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Prall, Mary Jane
1857 - 1946 (88 years)-
Name Prall, Mary Jane [1] Birth 5 Aug 1857 Brenchley, Kent, England [1, 2, 3] Baptism 29 May 1870 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent, England [3] Gender Female Residence 29 May 1870 Brenchley, Kent, England [3] Census 2 Apr 1871 Chownings Green, Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent, England [4] Age: 13y Education 2 Apr 1871 Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent, England [4] scholar Occupation From 15 Jan 1878 to 15 Oct 1878 Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent, England [5] Dressmaking improver - working for Hannah Wells of Brenchley
Census 3 Apr 1881 Highfield, Tonbridge, Kent, England [6] Age: 23y Occupation 3 Apr 1881 Tonbridge, Kent, England [6] housemaid (domestic) Possessions 19 Aug 1887 [7] ticket to Fry's chocolate factory, Bristol 1887 Census 5 Apr 1891 Crampton House, 8 High Street, Staplehurst, Kent, England [8] Age: 33y Census 31 Mar 1901 46 High Street, Staplehurst, Kent, England [9] Age: 43y Census 2 Apr 1911 Crampton House, 8 High Street, Staplehurst, Kent, England [10] Age: 53y Possessions 1 Jul 1911 Veramead, 4 Five Wents Villas, Matfield, Tonbridge, Kent, England [11] 4 Five Wents Villas, Matfield, Brenchley - Sublet tothe police
Possessions 6 Nov 1911 [12] consolidate stocks - £149. 14s. 3d worth of governement stock
Residence From 16 Jul 1912 to Jul 1923 Matfield House, High Street, Staplehurst, Kent, England [13, 14, 15] Possessions 1919 Staplehurst, Kent, England [16] Gadsby's Hymns 1919 Possessions 19 Jul 1923 [17] Land for the Staplehurst Memorial to the Martyrs Residence From 1924 to 1925 Veramead, 4 Five Wents Villas, Matfield, Tonbridge, Kent, England [18] Religion 25 May 1925 [19] Baptist Residence 25 May 1925 Five Wents, Matfield, Tonbridge, Kent, England [19] Religion 16 Apr 1929 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England [20] Stict Baptist Possessions 1930 Crampton House, 8 High Street, Staplehurst, Kent, England [21] Crampton House, Staplehurst Possessions From 1930 to 22 Apr 1932 [21, 22] Five Wents, Matfield Residence From 1932 to 24 Aug 1934 223 Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England [22, 23] Census 29 Sep 1939 Nursery View, Matfield, Tonbridge, Kent, England [24] Occupation 29 Sep 1939 Matfield, Tonbridge, Kent, England [24] invalid Religion Baptist [25, 26] Residence Abt 1940 The Gables, Station Road, Staplehurst, Kent, England [27] Death 27 Feb 1946 Milestone House, Staplehurst, Kent, England [2, 29, 30] Age: 88y Cause: 1a. Cardiac failure, b Myocardial degeneration - Witness Role: Informant: [I106] Henry Isaac PIPER [28]
Burial All Saints Church, Staplehurst, Kent, England [2, 30, 31] Person ID I113 Jennerations Last Modified 9 Jan 2024
Father Prall, John Albert, b. 26 Nov 1832, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England d. 1 Jul 1912, The Nurseries, Pralls Lane, Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent, England (Age 79 years) Mother Nash, Sarah Anne, b. Cal 25 Jan 1835, Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. 5 Feb 1910, Matfield, Kent, England (Age 75 years) Marriage 28 Oct 1855 St Michael and All Angels Church, Marden, Kent, England [32] - witnessed by George William Prall and Mary Joy
Possession Cal 28 Oct 1905 [33] poem written by E Piper on their golden wedding anniversary Family ID F158 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Piper, Erskine, b. 19 Nov 1852, Mayfield, Sussex, England d. 22 Mar 1919, Matfield House, High Street, Staplehurst, Kent, England (Age 66 years) Marriage 6 Apr 1885 All Saints Church, Matfield, Tonbridge, Kent, England [34] - Witnessed by John Albert Prall and Clara Amelia Prall
Notes - In 1892 they owned a drapers and grocers shop in the High Street, Staplehurst in 1891, employing 3 staff.
Sarah Wheadon, servant, single, 18, as a drapers assistant, born in Wadhurst.
John H Russell, servant, single, 23, as a grocers assistant, born in Egerton, Kent.
Jesse Skinner, apprentice, single, 17, grocers apprentice, born (illegible).
Children 1. Piper, Henry Isaac, b. 10 Jul 1891, 46 High Street, Staplehurst, Kent, England d. 13 Sep 1985, Hawkhurst Cottage Hospital, Hawkhurst, Kent, England (Age 94 years) Photos A1781
Media Date: ABT 1910
Keywords: archive photographStaplehurst shop
Keywords: archive photographFamily ID F159 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Aug 2021
Family 2 Lane, Henry, b. 14 Oct 1848, Mayton Bushes, Shrewton, Wiltshire, England d. 23 Mar 1938, Laurels Nursing Home, Maidstone, Kent, England (Age 89 years) Marriage 25 May 1925 Hanover Chapel, Hanover Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England [19, 35] - Witness Role: Witness: [I896] Thomas Edwin PRALL
Witness Role: Witness: [I897] Ruth PALMER [19]
Family ID F67 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Feb 2022
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Photos A1547
Glanville, Broadway Studio, Tunbridge Wells
Handwritten on verso in H Piper's hand "Mrs Erskine Piper"
copy of A1618
Media Date: 9 NOV 1898
Keywords: archive photographA1547
November 9 1898 Polly and Harry go to Tunbridge Wells and have photograph taken.
