Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameLaura Madeline de Courcy Hamilton 
[27, LG of Ireland 1958, Hamilton article, p. 348], [4, 1881 PRO ref: RG11, piece 1990/29, p. 25]
[27, LG of Ireland 1958, Hamilton article, p. 348], [4, 1881 PRO ref: RG11, piece 1990/29, p. 25]Birth24 Nov 1868, Heacham, Norfolk
Death25 Jun 1944, 22 Bridge Court, Taplow, Bucks
General5th dau. dsp (from her will).
FatherJohn de Courcy Hamilton (1823-1894)
MotherAnna Chapman Hilhouse (ca1825-1905)
Notes for Laura Madeline de Courcy Hamilton
Her birth index:
First name(s) LAURA MADELEINE
Last name HAMILTON
Birth year 1868
Birth quarter 4
District Docking
County Norfolk
Country England
Volume 4B
Page 311
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
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Her baptism Transcript:
First name(s) Laura Madeline
Last name Hamilton
Sex Female
Year 1869
Event type Christening
Father's first name(s) John Dec...Rey [recte ‘John de Courcy’]
Father's last name Hamilton
Mother's first name(s) Anna [recte Anna Hamilton]
Mother's last name Chapman [recte Hamilton]
County Norfolk
Country England
Film number 1526690
Batch number I11706-6
Batch identification 658305
Record group 12-1179; 2013-10-02 10:18:11; heinerdj
Archive Norfolk Record Office
Record set Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts Baptisms
The image adds that the baptism was done in the parish of Heacham.
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At marriage she would have been 40; it is less likely that she would have had any children. Anyhow there is no record of any such marriage on FreeBMD nor on FindMyPast’s ‘world’ database. Might this have been abroad? Where?
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Burke has her death as 1942, in fact it was in 1944 as shown by her death index and also her probate:
First name(s) LAURA M
Last name KINGSLEY
Gender Female
Birth year 1869
Age 75
Death quarter 2
Death year 1944
District Eton
County Buckinghamshire
Volume 3A
Page 1360
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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First name(s) LAURA MADELEINE
Last name HAMILTON
Birth year 1868
Birth quarter 4
District Docking
County Norfolk
Country England
Volume 4B
Page 311
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
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Her baptism Transcript:
First name(s) Laura Madeline
Last name Hamilton
Sex Female
Year 1869
Event type Christening
Father's first name(s) John Dec...Rey [recte ‘John de Courcy’]
Father's last name Hamilton
Mother's first name(s) Anna [recte Anna Hamilton]
Mother's last name Chapman [recte Hamilton]
County Norfolk
Country England
Film number 1526690
Batch number I11706-6
Batch identification 658305
Record group 12-1179; 2013-10-02 10:18:11; heinerdj
Archive Norfolk Record Office
Record set Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts Baptisms
The image adds that the baptism was done in the parish of Heacham.
_________________
At marriage she would have been 40; it is less likely that she would have had any children. Anyhow there is no record of any such marriage on FreeBMD nor on FindMyPast’s ‘world’ database. Might this have been abroad? Where?
_________________
Burke has her death as 1942, in fact it was in 1944 as shown by her death index and also her probate:
First name(s) LAURA M
Last name KINGSLEY
Gender Female
Birth year 1869
Age 75
Death quarter 2
Death year 1944
District Eton
County Buckinghamshire
Volume 3A
Page 1360
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for Laura Madeline de Courcy Hamilton
Her Probate index:
KINGSLEY Laura Madeline of 22 Bridge-court Taplow Buckinghamshire widow died 25 June 1944 Probate (save and except settled land) Oxford 13 January to John Barker Maudsley solicitor and Alexandra Pearl Leachman (wife of Edward Claude Leachman). Effects £1741 2s. 9d. in England.
Alexandra Parl Leachman was her niece, the daughter of Laura’s sister Alice Maud Hume née Hamilton.
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In her will and codicil, she made no mention of any offspring and clearly left her estate to her niece Alexandra Pearl Leachman. So, dsp.
KINGSLEY Laura Madeline of 22 Bridge-court Taplow Buckinghamshire widow died 25 June 1944 Probate (save and except settled land) Oxford 13 January to John Barker Maudsley solicitor and Alexandra Pearl Leachman (wife of Edward Claude Leachman). Effects £1741 2s. 9d. in England.
Alexandra Parl Leachman was her niece, the daughter of Laura’s sister Alice Maud Hume née Hamilton.
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In her will and codicil, she made no mention of any offspring and clearly left her estate to her niece Alexandra Pearl Leachman. So, dsp.
Notes for Cecil Bromfield & Laura Madeline de Courcy (Family)
No sign of their marriage on FreeBMD from 1905 to 1915. Abroad?
FindMyPast has no such record in England Wales, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and probably also India.
FindMyPast has no such record in England Wales, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and probably also India.