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Florence Emma Jemima Whatman

Florence Emma Jemima Whatman

Female 1857 - 1923  (66 years)

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  • Name Florence Emma Jemima Whatman 
    Born 30 Apr 1857  6 Carlton-gardens, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christened 10 Jun 1857  St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 20 Aug 1923  On a Train in Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I01384  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 

    Father James Whatman,   b. 03 Jul 1813,   d. 11 Mar 1887, Vinter's, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Louisa Isabella Ross,   b. 25 Jan 1826,   d. 07 Nov 1905, Vinter's, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F00419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • --- "South Eastern Gazette" 5 May 1857, page 8:
      BIRTHS.
      April 30, at 6, Carlton-gardens, the wife of James Whatman, Es., M.P., of a daughter.

      --- "The Times" 23 Aug 1923, page 1:
      Whatman -- On the 20th Aug., very suddenly, Florence Emma Jemima Whatman, of Newnham Court, near Maidstone, third daughter of the late James Whatman, Esq., of Vinter's, Maidstone. Funeral at Boxley at 5 p.m. tomorrow (Friday).

      --- "The Times" 23 Aug 1923, page 13:
      DEATH OF MISS FLORENCE WHATMAN.
      Miss Florence Whatman, of Newnham Court, Boxley, was taken ill while travelling home by train from Saltwood, Hythe, with her sister, on Monday night, and died before reaching Maidstone. Miss Whatman was a daughter of the late Mr. James Whatman, of Vinters Park, Maidstone, some time M.P. for the borough, her mother being a daughter of Lady mary Ross, duaghter of the second and last Marquess Cornwallis.

      Throughout the war Miss Whatman was hon. secretary to the local branch of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association, and received the O.B.E. in recognition of her work. She became a member of the Kent War Pensions Committee on its formation, and later, under the reorganization scheme of the Ministry of Pensions, was appointed a member of the Maidstone District Committee.

      --- "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1858-1966" (1924, Taaffe-Zwerling, image 302 of 497):
      Whatman, Florence Emma Jemima of Newnham Court, Maidstone, spinster, died 20 August 1923, between Ashford Station, Kent, and Maidstone East Station, Kent. Probate London, 25 February to Louisa Elizabeth Whatman, spinster.
      Effects 35,247 pounds 16s.

  • Sources 
    1. Scan of Original Baptism Record.

    2. "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1858-1966" (1924, Taaffe-Zwerling, image 302 of 497).