Mildred Jane Rummery
- Born: 1861, Kilndown, Kent, England 1
- Married: 10 Nov 1885, St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent, England 2
- Buried: 10 Jun 1931, Crowborough, Sussex, England
 Research Notes:
At the time of the 1881 England Census Jane Rummery (19) of Kilndown Kent, general domestic servant, was with her aunt and uncle Frances and Joseph Baker in Bakers Cottage, Frant Sussex.
At the time of the 1891 England Census Mildred J Weekes, age 29, born in Calmdown [Kilndown], and husband Thomas Weekes, age 29, born in Frant Sussex, butcher, were living at 22 Mount Sion, Tunbridge Kent. With them were children (born in Tunbridge Wells): Thos. J. (5) and Edith (1), and mother-in-law Frances Baker* (65) of Burwash Sussex, widow.
At the time of the 1901 England Census Mildred Weekes, age 39, born in Robertsbridge Sussex, and husband Thomas Weekes, age 39, born in Frant Sussex, butcher, were living at 34 Mt. Sion, Tunbridge Wells Kent. Present were children (born in Tunbridge Wells): Thomas (14), Arthur (4), and Edith (11).
At the time of the 1911 England Census Jane Weekes, age 48, born in Caln Down Kent (mother of 2* children), and husband of 24 years Thomas Weekes, age 48, born in Frant Sussex, farmer, were living at 34 Mount Sion, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. With them were children Edie (21), single, and Arthur (14).
* It is curious that Thomas and [Mildred] Jane indicated that they had only two children. The eldest Thomas is not numbered in this Census, and yet he lived until 1944.
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Mildred Jane Weekes died aged 69 years. 3
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FARMER BEREAVED. — Mr. Thomas Weekes, of Pelling Farm, has been bereaved by the death of his wife, whose remains were interred at the Cemetery on Wednesday.
Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser, 12 June 1931, p. 19; Kent & Sussex Courier, 12 June 1931, p. 19
Marriage Information:
Mildred Jane married Thomas Weekes, son of Mary Weekes, on 10 Nov 1885 in St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent, England. (Thomas Weekes was born on 3 Aug 1861 in Frant, Sussex, England, christened there on 29 Sep 1861, and died on 3 Nov 1946 in Pellings Farm, Crowborough, Sussex, England, aged 85 years.)
Marriage Notes:
Thomas Weekes, age 24, bachelor, gardener, resident of Taylor Street, son of Thomas Weekes* [sic] (deceased), butcher, and
Mildred Jane Rummery, age 24, spinster, resident of Taylor Street, daughter of Samuel Rummery, farm labourer
Married after Banns
Witnesses: Samuel Rummery, William Edwards
* Thomas Weekes, butcher, is a reference to Thomas's maternal grandfather.
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