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Mary Frances Teresa Hitchcock (b. 1881)

Mary Frances Teresa Hitchcock worked as a clerk for the Post Office.[1] She lived as a spinster with her sisters Catherine and Teresa for many years at 11 James Avenue, NW2.

She died in 1951, aged 69, leaving everything she owned to her last surviving sister, Teresa Mary.

Genealogy

Siblings

Birth

  • born 23/May/1881[2]

Marriages

  • likely did not marry

Death

  • died unmarried 26/Feb/1951 aged 69[3]
  • probate granted 20/Jul/1951 to her sister Teresa Mary, estate worth £6,476 17s. 5.
  • Mary's Last Will & Testament simply stated "I give and bequeath unto my sister Teresa Mary Hitchcock all that I possess."

Family Tree

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Census Data

1891

Mary (aged 9) and sister Katherine (aged 8) are boarders at the Convent of Notre Dame, Abington Street, Northampton. This was a convent school that opened in 1881.

1901

  • address: 36/37 Chapel Street, Clerkenwell, Islington
  • Charles Hitchcock (aged 47) — head, occupation: fishmonger
  • Catherine Hitchcock (aged 43) — wife
  • Mary Hitchcock (aged 23) — daughter, occupation: civil service clerk, Post Office
  • Kate Hitchcock (aged 18) — daughter, occupation: fishmonger's shop assistant
  • Ann Hitchcock (aged 15) — daughter
  • Charles Hitchcock (aged 10) — son
  • Teresa Hitchcock (aged 13) — daughter
  • Mary Linneham (aged 70) — servant (general domestic)

1911

  • address: 36/37 Chapel Street, Clerkenwell, Islington
  • Charles Hitchcock (aged 57) — head, occupation: fishmonger
  • Catherine Hitchcock (aged 53) — wife, occupation: fishmonger
  • Mary Hitchcock (aged 29) — daughter, occupation: clerk, Post Office Savings Bank Dept.
  • Kate Hitchcock (aged 27) — daughter, occupation: assistant in business
  • Theresa Hitchcock (aged 21) — daughter, occupation: governess (L.C.C.)
  • Charles Hitchcock (aged 18) — son
  • Mary Leary (aged 28) — servant

1939 Register

34 Saint Johns Road, Hendon, Middlesex

  • Mary F.T. Hitchcock (born 23 May 1881) — civil servant higher executive officer
  • Catherine C. Hitchcock (born 29 November 1882)

Other Documents

Electoral Register

1929–1937

From 1929 to at least 1937, she is living with her sisters at 11 James Avenue, London, NW2.

Probate


Research Notes

Notes & References

  1. The Post Office records list her working as a "girl clerk" as early as 1898.
  2. Birth registered Q3 1881 West Ham. Date of birth given on the 1939 Register.
  3. Death registered Q1 1951 Hendon.