Helen Mary (Shoolbred) Duff (1811 - 1895)

Born 12 May 1811 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Ancestors

Wife of Norwich Duff — married 10 Jun 1833 (to 21 Apr 1862) in St Swithin, Walcot, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died 31 Jul 1895 at age 84 in 14 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, England

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Biography

Helen (Shoolbred) Duff was born in India to parents of British citizenship.

Helen Shoolbred was born in Calcutta, India on 12 May 1811 the daughter of Dr. John Shoolbred and his wife, Lucy Rand. ^[1]When her father returned with his family to England they settled at Cheltenham in Gloucestershire where Dr. Shoolbred died in 1831.^[1]

St Swithin.

Helen married Captain Norwich Duff of the Royal Navy, son of George Duff and his wife, Sophia Dirom, at St Swithin in the Walcot area of Bath on 10 June 1833. ^[2] Together they had eight children. They were in Paris in 1841 when 3 year old Duncan died on 12 March. ^[3] They buried at him at the Cimetière du Père Lachaise. ^[4] Little George died in 1848 when he was just three and was buried in Bath Abbey. ^[5]

Her husband was promoted Rear Admiral on 8 October 1852.

10 Marlborough Bdngs

They were living at 10 Marlborough Buildings, hard by the Royal Crescent in Bath when Norwich died on 21 April 1862.^[6] He was buried in Bath Abbey.

Helen's daughter, Henrietta Anne, a novelist and lifelong invalid died of heart disease at 9 Holland Rd, Brighton on 14 November 1879 aged 37. ^[7] Probate of her estate was granted to her brother, Adam. ^[8]

Helen herself died at 14 Eaton Square, Belgravia, on 31 July 1895.^[9]

She is buried in Brompton Cemetery, West Brompton, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Kittybrewster.com
2. ↑ Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914 (St Swithin, Walcot 10 June 1833 Norwich Duff married Helen Mary Shoolbred)
3. ↑ UK Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects (12 March 1841 Duncan Alexander Duff died aged 3)
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #167305402findagrave.com/memorial/182831226
5. ↑ Somerset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1914 (Bath Abbey 26 June 1848 George Norwich Duff aged 3)
6. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (12 June 1862 Vice Admiral Norwich Duff died 21 April 1862 at 10 Marlborough Buildings, Bath. Estate valued less than £40,000 probated to Helen Mary Duff, relict and Adam Duff of Woodcot House and Heathend, Oxfordshire, two of the executors)
7. ↑ England and Wales death index (Registered Steyning 1879 4th qu Henrietta Anne Duff aged 37
8. ↑ National Probate Calendar (6 December 1842 Henrietta Anne Duff late of Eaton Square died 14 November 1879 at 9 Holland Rd, Brighton. Estate under £200. Probate granted to Adam Gordon duff of 14 Eaton Square, brother)
9. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (31 August 1895 Helen Mary Duff of 14 Eaton Sq Middlesex widow died 31 July 1895. Estate £24324 11s. administration to Edward Alexander James Duff and Adam Gordon Duff)
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182832188/helen-mary-duff : accessed 13 October 2021), memorial page for Helen Mary Shoolbred Duff (1811–31 Jul 1895), Find A Grave: Memorial #182832188, citing Brompton Cemetery, West Brompton, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England ; Maintained by GariochGraver (contributor 47469430) .

• Wikipedia: Norwich Duff
• Census of England 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891
• Duffs - The Book of the Duffs by Henrietta (Cousin Hetty) and Alexander (Alister) Tayler, printed privately by T & A Constable in Edinburgh 1914, pp. 271-272
• Her Death Certificate. Death Certificate information (selection):

• Registration District : St George Hanover
  
• Registration SubDistrict : Belgrave in the County of London
  
• Year of Registration : 1895
  
• Nbr. In register : 274
  
• When died : 31. July 1895
  
• Where died : 14 Eaton Square
  
• Name : Helen Mary Duff
  
• Sex : Female
  
• Age : 84 years
  
• Occupation : Widow of Norwich Duff Vice Admiral R.N.
  
• Cause : Old age
  
• Cause certified by : E. T. Longhurst M.[?D].
  
• Informant : E.A.J.Duff, Son, present at the death
  
• When registered : 31. July 1895
  
• Registrar : R. M. Mitchell Deputy Registrar
  

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