Margaret RANDS [448]

  General Notes:

Marriage ref Sept quarter 1890 Northampton 3b 171 BDM

Marriages.
Liveing = Rands. August 27, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton, the Rev Henry G.D. Liveing, second son of Edward Liveing MD of Queen Anne Street Cavendish Square, to Margaret third daughter of George Rands, solicitor, Northampton.
Ref: Stamford Mercury 5 September 1890, also Northampton Mercury Friday, 29 August 1890.

Marriage of Miss M.Rands.
The nuptials of the Rev. Henry Downing Liveing, M.A., second son of Mr. Edward Liveing MD of 52 Queen Anne Street, London, and Registrar to the Royal College of Physisicans, to Miss Margaret Rands, third dau of Mr.George Rands, solicitor and Registrar to the Northampton Borough Court of Record were solemnised on Wednesday at St Sepulchre's Church . . . . . The bride who was attired in white satin brocade with Honiton lace and veil, and who carried a handsome bouquet, the gift of the bridegroom, was given away by her father ; the bridesmaids being her four sisters; Miss S.E.Rands, Miss Edith Rands, Miss Gertrude Rands and Miss Lillian Rands. The bridesmaids dresses were of white Bengaline silk trimmed with lace and mauve and green velvet. They also wore white felt hats, with feathers to match, and gold broaches set with pearls, the later being the gift of the bridegroom. Mr William R Liveing , brother of the bridegroom, was best man. At the conclusion of the ceremony the wedding party returned to the residence of the brides father, where a reception took place. The presents included (very long list, a short sample of which is . . . . .); Furniture Dr.Edward Liveing ; silver cream jug and sugar basin Mr and Mrs George Lamb, cheque Mr Pickering Phipps, flower stand Miss Phipps, afternoon tea kettle Dr and Mrs Lamb, French hand-painted vases Mrs Phipps, crown Derby preserve jar the Misses Wright, dessert knives and forks Mr and Mrs Phipps jun, china cake dish Mrs.Holbrook, fish knives and fork Mrs Pain, bread trencher and knife servants of 41 Newlands, tea cloth and worked bag Miss Holbrook, case of table cutlery Dr and Mrs C St John Wright, pair of silver dinner rings Misses Edith and Gertrude Rands, portrait of her father Miss Lily Rands, portrait of her mother Miss Rands, tea cosy indian worked slippers and eight day clock Miss Ula Rands, cheque Mr Rands, pair of silver salt cellars Mr T.R.Rice, china flower centre Miss Pell, gold chain bracelet Mr G.W.Rands, cheque Mr W.H.Rands.
Ref: Northampton Mercury Fri 29th Aug 1890.

Margaret's birth date is inscribed on EHTL's pedigree in her husband's hand. She died 2 months short of her 89th birthday.

Margaret is recorded in the 1939 Register as incapacitated.

Liveing Margaret of Copt Gilders Alcock Lane Burgh Heath Banstead Surrey (wife of Henry George Downing Liveing) died 18 March 1947 Probate London 18 June to the said Edward George Downing Liveing general manager and Marjorie Downing Liveing spinster. Effects L1630 6s 7d
Ref: National Probate Calendar

  Other Records

1. Margaret Rands: Family.
Three of Margaret's children, Marjorie, Edward, Catherine. And with grandchildren Anne and Elizabeth Butters

2. Census: England, 3 Apr 1881, Northampton NTH. Margaret is recorded as a daughter unmarried aged 22 born Northampton

3. Census: England, 5 Apr 1891, Station Rd Bramley SRY. Margaret is described as a wife aged 30 born Northampton

4. Census: England, 2 Apr 1911, Hyde Vicarage Winchester. Margaret is recorded as a wife aged 51 married 20yrs 4 children still living born St Sepulchre Northampton

Margaret married Rev Henry George Downing LIVEING [447] [MRIN: 127], son of Dr Edward LIVEING M.D. F.R.C.P. [100] and Frances Jane (Tassie) TORLESSE [145], on 27 Aug 1890 in St Sepulchre Northampton. (Rev Henry George Downing LIVEING [447] was born on 10 Mar 1861 in Queen Anne St London, baptised on 5 Jun 1861 in St Mary, St Marylebone Rd London and died on 17 Apr 1947 in Burgh Heath SRY.)

  Marriage Notes:

From the marriage certificate Henry is shown as 29 years old, a Clerk in Holy Orders from Gillingham Dorset, Margaret's age is not given, she is described as a spinster of Newlands and her father as George Rands, solicitor. Witnesses were George Rands, William R F Liveing, Sarah Eleanor Rands, Gertrude Rands and Julia Rands.