Birth: October-December 1867 Churt, Surrey, UK
Father: Henry Matthews 1838-1914
Mother: Clara Croucher 1841-1927
Christening: 22 December 1867 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham. Surrey, UK
Marriage: 1 April 1899 St Michael, Pimlico, London, UK
Husband: Hugh Humphreys 1857-1935
Death: 16 September 1939 53 Ravenslea Road, Wandsworth Common, London, UK
John Hugh Llewellyn Humphreys 1903-1962
Birth of Rose Matthews in FreeBMD in October-December 1867 in Farnham (2A 88).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Rosa Mathews (sic) baptised 22 December 1867 in Frensham, Surrey, parents Henry and Clara Mathews.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923 for Rosa Mathews baptised 22 December 1867 at St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, parents Henry and Clara Mathews. "Page 86 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Frensham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1867 [...] 1867 Dec 22 No. 685 Rosa [parents] Henry [a] Labourer & Clara Mathews [of] Churt."
Her first brother was registered in April-June 1869 in Farnham and baptised on 23 May 1869, and second brother born 23 September 1870, registered in October-December 1870 in Farnham and baptised 6 November 1870, both at St St John the Evangelist, Churt.
In the 1871 census as Rose Matthews aged 3, born in Churton (sic - in the index, Churt, Surrey on the original), and living with her parents (Henry and Clara), three brothers (Albert, Henry and William) and sister (Alice) at an unnamed adress two houses from the Crossways P.H., and next door to Charlotte Croucher (her grandmother) so this must be Squirrels/Hale House.
Her two brothers were born 14 July 1872 and baptised on 11 August 1872, and born 30 March 1875 and baptised 2 May 1875, and her sister was born 27 May 1877 and baptised on 8 July 1877, all births at Squirrels/Hale House, Churt, and baptisms at St John the Evangelist, Churt.
In the 1881 census as Rose Matthews aged 13, born in Churt, Surrey, a servant and living with her parents (Henry and Clara), four brothers (Albert, Alfred, Allan and William) and sister (Edith M) at Hale House Farm, Churt, Surrey.
In the 1891 census as Rose Matthews aged 33 (sic - in the index, 23 on the original), born in Churt, Surrey, and a servant living at the home of James C Brown (who was abroad), his three sons (Cedric C aged 3, Douglas C aged 11 and Edward C aged 21, all born in Faygate, Sussex), three daughters (Elsie C aged 9, Isla C aged 7 and Wilfred C aged 15, all born in Faygate, Sussex), a governess and ten other servants at 32 Ennismore Gardens, St Margaret and St John the Evangelist, Westminster, London.
Marriage of Rose Matthews and Hugh Humphreys in FreeBMD in April-June 1899 in St. Geo. H. Sq. (1A 927)
Entry in Ancestry Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 for the marriage of Rose Matthews aged 31, father Henry Matthews, and Hugh Humphrey (sic) on 1 April 1899 at St Michael, Chester Square, London, Westminster. "Page 163 [...] 1899. Marriage solemnized at St Michael's Church in the District Parish of St Michael Pimlico in the County of London [No.] 326 1st April 1899 Hugh Humphreys [aged] 42 [a] Bachelor [and] Butler [of] 58 Eaton Square [father] Thomas Humphery Pugh Humphreys [a] Farmer, [and] Rose Matthews [aged] 31 [a] Spinster [of] 42 South Eaton Place [father] Henry Matthews [a] Farm Bailiff. Married in the District Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns".
I cannot locate her in the 1901 census.
Her son was born 5 March 1903 at 42 S Eaton Place from the 1911 census and registered in April-June 1903 in St George Hanover Square.
In the 1911 census as Rose Humphreys aged 43, born in Chur (sic - in the index, Churt on the original), Surrey, head of household, married for 12 years with one child still living, and living with her son (John H S Humptreys), two servants (Alice Louisa Whittread aged 18 and born in Starem Green, Berks, and Edith M Heath aged 15 and born in Fardo Place, Battersea), and two boarding families in 11 rooms at 42 S Eaton Place, SW, Belgrace, St George Hanover Square, London. I cannot locate her husband.
Four entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Rose Humphreys address 42 South Eaton Place, Knightsbridge St George, Westminster from 1918 to 1921, other occupant Hugh Humphreys (husband?).
In the 1921 census as Rose Humphrey (sic) born in Churt, Surrey, and living with John Hugh Llewellyn Humphrey (son?), Violet Ethel Ball (born in Fulham,London, Middlesex in 1906), Ellen Thomas (born in Westminster, London in 1851), Hetty May Whiting (born in Camberwell, London in 1902) and William F Whiting (born in Westminster, London in 1918) in St George's Hanover Square, London, Middlesex. Her hus band was living with her sister Alice Hedges also in St George's Hanover Square, London, Middlesex.
Ten entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Rose Humphreys addresses 42 South Eaton Place, Knightsbridge St George, Westminster in 1923, other occupant Hugh Humphreys (husband?), and 52 Ravenslea Road SW12, Balham, Wandsworth from 1925 to 1933, other occupant Hugh Humphreys (husband?), and John Hugh Llewellyn Humphreys (son?).
Her husband died on 13 January 1935 at 52 Ravenslea Road and left effects of £2093 9s. 5d to Rose Humphreys widow and John Hugh Llewellyn Humphreys civil servant.
Four entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Rose Humphreys address 52 Ravenslea Road SW12, Balham, Wandsworth from 1935 to 1939, other occupants Frances Ellen Barrow in 1936, and Janet Hurn from 1938.
Death of Rose Humphreys in FreeBMD in July-September 1939 aged 71 in Battersea (1D 292).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Rose Humphreys died 16 September 1939 in London, probate 15 January 1940 in Bangor. "Humphreys Rose of 53 Ravenslea-road Wandsworth Common London widow died 16 September 1939 Administration Bangor 15 January to John Hugh Llewellyn Humphreys civil servant. Effects £2511."
There are thirty two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Rose/Rosa Matthews.
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