Mary Cassels (buried 1944)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Cassels
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Thomson
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1779
Born: 
15/9/1860
Died: 
03/04/1944
Buried: 
06/04/1944
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
10
Cemetery plot: 
19
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of John Lockhart Cassels formerly of Glasgow died April 19th 1918 aged 69 Also of Mary Thompson Cassels died 3rd April 1944 aged 83 years "Thou shalt be like a watered garden"

Life story

Life story

Mary Cassels, the wife of John Lockhart Cassels, was born in Valparaiso, Chile, in 1860. She was a British subject by parentage. Her maiden name was Mary Thomson Livingstone. Her father was Alexander Livingstone and her mother was Christina, nee Thomson, also born in Chile, and British by parentage. 

Mary was John's second wife. They married in 1887 and they had no children. John had a daughter, Ethel Mima from his first marriage. Although Mary was born in Chile by the time she was 10 the family was in Greenock,  and she remained in Scotland after her marriage , not appearing in Worthing until the 1911 Census at 6 Belsize Road. She was widowed in 1918. 

In 1921 she lived with her step-daughter, Ethel Mima, now married to William Robert Smith, a solicitor, in Harrow, Middlesex. 

Mora Soomaree Hotel at 64, Shelley Road, Worthing
Mora Soomaree Hotel at 64, Shelley Road, Worthing

However, In the 1939 Register she was one of the many residents at  the luxurious Mora Soomaree Hotel at 64, Shelley Road, Worthing, run by Dorothy and George Ekins. At the hotel there were 2 lounges, sun lounge, hot and cold water, gas fires in all the bedrooms, slumberland mattresses and an excellent chef. She was still a resident there when she died, aged 83, on 3 April 1944. She left £2292 11s 8d to be administered by Roy Alexander Malcolm, solicitor.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
15/09/1860
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Livingstone
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
John Lockhart
Spouse one last name: 
Cassels
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1887
Marriage one address: 
Scotland

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
03/04/1944
Age (at time of death): 
83
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Mora Soomaree Hotel, 64 Shelley Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Roy Alexander Malcolm status: Solicitor
Probate pounds: 
£2,292

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Greenock, Renfrewshire

Alexander Livingstone, 47, head; Christina Livingstone, 47, wife; Charles(sic)  I Livingstone, 18, daughter (sic)?; Catherine R Livingstone, 16, daughter; John Livingstone, 14, son; Mary Livingstone, 10, daughter; Alexander J T Livingstone, 5, son; Agnes Livingstone, 4, daughter;

Plus 1 servant

NB Charles I Livingstone is more likely Christina T Livingston

1881 census: 

Valparaiso Villa, Newton Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire

Alexr Livingston, (sic), 57, head; Christina Livingston (sic), 57 (sic) , wife; Janet Livingston (sic), 32, daughter; Christina T Livingston (sic), 28, daughter; John Livingston (sic),24, son; Mary J (sic) Livingston, (sic), 20, daughter; Alexander T Livingston (sic), 15, son; Ines (sic) Livingston (sic), 14, daughter;

plus 1 servant

NB Ines was called Agnes in 1871

1891 census: 

7, Olrigg Terrace, Glasgow Govan,

John Lockhart Cassels, 42, head, grain merchant; Mary Livingstone Cassels, 30, wife; Ethel Mima Cassels, 8, daughter;

plus 1 servant

1901 census: 

18, Glencalm Drive, Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire

John L Cassels. 52, head; Mary Cassels, 40, wife; Janet Livingstone, 52, sister-in-law;

plus 1 servant

1911 census: 

6, Belsize Road, Worthing

John L Cassels, 62, head, fruit grower; Mary Cassels, 50, wife; Ethel M Cassels, 28, daughter; Christina Livingstone? 58, visitor, private means;

plus 1 servant

1921 census: 

74, Nibthwaite Road, Harrow, Wealdstone, Middlesex

William Francis Smith, 43, head, solicitor; Ethel Maria (sic) Smith, 37, wife; Mary Thomas (sic) Livingston Cassels, 59;