Caroline Helen Skottowe (Dryden) Mundy (1850 - 1938)

Born 28 Nov 1850 in Paddington, London, England

Wife of Cyril Percy Mundy — married 1878 in St George, Hanover Square, London, England

Died 29 Nov 1938 at age 88 in Hove, Sussex, England

Biography

Caroline was born on 28 November 1850, and baptised in St James, Paddington on 14 April 1851, she was the daughter of Charles Beville Dryden and Eliza Barnard ^[1]

1851 census: Paddington, Middlesex ^[2]

• Boville Dryden Head M 54 Marylebone, Middlesex, Attorney & Solicitor
• Barnard Dryden Wife F 35 , Isle Of Man
• Skelton Dryden Daughter F 0 Paddington, Middlesex
• Helen Dryden Niece F 11 Wootton, Warwickshire
• Elizabeth Barnan Governess F 21 France
• Martha Shelly Servant F 39 Wallerton, Sussex
• Agnes Townsend Servant F 21 Marylebone, Middlesex

1861 census: Padington, Middlesex ^[3]

• Eliza B Dryden Wife F 44 Douglas, Isle Of Man
• Caroline H Dryden Daughter F 10 Paddington, Middlesex
• John E Dryden Son M 8 Paddington, Middlesex

Cyril Percy Mundy married Caroline Helen S Dryden in St Georges Hanover Square in 1878 ^[4]

1891 census: Clifton, Gloucestershire ^[5]

• Cyril P Mundy Head M 37 Kilkenny, Ireland, Barrister At Law Inner Temple & Farmer
• Caroline E Mundy Wife F 39 London, England
• Percy C Mundy Son M 11 London, England
• Hugh A Mundy Son M 8 Kent, Folkstone
• Eliza B Dryden Mother In Law F 80 Isle Of Man, England
• Ellen Harris Servant F 38 Gloucestershire, England
• Annie Rose Servant F 20 Warwickshire, England
• Leah Baker Servant F 25 London, England
• Eliza Pardor Servant F 42 Worcestershire, England

1911 census: Hove, Sussex ^[6]

• Cyril Percy Mandy Head M 56 Ireland, County Kilkenny, BARRISTER AT LAW
• Caroline Helen Mundy Wife F 56 London, London
• Percy Charles Dryden Mundy Son M 31 London, London
• Emily M Newind Sister F 67 Pilham, Lincolnshire
• Mary Jane Draman Servant F 45 Ewslow, Oxfordshire
• Annie Sarah Wilson Servant F 25 Upwood, Huntingdonshire
• Grace Elizabeth Darling F 25 London, London

Helen was buried with her husband Cyril in Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne, their headstone inscription reads: ^[7]

• In loving memory of CYRIL PERCY MUNDY, Barrister at Law, Inner Temple Son of Maj. Gen. Godfrey Charles Mundy Governor of Jersey Born at Kilkenny, 21. March 1854 Died at Hove, 14. March 1913. "Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching." St. Luke XII. Chap Also in proud and loving memory of CAROLINE HELEN SKOTTOWE MUNDY, Widow of Cyril Percy Mundy, Who died at Hove, Sussex, 29th November 1938, Aged 88. She was the only daughter of Charles Beville Dryden and grand-daughter of Sir John Dryden, Bart.
• SLAB. EVELYN HENRY CYRIL, Infant son of Cyril and Helen Mundy Died Septr: 7th 1884 Aged 5 months. "He shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom."

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMNP-8Y3 : 11 February 2018, Caroline Helen Skottowe Dryden, 28 Nov 1850); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 579,297.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG55-63D : 8 November 2017),
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7VG-LXD : 12 December 2017),
4. ↑ (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q1 1878 St Geo Han Sq vol 1a page 482
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WYY8-BT2 : 11 December 2017),
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X719-4XH : 2 August 2017)
7. ↑ Findmypast Sussex Monumental Inscriptions [1]