A1500
G Glanville, The Broadway, Tunbridge Wells
Handwritten on verso in H Piper's hand
(L to R)
Mrs Sarah Prall (nee Nash)
Mrs Mary Piper (nee Prall)
H I Piper
Mrs Hannah Piper (nee Eldridge)
taken probably abour 1893
Media Date: 31 JUL 1894
Keywords: archive photographA1500
Media Date: 31 JUL 1894
Keywords: archive photographA1781
J Thomas "Phos' Studio, Staplehurst
handwritten on verso in H Piper's hand "Erskine Piper, Mary Jane Piper, Harry Piper"
Media Date: ABT 1910
Keywords: archive photographA1781
Media Date: ABT 1910
Keywords: archive photographA0576
J Thomas Phos Studio, Staplehurst
handwritten on verso in H Piper's hand "Mrs Piper (Mary Jane) about 1910"
Media Date: ABT 1910
Keywords: archive photographA0576
Media Date: ABT 1910
Keywords: archive photographA0575
"About 1912"
Erskine Piper
Jemima Blunt (& cat)
Miss Smith
Mrs Hannah Piper (in chair)
Mary Jane Piper (& bike)
Harry Piper (Douglas m/cycle)
Media Date: EST 1914
Keywords: archive photographA0575
Media Date: EST 1914
Keywords: archive photographA1618
Glanville, Broadway Studio, Tunbridge Wells
on verso Geo Glanville, Photographer Royal, 1 & 2, The Broadway, Tunbridge Wells
Handwritten on verso in H Piper's hand Mary Jane Piper
handwritten on verso in pencil 64168
copy of A1547
Media Date: 9 NOV 1898
Keywords: archive photographA1618
Media Date: 9 NOV 1898
Keywords: archive photographDSC01699
Keywords: Headstone
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Sources - [S12] Birth certificate of Mary Jane Prall, 5 August 1857, (GRO for England), F0888.
- [S793] headstone for E Piper and M J Piper.
- [S2589] Parish Register for Baptism of Mary Jane Prall, All Saints Church, Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent, England, 29 May 1870.
- [S105] Census 1871 Chownings Green Brenchley, Kent RG10/935/35/5, 2 Apr 1871.
- [S461] Indenture for Improving M J Prall 1878, F0052.
- [S125] Census 1881 Highfield Tonbridge, Kent RG11/920/83/11, 3 Apr 1881.
- [S996] ticket to Fry's chocolate factory from maidstone 1887, F0534.
- [S103] Census 1891 High Street Staplehurst, Kent RG12/684//129/6, 5 Apr 1891.
- [S91] Census 1901 High Street Staplehurst, Kent RG13/762/46/6, 31 Mar 1901.
- [S327] Census 1911 Staplehurst, Maidstone, Kent RG14PN4113 RG78PN159 RD51 SD1 ED10 SN40, 2 Apr 1911.
- [S1368] Tenancy agreement, F0709.
- [S989] Stock certificate 1911, F0528.
- [S1349] Agreement to build Matfield House, F0690.
- [S15] Memorial Card for Erskine Piper 1919, F0051.
- [S724] Solicitors bill for selling Matfield House, Staplehurst 1923, F0302.
- [S1150] Gadsby's Hymns 1910.
- [S1351] Receipt for land in Staplehurst, F0692.
- [S878] Family tree J Piper, F0425.
- [S1141] Marriage certificate of Henry Lane and Mary Jane Piper, 25 May 1925, F0889.
- [S624] Order of Service for Hanover Chapel, Tunbridge Wells 1929, F0201.
- [S1362] Income tax return for H Lane 1930, F0703.
- [S613] Letter from Tonbridge Council 1932, F0192.
- [S917] Agreement to sell 1934, F0464.
- [S1109] Census 1939 Matfield, Tonbridge, Kent, England RG101/1859H/007/42, (RG101/1859H/007/42).
- [S268] Interview with Jesse Piper (3/6/2007).
- [S846] The Gospel Standard vol 87, 1921, F0397.
- [S1108] F E M Jenner, Tribute to J Piper from F Jenner, F0625.
- [S1144] Death certificate of Mary Jane Lane, 27 February 1946, F0890.
- [S1144] Death certificate of Mary Jane Lane, 27 February 1946, F0890. (Reliability: 3).
- [S866] Family records from tomestones H Piper, F0416.
- [S686] Letters confirming headstone cleanings 1986, F0264.
- [S272] Marriage certificate of John Albert Prall and Sarah Anne Nash, 25 October 1855, F0891.
- [S718] Erskine Piper, Poem written by E Piper for J & S Prall 1905, F0296.
- [S93] Marriage certificate of Erskine Piper and Mary Jane Prall, 6 April 1885, F0896.
- [S583] Household accounts of H I Piper1922 - 1930, F0162.
- [S12] Birth certificate of Mary Jane Prall, 5 August 1857, (GRO for England), F0888.