THE FAMILY OF CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN : we now have images of the graves of all 21 members of CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN's immediate family: Charles & Emma themselves, 10 children: with 8 wives and 1 husband; TOTAL OF 19 in England & 1 in Wales and 1 in France.
Cambridge, England = 7:
E.W.D., was E.W.C. (Girton)
F.D., Sir (Ascension)
F.H.D., previously Maitland, was F.H.F., Lady (Ascension)
G.H.D., Sir (Trumpington Extension)
‘I’ (E.C.) D., was E.C. F., Lady (Ascension)
H.D., Sir (Ascension)
M.H.D., was M.H.DuP.,Lady (Trumpington Extension, cremated)
Cannes, France = 1 :
R.B.L.
Corris, Wales = 1
A.R.D. (was A. R.R.)
Downe, England = 5
C.W.D.
E.D.
E.D. (was E.W.)
H.E.L. (was H.E.D.)
M.E.D.
Forest Row, England = 2
L.D.
(C.) M. D. (was C.M.M.)
Great Malvern, England = 1
A.E.D.
London, England = 2
E.F.D., was E.F.F. (Putney Vale)
C.D. (Westminster Abbey)
North Stoneham, England = 2
W.E.D.
S.P.A.D. (was S.P.A.S.)
First wife of Leonard Darwin*, fourth and last surviving son of Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood, was born at Down House near Downe, Kent on 15 January 1850 and died in London on 26 March 1943. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1868, and came second on the examination list, to his father's great joy. He served in the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of major by 1890, and on scientific expeditions to photograph the transit of Venus. He taught at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham from 1877–82, and served in the intelligence division of the Ministry of War from 1895–90. He entered parliament in 1892 as Liberal-Unionist MP for Lichfield, holding the seat until 1895, during which time he began a serious study of economics. From 1908–11 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society.
*He married, firstly, Elizabeth Frances Fraser on 11 July 1882 at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England.
Note: the LDS database has her dying 13 January 1898 at Egerton Place, London, London, England and buried 17 January 1898 at Putney, Wandsworth, Surrey, England, citing Visitation of England and Wales (1893-1921), Howard, Joseph Jackson, (21 volumes. London: [Joseph Jackson Howard], 1893-1921), FHL (Family History Library) book 942 D23h., additions and corrections vol. 6 p. iv.
Grave number 127 on block AS: Putney Vale Cemetery Stag Lane SW15.
She could have been in any of the following six cemeteries:
New Battersea Cemetery (Morden Cemetery)
Putney Lower Common Cemetery
Putney Vale Crematorium
Putney Vale Cemetery*
St Mary's Cemetery (Battersea Rise Cemetery)
Wandsworth Cemetery
* Thanks to Loz Hennessy for finding and photographing her grave.
Cambridge, England = 7:
E.W.D., was E.W.C. (Girton)
F.D., Sir (Ascension)
F.H.D., previously Maitland, was F.H.F., Lady (Ascension)
G.H.D., Sir (Trumpington Extension)
‘I’ (E.C.) D., was E.C. F., Lady (Ascension)
H.D., Sir (Ascension)
M.H.D., was M.H.DuP.,Lady (Trumpington Extension, cremated)
Cannes, France = 1 :
R.B.L.
Corris, Wales = 1
A.R.D. (was A. R.R.)
Downe, England = 5
C.W.D.
E.D.
E.D. (was E.W.)
H.E.L. (was H.E.D.)
M.E.D.
Forest Row, England = 2
L.D.
(C.) M. D. (was C.M.M.)
Great Malvern, England = 1
A.E.D.
London, England = 2
E.F.D., was E.F.F. (Putney Vale)
C.D. (Westminster Abbey)
North Stoneham, England = 2
W.E.D.
S.P.A.D. (was S.P.A.S.)
First wife of Leonard Darwin*, fourth and last surviving son of Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood, was born at Down House near Downe, Kent on 15 January 1850 and died in London on 26 March 1943. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1868, and came second on the examination list, to his father's great joy. He served in the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of major by 1890, and on scientific expeditions to photograph the transit of Venus. He taught at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham from 1877–82, and served in the intelligence division of the Ministry of War from 1895–90. He entered parliament in 1892 as Liberal-Unionist MP for Lichfield, holding the seat until 1895, during which time he began a serious study of economics. From 1908–11 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society.
*He married, firstly, Elizabeth Frances Fraser on 11 July 1882 at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England.
Note: the LDS database has her dying 13 January 1898 at Egerton Place, London, London, England and buried 17 January 1898 at Putney, Wandsworth, Surrey, England, citing Visitation of England and Wales (1893-1921), Howard, Joseph Jackson, (21 volumes. London: [Joseph Jackson Howard], 1893-1921), FHL (Family History Library) book 942 D23h., additions and corrections vol. 6 p. iv.
Grave number 127 on block AS: Putney Vale Cemetery Stag Lane SW15.
She could have been in any of the following six cemeteries:
New Battersea Cemetery (Morden Cemetery)
Putney Lower Common Cemetery
Putney Vale Crematorium
Putney Vale Cemetery*
St Mary's Cemetery (Battersea Rise Cemetery)
Wandsworth Cemetery
* Thanks to Loz Hennessy for finding and photographing her grave.
