Louisa Harmes Grahame

From Scotland's People: Births and Baptisms

1865 birth of Louisa Harmes Grahame, female, registered district: Annan

From Scotland's People: Census and MyHeritage: Elizabeth Grahame: 1871 Scotland Census (transcription only)

2 April 1871 Census for residents of [The Moat House, 19 Bruce Street, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway DG12 5DF 54.98938, -3.26362], Scotland

• Elizabeth Grahame, head, widow, female, aged 44 [born about 1827], in Iona, Argyllshire; Landed Proprietors
• Louise Grahame, daughter, single, female, aged 6 [born about 1865], in Annan, Dumfriesshire; Scholar
• 3 siblings, 2 servants

From MyHeritage: Louisa H Grahame: 1939 Register of England & Wales (transcription only)

29 September 1939 Census for residents of [Linden Hall Hotel, 131-137 Cromwell Road, Kensington, London SW7 4DU 51.4944342, -0.1875741], England

• Louisa H Grahame, single, female, aged 74, born Wednesday, 10 May 1865; Private Means

From FreeBMD: Registration of death of Louisa H. Grahame in 1943

July to September 1943: Registration of death of Louisa H. Grahame; aged 78 [born about 1865]; in Kensington (Volume 1a, Page 133)

From British Newspaper Archive: West London Observer Friday, 16 July 1943 Page 1 Woman's nightdress catches fire

A verdict of Accidental death was recorded at a Hammersmith inquest on Wednesday, 14 July 1943 on Miss Louisa Grahame, age 75, who died from burns through her nightdress catching fire in her flat at [Queen's Gate Terrace, South Kensington, London SW7 5PX 51.4986837, -0.1821732].

Miss Everilda Lawford, proprietress of flats in Queen's Gate Terrace, said that Miss Grahame had occupied a single room. She was in the habit of making a cup of coffee for herself in the morning. About 6 a.m. on Thursday, 8 July 1943 she found her lying on the floor of her room which was full of smoke.

Miss Maudie McNulty, living at the flats, said that on the morning she heard Miss Grahame calling her and going into her room, saw her sitting on an armchair with her nightdress alight. The armchair and carpet were burning. Witness extinguished the flames and burnt her hands doing so. A gas ring and gas stove were alight, and witness thought that in going to the gas meter Miss Grahame caught her nightdress against the lighted gas ring.

Evidence was given that she died the same day in St Mary Abbots Hospital, Marloes Road, Kensington, London 51.497676, -0.190909. Dr. D. Teare stated that death was due to toxaemia from extensive burns.

From MyHeritage: Louisa Harms Grahame: FamilySearch Family Tree

• name: Louisa Harms Grahame
• gender: Female
• parents: Squire William Richard Grahame, Elizabeth Grahame (born Morrison)
• born: Friday, 10 March 1865 at Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
• siblings: James B Grahame, Thomas Grahame, Richard Grahame, John Grahame, Robert Grahame, Susanna Grahame, Martin Grahame, William Richard Grahame II, Alexander Dunlop Grahame, David James Grahame, Janet Ottilie Graham
• born: Wednesday, 10 May 1865
• died: Thursday, 8 July 1943 at Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
• source: FamilySearch