Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal 15 January 1892



The Dakins lived at Slate House. William Dakin’s eldest daughter referred to in this newspaper announcement, was Mary Elizabeth Dakin 20 Feb 1860 – 3 Jan 1892. She married William Webster on 27 Mar 1890 in Parwich. During her short married life she lived at Littlewood. She died following confinement of her second child, Ernest. Ernest was christened the day before they were buried, the note in the parish register stating “these persons, Mother and Child, were buried in the same coffin. The mother died after confinement”
Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal 5 February 1892


Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal 12 February 1892
Henrietta Rose Degg (nee Brownlee )’s mother Mary Ann Brownlee (nee Twigge) died eighteen months after Henrietta Rose and was buried with her daughter. Henrietta’s daughter whose birth led to Henrietta Rose’s death, died aged 4.
Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal 19 February 1892

Does anyone know where Church Villa was? Was it what we know today as Jasmine House?


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