Mary Bexon

Mary Ellen Bexon 

Born: 23 March 1875, Burton upon Trent 

Baptised: 3 March 1878, Winshill

Father: Joseph Bexon (b. 1849)

Mother: Bertha Bexon (b. 1855)

Brothers: Joseph Donald Bexon (b. 1880), William Collin Bexon (b. 1884)

Sisters: Sarah E Bexon (b. 1874), Bertha Francis Bexon (b. 1882)

Adopted Brother: Alister John Bridge Bexon (b. 1895)

Marriage:        1908, Croydon 

Husband:         Charles Buckingham 

                        b. 1881

                        Schoolmaster 

Issue – 

#1 Betty Buckingham (b. 5 April 1910)

In 1881 – 

She is at 16 West Street, Winshill, Derby, Burton-on-Trent. Her father is listed as ‘Engine Driver at Brewery’. Her mother is unlisted. Sarah, Mary and Joseph are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Bearwood Hill Road, Winshill, Burton-on-Trent. Her father is listed as ‘Stationery Engine Driver’. Her mother is unlisted. Her sister, Sarah, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Mary is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Joseph, Bertha and William are unlisted. 

In 10/95 – 

PT at Board School, Burton-on-Trent. 

In 04/98 –

Appointed to National Girls' School, Runcorn. Assistant.

In 10/03 – 

Address is Bridge End, Newton Road, Burton-on-Trent. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 36 Sherwood Road, Croydon. Her husband is listed as ‘Assistant Schoolmaster’. Mary and her daughter, Betty, are unlisted. 

In 1921 -         

She is at 57 Lansdowne Road, Croydon. Mary and her husband are listed as ‘Assistant School Teacher’. Her daughter, Betty, is unlisted. There is a boarder, Richard Hewetson (b. 1903), listed as ‘Electrical Apprentice’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at Creekholine, Reymead, Maidenhead. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Mary and Isabelle Watson (b. 1897) are listed as ‘Private Means’. Her daughter, Betty, is listed as ‘Private Secretary’. 

d.         6 March 1955, Lambeth 

BUCKINGHAM, Mary Ellen of Kingsdown Cottage, Kingsdown Road, St. Margarets-at-Cliffe near Dover, widow died 06 March 1955 at The Royal Waterloo Hospital, Waterloo, London. Probate London 14 July to Betty Buckingham, spinster. Effects £4388, 4s, 8d.