Eleanor Thompson DOVE

1829 - 1933  (103 years)

• Name	Eleanor Thompson DOVE  [1]
  Born	27 Apr 1829	Devonport, Devon, England   [1]
  Christened	14 Mar 1830	Devonport, Devon, England   [1, 2]
  	Eleanor Thompson DOVE, infant daughter of Richard and Mary Ann DOVE, born April 27th 1829 and baptized March 14th 1830.
  Gender	Female
  Address	1871  [3]
  	Newgate St., School? Hatfield, Hertfordshire
  Address	1881  [4]
  	27 St. Pauls Place, London, Middlesex
  Address	1901  [5]
  	Ashford, Fordingbridge, Hampshire
  	Employed in the home of Thomas J. EDWARDS and his daughter.
  Address	1933  [6]
  	5 Albion-road, Fordingbridge, Hampshire
  	Address at the time of her death, age 103 years.
  Died	Feb 1933	Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England   [6, 7]
  	A Centenarian's Death. Over 103 Years Old. Miss Eleanor Thompson DOVE died at 5, Albion-road, Fordingbridge, after a short illness. She had attained the age of 103 years and nine months, and until a week before her death she enjoyed good health. She took interest in passing events; she was contented and cheerful almost to the last. Her end was very peaceful. Miss DOVE was the daughter of the late Richard DOVE, of Bull Point and Devonport, who held a Government post as Ordnance Storeholder for 47 years. She was housekeeper to the late Mr. Thomas T. Edwards, and for the past four years she had lived with Miss MOORE at 5, Albion-road. When Miss DOVE attained her 100th birthday on the 27 April 1929, she was very pleased at receiving a letter of congratulation from the King and Queen. Miss DOVE had lived a very quiet life. This, with the devoted care of Miss Moore for the past four and half years, probably accounted for her exceptionally long life. The funeral took place at the Non-conformists Cemetery. It was conducted by the Plymouth Brethren, to which body the deceased belonged. The mourners were: Mrs. LOBB (niece, Cawsand), Mr. and Mrs. Leonard DOVE (great-nephew and great niece), Mr. and Mrs. CORBETT (Gloucester), Mr. B. PULLEN (Botley), Miss MOORE, Miss MANN, Miss WRAGG (Cardiff), Mr. J. C. EDWARDS and Mr. S. B. RAKE. (Newspaper)
  Person ID	I6096	Nosworthy
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard DOVE,   b. Abt 1788, Chatham, Kent, England ,   d. 23 Dec 1874, Torpoint, Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann CLAY,   b. Abt 1796, England ,   d. Bef 1851, Devon, England  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1810	Plymouth St. Andrew, Devon, England   [8]
  	Richard DOVE, of this Parish, and Mary Ann CLAY, of this Parish, were married in this Church by Banns No 254 this Twenty-ninth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and ten. Both signed the register. Witnessed by Martha REYNOLDS ?? and James BOULTER (signed others). [No other possible marriage has ever been found for Richard DOVE; there is nothing more to support or deny its validity to date.] Anne Brooks [8]
  Address	Dock, Stoke Damerel, Devon  [9]
  	Address for baptisms of all children 1813-1821.
  Address	1825  [10]
  	Stonehouse, Devon
  	Address at the baptism of their son Charles on 12 June 1825. [This change of location makes it suspect, but the father's occupation appears to match the previous baptism.]
  Address	1827	Stonehouse, Devon, England   [10]
  	Address at the baptism of their son, Henry Howe, on 6 May 1827.
  Address	1841  [11]
  	Dingles Place, Stoke Damerel, Devon
  Family ID	F1359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Baptism: Eleanor Thompson DOVE

  
  

• Sources

  [S1394] Parish Register, Devonport, Salem Chapel (Independent). [S159] Index: International Genealogical Index (IGI), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, (Salt Lake City, Family History Library). [S144] Census of England, 1871. [S71] Census of England, 1881 (3 April 1881). [S120] Census of England, 1901. [S217] Newspaper. [S168] England and Wales Registration Index. [S889] Parish Register, Plymouth St. Andrew, Devon. [S260] Deanery of Three Towns, Devon Family History Society, (Devon FHS, 2004 First Edition.). [S242] Devon Family History Society. [S137] Census of England, 1841 (6 June 1841).