooper, 6yrs, pupil; John Poole, 6,yrs, pupil; Margaret Blaber, 19yrs, Hand servant; Mary Ann Virgo, 16yrs, Hand servant;

 

1861 census: 

Living at 5, Durham Gardens, St Sepulchre, London - Lucy H Shank, 82yrs, Wine merchant; Lucy H Shank, 51yrs; Emma Shank, 43yrs; Marianne Shank, 42yrs;

1871 census: 

Living at Victoria Villa, Avenue Road, Tottenham, London - Emma Shank, 53yrs; Marianne Shank, 52yrs, Governess; Annie Wilson, 31yrs, Governess;

1881 census: 

Living at 2 Eastbourne Villas, Litton Grove, London Marianne Shank, 62yrs, Annuitant; Lucy Shank, 36yrs, Brothers Housekeeper;

1891 census: 

Living at Gratwicke Cottage, Broadwater - Emma Shank, 73yrs, living on her own means; Marianne Shank, 72yrs, living on her own means

1901 census: 

Living at Chalfont, Milton Street, Heene Marianne Shank, 82yrs, Living on own means; Lucy Shank, 56yrs, Companion;

1911 census: 

Living at Chalfont, Milton Street, Worthing Marianne Shank, 92yrs, Independent; Lucy Shank, 66yrs, Niece;