Phoebe Bury

Phoebe Helen Bury 

Day Student

Born: 16 August 1876, Bishops Stortford 

Baptised: 1 October 1876, Little Hadlam 

Father: James Marshall Bury (b. 1835)

Mother: Frances Eliza Bury (b. 1841)

Brothers: William Bury (b. 1867), Henry John J Bury (b. 1871), James Luard Bury (b. 1871), Percival Charles Bury (b. 1873), Arthur Maxwell Bury (b. 1874), Thomas Marshall Bury (b. 1878), Frances Bury (b. 1883)

Sisters: Mary Jane Bury (b. 1866), Sybil Florence Bury (b. 1881) 

In 1881 – 

She is at The Rectory, Little Hadlam, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. Her father is listed as ‘Rector of Little Hadlam’. Phoebe, her mother and her siblings (Mary, Henry, James, Percival, Arthur, Thomas and Sybil) are unlisted. Mary Beecroft (b. 1862) is a visitor and listed as ‘Governess Teacher’. Charles N Day (b. 1872) is an unlisted boarder. Rachel Hall (b. 1845) is listed as ‘Nurse Domestic Servant’. Miriam Harvey (b. 1857) is listed as ‘Cook Domestic Servant’. Fanny Wilkinson (b. 1863) is listed as ‘Housemaid Domestic Servant’. Mary Wilkinson (b. 1866) is listed as ‘Nursery Domestic Servant’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at The Rectory, Little Hadlam, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. Her father is listed as ‘Rector of Little Hadlam’. Phoebe, her mother and her siblings (Percival, Thomas, Sybil and Frances) are unlisted. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Student of Theology’. Her cousin, Cecil Charles Bury (b. 1873) is unlisted. Grace Phoebe Collins (b. 1883) and Arthur E J Collins (b. 1886) are unlisted boarders. Linda Livings (b. 1846) is listed as ‘Cook Domestic Servant’. Miriam Sarah Young (b. 1868) is listed as ‘Nurse Domestic Servant’. Eliza Robinson (b. 1870) is listed as ‘Housemaid Domestic Servant’. Emma Palmer (b. 1874) is listed as ‘Nursery Maid Domestic Servant’. 

In 10/00 – 

PT at Wantage Church.

In 1901 – 

She is at Red House, Nettleham Road, Lincoln as a boarder. The head of the household, Mary Hemsworth (b. 1817), is listed as ‘Matron Domestic’. Rachel Mumby (b. 1855), Agnes Dennison (b. 1856), Eleanor Adcock (b. 1860), Mary Cliffe (b. 1874) and Edith Holdsworth (b. 1875) are all listed as ‘Sick Nurse’. Phoebe and Annie Stow (b. 1881) are listed as boarders and ‘Student Lincoln Training College’. Agnes Meanwell (b. 1874) is a servant. 

In 10/02 – 

Appointed to Lincoln Practising Girls'. Assistant. £70.

In 10/03 – 

Appointed to Tottenham Girls' Practising School. Assistant.

In 04/05 – 

Address is The Rectory, Little Hadham, Herts.

In 10/06 –

Mentions she sailed on October 17th for India to work in the S. P.G Zenana Mission at Lahore.

In 04/08 – 

A letter from her at S.P.G. Mission at Cawnpore, India is published.

In 04/09 – 

Writes an article called ‘A holiday in Kashemere’.

In 04/11 –

Has been recruiting at home, returned to India and is working at S.P.G Orphanage of Epiphany, Cawnpore.

In 1939 – 

She is 7 Keble Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Thomas, her brother, is listed as ‘Chartered Accountant Retired’. Phoebe is listed as ‘Deaconess Retired’. Sybil, her brother, is listed as ‘Sister of Mercy’. Arthur Cook (b. 1929) is unlisted. There is a closed record. 

d.         11 December 1953, Midhurst 

BURY Phoebe Helen of Teneriffe, Maderia Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, spinster died 11 December 1953 at The Whitehanger Nursing Home, Marley Common, Fenhurst, Midhurst, Sussex. Probate Winchester 1 April to Barclays Bank Limited. Effects £5924, 11s, 7d.