Annie Francis Woods

Annie Francis Woods

Female 1866 - 1943  (76 years)

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  • Name Annie Francis Woods 
    Born 29 Apr 1866  Near Colchester Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 15 Jul 1866  St Mary, Buckland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 4F643F8840C15E4AB6B844CC9A3941B66B4E 
    Died 17 Feb 1943  Eastbourne Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12  cawthorne
    Last Modified 26 Jan 2017 

    Father Alfred Woods,   b. May 1838, Southwark, London Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1905, Viaduct View, Buxted, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Jane Francis Pavitt,   b. Jan 1841, Hatfield Peveral, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1921, East Preston, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married Apr 1860  Colchester, Essex Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alfred Matthew Churley (Cawthorne),   b. 26 Feb 1870, Hawthorne Cottage, Wells Rd, Sydenham, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1957, Folkestone, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 15 Sep 1892  Preston Parish Church, Brighton,Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID ECD203BF1742964B94C1F6B8220CAEC25B61 
    Children 
     1. Sylvia Maud Cawthorne,   b. About 1893,   d. About 1893  (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. Dr. Kathleen Frances Cawthorne,   b. 11 Jun 1895, Woodside, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1987, Mijas, Malaga, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     3. Alfred Stuart Blomfield Cawthorne,   b. 29 May 1897, Contamine, Uxbridge Rd, Ealing Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1955, Westminster Hospital, Westminster Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     4. Muriel (Margaret) Marguerite Cawthorne,   b. 3 Jun 1899, Upper Norwood, Croydon, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1993, Folkestone, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     5. Leighton Hargrave Cawthorne,   b. 4 Oct 1901, Contamine, Uxbridge Rd, Ealing Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1977, Northiam, East Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     6. Clement Bowlby Cawthorne,   b. 18 Oct 1906, Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1995, Gatwick Park Hospital, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     7. Gwendolen Ethel Cawthorne,   b. 15 Dec 1911, Contamine, 79 Uxbridge Road, Ealing Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 2006, Bracknell House, 34 Helena Rd, Capel-le-Ferne, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2016 
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Feb 1943 - Eastbourne Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Cawthornes skiing in Adelboden Switzerland in about 1924 : Annie, Alfred, Leighton and Muriel.
    Cawthornes skiing in Adelboden Switzerland in about 1924 : Annie, Alfred, Leighton and Muriel.
    Alfred and Annie Cawthorne skiing in Mürren Switzerland in 1912.
    Alfred and Annie Cawthorne skiing in Mürren Switzerland in 1912.
    Alfred and Annie Cawthorne
    Alfred and Annie Cawthorne
    Tropical Holiday
    [But when and where?]
    Alfred M Cawthorne and Family 1914
    Alfred M Cawthorne and Family 1914
    From Clement's notes :
    Back row : Aunt Edie, AMC, Muriel, Stuart
    Front : Annie Frances with Gwen, Rose Sweet, Nurse, Aunt Emmie
    with Leighton on the ground.
    Rose Sweet is a Cousin of Alfred W B Churley.
    Annie Frances Woods
    Annie Frances Woods
    Clement suggests this might be an Engagement photo of Annie Frances Woods. There is a Studio photo of Alfred Matthew Cawthorne at about this time too. If so it would be 1891.
    Alfred Matthew Cawthorne and Annie Frances Woods
    Alfred Matthew Cawthorne and Annie Frances Woods
    Wedding 15 Sep 1892

    Documents
    Alfred Matthew Cawthorne and Annie Frances Woods
    Alfred Matthew Cawthorne and Annie Frances Woods
    Marriage Certificate

  • Notes 
    • ANNIE FRANCES.
      Born 29th April 1867 (1866?), one of a number of daughters of a gentleman farmer, WOODS, who farmed near COLCHESTER. Her father had at least 13 children and my eldest sister, Kathleen, remembers nine of them - all charming and, as she says, they all thought" the world was made for the Woods." The only successful one (moneywise) was ATHOL, and perhaps the last to die was the youngest daughter, LILY, in JOHANNESBURG, in about 1968, her husband, Roberts, had been a District Commissioner and Magistrate.
      Annie was a very beautiful woman, with auburn hair and brown eyes, a lover of flowers, and really had "green fingers". If Alfred could create fine landscapes and terraces, she could ensure their floral beauty!
      Her family did not approve of her marriage in 1892 to Alfred, who was then only 22 and she 25; however, in spite of the ups and downs of their circumstances and the two great wars, they lived a happy life bringing up six children.
      Annie suffered great pain from duodenal ulcers during at least the last twenty years of her life - the treatment of a milk diet with charcoal, etc., was not really effective and she died, aged 76, at Eastbourne on 15th February 1943 during the phase of the second war, when the seaside towns were being dive-bombed. The church on the other side of their home, Robin Hill, was demolished by a bomb and Robin Hill had shell holes through the bedrooms.
      Annie's grandfather WOODS, who died in 1910, as a young man in the City of London shipping business of HALL, married Mr. Hall's daughter and became a partner - Hall & Woods. This marriage resulted in five brothers (there were probably girls as well), 3 or 4 of whom emigrated to South Africa with £5,000 each (a very substantial sum in the latter part of the 19th century). They all prospered as large-scale farmers until the Boer War - their descendants are professional people and headmistresses, etc.
      The remaining son, with his £5,000, stayed in England and became a gentleman farmer, marrying a farmer's daughter, aged 18, whom he had met at a Hunt ball. These were Annie's parents.
      One of Annie's maternal forbears - probably her uncle Hall - lived at Kenley and had his house built on thirteen columns - one for each of his children. This Hall was an alderman of the City of London in 1869 and it was he who started the Green Belt plan. He arranged for the Finance Committee of the City to purchase for £7,000 Kenley Common 70 acres, Coulsdon Common 76 acres, Riddlesdown 78 acres and Farthing Downs 121 acres.
      Annie always signed her name as Francis with an 'i' and not 'e' as is more usual for a girl, and this is borne out by the spelling on her marriage certificate of 15th September 1892. However, she called her eldest daughter Kathleen Frances.
    • Passenger List :
      Alfred Matthew Cawthorne 59 Architect
      Annie Francis Cawthorne 57
      Gwendolen Cawthorne 17
      were passengers From Genoa to Southampton on the Prinses Juliana arriving on 13 July 1929. The address given was Littlewold, Warlingham, Surrey.
    • 1901 Census :
      Alfred Cawthorne Head 31 Surveyor
      Annie F Cawthorne Wife 29
      Kathleen F Daughter 5
      Stuart Son 3
      Muriel Daughter 2
      Nellie Hill Servant 25
      Ballyman Churley Visitor 66 Living on own means
      Janet Churley Visitor 58 Living on own means
    • Essex vs Sussex?
      Clement says that Alfred Woods (Annie Francis' father) was a "Gentleman farmer near Colchester", but Annie Francis appears to have been Born in Buckland, Surrey, and not in Essex. Similarly her many Brothers and sisters also appear to have been Born in Surrey/Sussex and not Essex.
    • WILL :
      Annie Francis CAWTHORNE of Robin Hill Lodge Fairfield Road Eastbourne died 17 February 1943 at Esperance Nursing Home Hartington Place Eastbourne Probate LEWES 13 April to Alfred Matthew Cawthorne Architect. Effects £5,069 13s 4d