Kate St John Wright
- Born: 25 Jun 1884, Highgate Middlesex
- Died: Q3 1977, Hastings, Sussex. aged 92
Notes:
Found birth record on ancestry.
1891 Census (age 6) is living with parents and siblings at St.Mary Islington Workhouse Infirmary, where father is supervising surgeon & GP.
1901 Census; (age 16); living with uncle Henry A Bryden (Author) and aunt Julia Bryden (nee Wright) in Eastbourne, Sussex.
1911 Census; Living (age 26) with widowed mother and a servant at 12 Bedford Avenue, Bexhill. Occupation; Private Means.
1940; Granted Probate over brother Christopher's will.
1973 address 15A Sutherland Drive, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
Never married. Was a keen amateur painter.
Was a Trustee of the will of Ada St.John Wright. (along with Mr.George St John Rands). Have Sept 1973 letter from Thomas J.Eckford, Rands & Co. (Consultant; G St John Rands), Solicitors in Northampton regarding sales and reinvestment of British Electricity stock.
Originally I thought that she largely raised Anne St John Wright after death of Ann's mother and grandmother, but now know that Ann went to live with Cyril Griffiths after death of her grandmother, although was a frequent visitor to Bexhill after this time, and later visited Ann often in Leeds (and vice versa).
Got precise birth date, and rough death date from ancestry indexes.
Lifetime companion was Dolly Astley.
Probate Index; WRIGHT, Kate St John of Seaford Lodge Nursing Home, Dorset Road, Bexhill, E Sussex. Died 1st September 1977 probate Brighton 29 November. £11,171.
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