The Life of Maud Boocock

Maud Boocock was the youngest child of Thomas and Mary Ann Boocock. She lived her short life in Preston with her mother and father, although I have not been able to find her parents in the 1891 Census returns.

At the time of the 1901 Census Maud was 4 months old.

According to my late cousin Elsie (Swarbrick) Banks, Maud was engaged to a man called Thomas Kell when she died. Tom was apparently a close friend of the family. He and Maud were witnesses to Maud's sister Beatrice's first marriage and were Godparents to Beattie and James Banks' only child. Elsie said that Tom was a lovely man and Maud's untimely death broke his heart.

Maud Boocock, of 26, Moor Hall-Street, died on Boxing Day, 26 December 1927 at the age of 27 years and was buried on 30 December 1927 in a private family grave, AA-235, in a Roman Catholic section of Preston New Cemetery.

DEATH NOTICE:

"Boocock - On the 27th inst., at 26, Moor Hall-Street, Maud, the beloved daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Boocock, Aged 27 years. Deeply regretted, R.I.P. Requiem Mass at the church of The English Martyr's, Friday, 10 a.m. Inquires, H. Whalley & Sons. (Phone Preston 936 and Ashton 284)"

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

"Boocock - Mr. and Mrs. Boocock and family desire to thank all relatives, friends, and neighbours, also the work people of Moorbrook Mill, for their kind expressions of sympathy and floral tributes received during their sad bereavement - 26 Moor Hall-Street, Preston."

(From `The Lancashire Daily Post, Saturday, 31 December 1927)

NOTE:
1:	The above information was related to me by my late cousin Elsie (Swarbrick) Banks, who also gave me the photo. The death notice and acknowledgement come from microfilmed copies of newspapers held at the Harris Library, and the monument inscription was noted on a trip to Preston Cemetery.