Mary Welbank Fowle

1862 - 1927  (65 years)

• Name	Mary Welbank Fowle  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	10 Apr 1862	Staines   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	April 10, at Staines, Middlesex, the wife of the Rev. T. W. Fowle, of twin daughters. [Daily News]
  Residence	Apr 1871	Great Channel, Richmond, Yorks   [3]
  	with grandfather Richard Atkinson
  Residence	Apr 1881	Rectory, Islip   [6]
  Occupation	Apr 1891	Organist & Teacher of Music  [7]
  Residence	Apr 1891	Rectory, Islip   [7]
  	also resid, her fiancé G A Ralph Tatham (marr 03 Sep 1891). Meanwhile her sister Beatrice was visiting Ralph's parents at East Molesey. And at the same time her half-sister Margery was visiting her aunt Edith Annie Wallace née Isaacs, whose daughter Mabel Edith Wallace was to marry John William Fisher Beaumont 13 years later.
  Marriage	03 Sep 1891	St Nicholas, Islip
  	George Allen Ralph Tatham,   b. 14 Aug 1860, Great Ryburgh d. 24 May 1933, Newlands, de la Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea
  Residence	Mar 1901	70 Beckenham Rd, Beckenham   [2]
  Residence	Apr 1911	The Towers, Westmoreland Rd, Bromley, Kent   [8]
  Residence	1927	Newlands, de la Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea   [1]
  Death	09 Dec 1927	Newlands, de la Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea   [9, 10]
  	On Dec. 9, 1927, at Newlands, De La Warr-road, Bexhill-on-Sea, suddenly, after a long illness, Mary (née Fowle), the dearly loved wife of G. A. R. Tatham. [The Times] Cousin Mary died at Bexhill; she had been ill for 3 years, but I think the end must have been both sudden & unexpected. It is sad for Cousin Ralph to be left without her, so devoted, & himself an invalid. But the boys have been, & will be, very good. Allen is a master at Rugby, & Wilfrid at Eton. Cousin Mary herself was for many years the Archbishop's organist at Lambeth. [Silvia Tatham, diaries, 23 Dec 1927]
  Probate	10 Feb 1928	London ; £267 0s. 8d.  [11]
  	Tatham Mary of 15 De la Warr-road Bexhill-on-Sea Sussex (wife of George Allen Ralph Tatham) died 9 December 1927 Probate London 10 February to Allen Ralph Tatham assistant master. Effects £267 0s. 8d. [NPC]
  Notes	twin sister Isabella (v. note on family page). Accomplished musician. cf account of St Andrew's Day service, Great Ryburgh, November 1910: "The organist was Mrs Ralph Tatham, one of the few ladies who have attained the honour of FRCO, and under her direction Merbecke's service rendered in a very stately way." [Great Ryburgh history, F H Tatham, abt 1945]
  Person ID	I0049	Tatham | Meaburn branch | Spouse
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Thomas Welbank Fowle,   b. 29 Aug 1835, Northallerton d. 14 Jan 1903, 159 Woodstock Rd, Oxford (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Sarah Susannah Atkinson,   b. abt 1834, Richmond, Yorks d. abt Nov 1874, Marylebone (Age ~ 40 years)
  Marriage	abt May 1861	Richmond, Yorks   [12]
  Notes	other ch: Isabella Maria b Staines 2Q1862 (twin of Mary Welbank); Elizabeth b Staines 3Q1863; Beatrice Ann b Shoreditch abt Mar 1865; Geraldine b Shoreditch 4Q1866; Agatha b Marylebone abt Sep 1870 Mary's twin sister, Isabella, married Charles Arthur Coventon at Bicester in 4Q1901. He was a physician & surgeon. In Apr 1911 they were living at 111 Woodstock Rd, Oxford, with their two children Vera Mary (19) and Thomas W C (8). The family is mentioned in Silvia Tatham's diaries from time to time. Isabella died in Oxford 3Q1935 aged 73.
  Family ID	F0025	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Allen Ralph Tatham,   b. 14 Aug 1860, Great Ryburgh d. 24 May 1933, Newlands, de la Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	03 Sep 1891	St Nicholas, Islip   [1, 13, 14]
  	September 3, at St Nicholas Church, Islip, by the Rev George E Tatham, Vicar of St Paul's, East Molesey, assisted by the Rev F M Beaumont[*], MA, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Coventry, G A Ralph Tatham, to Mary, daughter of the Rev T W Fowle, MA, Rector of Islip, Oxford [Belfast News-Letter 09 Sep 1891]. [*] Francis Morton Beaumont, born Winchelsea abt 1839, son of Dr John Beaumont, general practitioner; sometime Fellow of St John's College, Oxford; no known connection with the 2 other Beaumont families in this tree.
  Children	+ 1. Allen Ralph Tatham,   b. 04 Aug 1892, East Molesey d. 15 Nov 1975, Rugby (Age 83 years)   2. Marian Sarah Tatham,   b. 22 Apr 1894, East Molesey d. 24 May 1980, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington (Age 86 years)   3. Elsa Mary Tatham,   b. 25 Jul 1895, Nettlestone, St John's Rd, East Molesey d. abt Nov 1979, Watford (Age 84 years)   4. Wilfrid George Tatham,   b. 12 Dec 1898, Shortlands d. 26 Jul 1978, Woodcot, St Helena (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F0024	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2020

  
  

• Photos

  George Edmund Tatham & Elizabeth Susan Block Golden Wedding, 13 Oct 1907

  
  

• Sources

  [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S01] Census, 1901, UK. age 38 b Staines [S01] Census, 1871, UK. age 8 [S11] Newspaper, 15 Apr 1862, Daily News. birth notice [S02] BMD Index, 2Q1862, birth reg Staines. [S01] Census, 1881, UK. age 18 [S01] Census, 1891, UK. [S01] Census, 1911, UK. [S02] BMD Index, 4Q1927, death reg Battle. [S05] The Times, 10 Dec 1927, death notice. [S14] Probate Register. [S02] BMD Index, 2Q1861, marriage reg Richmond. [S02] BMD Index, 3Q1891, marriage reg Bicester. [S11] Newspaper, 09 Sep 1891, Belfast News-Letter.