Louisa Matilda (Scott) Yorke (abt. 1863 - 1951)

Born about 1863 in Howsham, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Philip Yorke II — married 1902 in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Died 12 Apr 1951 at about age 88 in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales

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Biography

“My favorite part of the Erddig story begins with Philip Yorke II.

According to the Erddig guidebook, the poor young man was pushed into marriage to an Annette Puleston in 1877.

After their honeymoon, she left him without even a note saying good-bye and hitched a ride on a milk truck.

The strange circumstances of his separation shut Philip out of Welsh society. Not heart-broken by either event, he plunged into helping the London poor, seeing to the welfare of the Erddig servants, touring Europe, taking up various artistic endeavors, and becoming a avid cyclist.

Annette died in 1899, and at age 50, Philip married a fellow cyclist, Louisa Scott, and begat two sons.”

Louisa Matilda Scott, daughter of Thomas James and Sophia Anne Scott, was christened in Scrayingham, Yorkshire, England on 26 July 1863.^[1] Her birth was registered in 1863.^[2]

In 1901 she was living in Chilton Foliatt, age 37, with her parents and younger sister Helena. The census that year said she was born in Howsham (a township within Scrayingham parish)^[3][4]

She married Philipe Yorke in Q2 1902 in Hungerford Registration District, Berkshire.^[5]

She moved to Erddig, North Wales (where her husband was from) where she was recorded in 1911 with her two sons.^[6]

She died there in 1951, aged 87.^[7]

The Wrexham Leader reported her death as follows:

Obituary.

Mrs. L. M. Yorke

Erddig.

We regret to record the death which took place yesterday of Mrs. Louisa Matilda Yorke, of Erddig, Wrexham. Mrs. Yorke, who was 87 years of age, married the late Mr. Philip Yorke in 1902. She was the daughter of the Rev. T. J. Scott, rector of Chilton ffoliot, near Hungerford, and sometime Consular Chaplain at Malaga, Spain.

Mrs. Yorke was born at Devizes [actually Yorkshire] and her father, who was curate there, took his wife, three children and two maids to Malaga. Mrs. Yorke lived there until she was twelve and retained the ability to speak Spanish fluently all her life.

During her life at Erddig, she was a regular attender at Wrexham Parish Church, and walked both ways each Sunday, sometimes twice in a day, until she was 85. She is survived by two sons, Mr. Simon Yorke, born in 1903, and Mr. Philip Yorke, born in 1905.

The funeral arrangements have not yet been made but cremation will be at Landican, and a service is likely to be held in Wrexham Parish Church followed by interment of the ashes at Marchwiel.

Queen Mary once paid a visit to Erddig when she was staying in Shropshire.^[8]

A collection of paintings of her, made in 1906, are on display in Erddig Hall, which is now a National Trust property.^[9]

Research Notes

Opening extract apparently from Susanna Ives Floating World Blog March 2010 Erddig Hall Susanna's Blog page no longer available.

Hughes-14320 7 Mar 2023

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5SC-PZR : 11 February 2018, Louisa Matilda Scott, 26 Jul 1863); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 918,409.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2615-7CY : 1 October 2014), Louisa Matilda Scott, 1863; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Malton, Yorkshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS3N-BJS : 20 May 2019), Louisa M Scott in household of Thomas J Scott, Chilton, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Hungerford subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ Parish records of Scrayingham
5. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:263B-XB4 : 13 December 2014), Philip Yorke, 1902; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1902, quarter 2, vol. 2C, p. 505, Hungerford, Berkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7V8-8WV : 22 July 2019), Louisa Matilda Yorke in household of Philip Yorke, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCX-V5P4 : 4 September 2014), Louisa M Yorke, 1951; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales, General Register Office, Southport, England.
8. ↑ Wrexham Leader, 13 April 1951
9. ↑ Louisa Matilda Scott, Mrs Yorke (1863-1951), National Trust Collections