THE FAMILY OF CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN : we now have images of the graves of all 21 members of CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN's immediate family: Charles & Emma themselves, 10 children: with 8 wives and 1 husband; TOTAL OF 19 in England & 1 in Wales and 1 in France.
Cambridge, England = 7:
E.W.D., was E.W.C. (Girton)
F.D., Sir (Ascension)
F.H.D., previously Maitland, was F.H.F., Lady (Ascension)
G.H.D., Sir (Trumpington Extension)
‘I’ (E.C.) D., was E.C. F., Lady (Ascension)
H.D., Sir (Ascension)
M.H.D., was M.H.DuP.,Lady (Trumpington Extension, cremated)
Cannes, France = 1 :
R.B.L.
Corris, Wales = 1
A.R.D. (was A. R.R.)
Downe, England = 5
C.W.D.
E.D.
E.D. (was E.W.)
H.E.L. (was H.E.D.)
M.E.D.
Forest Row, England = 2
L.D.
(C.) M. D. (was C.M.M.)
Great Malvern, England = 1
A.E.D.
London, England = 2
E.F.D., was E.F.F. (Putney Vale)
C.D. (Westminster Abbey)
North Stoneham, England = 2
W.E.D.
S.P.A.D. (was S.P.A.S.)
First wife of Leonard Darwin*, fourth and last surviving son of Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood, was born at Down House near Downe, Kent on 15 January 1850 and died in London on 26 March 1943. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1868, and came second on the examination list, to his father's great joy. He served in the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of major by 1890, and on scientific expeditions to photograph the transit of Venus. He taught at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham from 1877–82, and served in the intelligence division of the Ministry of War from 1895–90. He entered parliament in 1892 as Liberal-Unionist MP for Lichfield, holding the seat until 1895, during which time he began a serious study of economics. From 1908–11 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society.
*He married, firstly, Elizabeth Frances Fraser on 11 July 1882 at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England.
Note: the LDS database has her dying 13 January 1898 at Egerton Place, London, London, England and buried 17 January 1898 at Putney, Wandsworth, Surrey, England, citing Visitation of England and Wales (1893-1921), Howard, Joseph Jackson, (21 volumes. London: [Joseph Jackson Howard], 1893-1921), FHL (Family History Library) book 942 D23h., additions and corrections vol. 6 p. iv.
Grave number 127 on block AS: Putney Vale Cemetery Stag Lane SW15.
She could have been in any of the following six cemeteries:
New Battersea Cemetery (Morden Cemetery)
Putney Lower Common Cemetery
Putney Vale Crematorium
Putney Vale Cemetery*
St Mary's Cemetery (Battersea Rise Cemetery)
Wandsworth Cemetery
* Thanks to Loz Hennessy for finding and photographing her grave.
Cambridge, England = 7:
E.W.D., was E.W.C. (Girton)
F.D., Sir (Ascension)
F.H.D., previously Maitland, was F.H.F., Lady (Ascension)
G.H.D., Sir (Trumpington Extension)
‘I’ (E.C.) D., was E.C. F., Lady (Ascension)
H.D., Sir (Ascension)
M.H.D., was M.H.DuP.,Lady (Trumpington Extension, cremated)
Cannes, France = 1 :
R.B.L.
Corris, Wales = 1
A.R.D. (was A. R.R.)
Downe, England = 5
C.W.D.
E.D.
E.D. (was E.W.)
H.E.L. (was H.E.D.)
M.E.D.
Forest Row, England = 2
L.D.
(C.) M. D. (was C.M.M.)
Great Malvern, England = 1
A.E.D.
London, England = 2
E.F.D., was E.F.F. (Putney Vale)
C.D. (Westminster Abbey)
North Stoneham, England = 2
W.E.D.
S.P.A.D. (was S.P.A.S.)
First wife of Leonard Darwin*, fourth and last surviving son of Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood, was born at Down House near Downe, Kent on 15 January 1850 and died in London on 26 March 1943. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1868, and came second on the examination list, to his father's great joy. He served in the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of major by 1890, and on scientific expeditions to photograph the transit of Venus. He taught at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham from 1877–82, and served in the intelligence division of the Ministry of War from 1895–90. He entered parliament in 1892 as Liberal-Unionist MP for Lichfield, holding the seat until 1895, during which time he began a serious study of economics. From 1908–11 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society.
*He married, firstly, Elizabeth Frances Fraser on 11 July 1882 at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England.
Note: the LDS database has her dying 13 January 1898 at Egerton Place, London, London, England and buried 17 January 1898 at Putney, Wandsworth, Surrey, England, citing Visitation of England and Wales (1893-1921), Howard, Joseph Jackson, (21 volumes. London: [Joseph Jackson Howard], 1893-1921), FHL (Family History Library) book 942 D23h., additions and corrections vol. 6 p. iv.
Grave number 127 on block AS: Putney Vale Cemetery Stag Lane SW15.
She could have been in any of the following six cemeteries:
New Battersea Cemetery (Morden Cemetery)
Putney Lower Common Cemetery
Putney Vale Crematorium
Putney Vale Cemetery*
St Mary's Cemetery (Battersea Rise Cemetery)
Wandsworth Cemetery
* Thanks to Loz Hennessy for finding and photographing her grave.
Gravesite Details
it's not in very good condition. The words are not engraved into the stone. Lead lettering was used, which has deteriorated with age. The stone and lettering are in need of a good clean, but great care should be taken.
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