Kate Sandiford

 

A small piece taken from my upcoming book - Bunston Family Revisited

Born in Islington, London in June 29, 1972, Kate was baptised on August 18, 1872.  She lived with her family at 10 Isledon Road and was going to school with her sisters at the time of the 1881 census.

By 1891 Kate had started work as a milliner’s apprentice.  She was still living at home with her parents at the time of the 1891 census when she was 18. 

Four years later, on January 19, 1895 Kate married Horace George Hope in Emmanuel, Islington.  Horace was from Ramsgate, Kent and was born at the end of 1868.  He was baptised on April 5, 1869.  He was the youngest of five children of George Hope and Mary Ann Hodges.  Horace lost birth parents very young.  He was only a few months old when his father died, and he was five at the time of his mother’s death.  He and his siblings were living with the aunt, Mary Hope in 1881 and were likely raised by her and their uncles and aunts.  There uncle Alfred Hope and two of his sisters, Sarah and Ellen, lived next door to them.

Kate and her husband would have three children together: Winifred, Elsie and Douglas.

After they married, Horace and his bride settled in his hometown of Ramsgate.  At the time of the 1901 census Horace was listed as a retired ironmonger.  He and his young family lived with his aunt, Ellen Hope.  By 1903 the family had moved to Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire.  By 1911 Horace was no longer retired; he was back working as an ironmonger.  He and Kate had, by now, been married for 16 years.  At the time of the census, Kate’s brother Herbert was visiting with his family. 

 By 1926 the couple were living at 4 Clifton Terrace, Dorking, Surrey.  It was in Dorking on March 9, 1938 that Horace would die at the age of 69.  His estate was left to his widow, Kate, her brother, Herbert and his son Douglas.  Kate remained in Dorking the rest of her life. 

 In 1939 Kate was living by her own private means at 40 West Bank, Dorking.  Her eldest daughter was living with her, and they had a boarder with them named Alice Wood.  Edith Sandiford, Kate’s sister, was also there at the time of the register being carried out.  

 Kate passed away at home nearly 25 years later, on April 28, 1962.  Her estate as left to her children, Elsie and Douglas – eldest daughter Winifred had passed away eight years prior.