Lucy Jane Papillon (1808 - 1885)

Born 1808 in Acrise, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 24 Aug 1885 at about age 77 in Sandgate, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Lucy Papillon was born in Acrise, Kent, England.

Lucy Jane Papillon was born in 1808 and baptised on the 2nd July, 1808 at St. Martin's Church, Acrise, Kent, England, United Kingdom. She was the daughter of Thomas Papillon and Anne Pelham. ^[1]

England and Wales Census 1851 ^[2]
Lucy Jane Papillon, Gentlewoman, lived at 5 Undercliffe, Cheriton, Kent with 4 of her adult sisters and servants. She was unmarried. Registration District: Elham, Kent. ^[3]

The Papillon Soldier's Home The “People’s Dispensary” organised in 1844 by Dr. William Donnelly a retired naval medical officer, was opposite a canteen run by Miss Octavia and Miss Lucy Papillon. They opened the canteen in 1858 in Chapel Street (now Wilberforce Road), Sandgate. After the Crimean War ended, the German troops at Shorncliffe were replaced by soldiers to and from India, and also those returning from Russia. Because these soldiers had nothing better to do than be drunk and brawling the sisters opened a larger Soldier's Home consisting of a Mission Hall and five rooms including a library, reading room, amusement room and refreshment bar. ^[4]
A further institute was established at Lydd before Miss Lucy's death in 1885.^[5]

1861 Census. 5 Undercliffe Cheriton.^[6]

1885 She died a spinster. Will was proved by Philip Oxenden Papillon ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWQ7-C41 : 22 March 2020), Lucy Jane Papillon, 1808.
2. ↑ 1851 England and Wales Census. Citing this Record: "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGLK-669 : 9 November 2019), Lucy Jane Papillon in household of Maria Papillon, Cheriton, Kent, England; citing Cheriton, Kent, England, p. 47, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. Accessed 11 August 2020
3. ↑ "Ancestry Share" 1851 Census. Class: HO107; Piece: 1633; Folio: 261; Page: 47; GSU roll: 193536 Ancestry share
4. ↑ Papillon’s Soldier’s Institute. http://archive.sandgatesociety.com/uploads/document/5cfe3d30b2711.pdf
5. ↑ The Mansion of Mirth Sandgate as Seen Through the Eyes of the Alhambra Music Hall and Rex Cinema. Martin Easdown 2007
6. ↑ Class: RG 9; Piece: 552; Folio: 5; Page: 2; GSU roll: 542660 Ancestry share
7. ↑ UK gov probate search

See also

• The visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634. To which are added Miscellaneous Essex pedigrees from various Harleian manuscripts: and an appendix containing Berry's Essex pedigrees by Metcalfe, Walter C. (Walter Charles); Hawley, Thomas, d. 1557; Harvey, William, d. 1567; Cooke, Robert, d. 1592; Owen, George, d. 1665; Lilly, Henry, d. 1638; Berry, William, 1774-1851; College of Arms (Great Britain)