Emily Rose Towner (née Culmer) 1890 - c1960

A domestic general servant and the daughter of Charles Culmer (a coal dealer) and Mary Lawrence,

Emily Culmer, the second cousin twice-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Faversham, Kent, England on Sep 15, 18901,2,3,4,5,6 and baptized there at St Mary of Charity Church, Church Road on Oct 19, 1890. She went to Gordon Road School, Strood, Kent, England She married William Towner (a bus driver) at St Nicholas in Strood on Aug 5, 19127.

Emily spent all of her life in Kent, England. Throughout her life, she lived in several places around the county: at 56 Tanners Street in Faversham on Apr 5, 18911; at 19 Cecil Avenue in Strood on Mar 31, 19012; at 39 Cross Street in Strood on Apr 2, 191110; and at 96 Maida Street, Chatham on Sep 29, 19393.

She died c. Oct 1960 in Chatham, Kent5 and was buried there at Chatham Cemetery, Maidstone Road on Oct 12, 19608,9.

Parents

1. Charles was born c. Nov 1855
2. Mary Ann was born on Jan 23, 1853

Citations

1. 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 0 and the daughter of the head of the household)
2. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 10 and the daughter of the head of the household)
3. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was recorded at this address)
4. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
5. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
6. Kent Burials - Findmypast
7. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast
8. Kent Burials - Findmypast
9. Findagrave
10. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 20 and the daughter of the head of the household)

Media

Emily Culmer - Gordon Road School

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