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Catharine <I>Spooner</I> Tait

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Catharine Spooner Tait

Birth
Elmdon, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Death
1 Dec 1878 (aged 58)
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Burial
Addington, London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, England
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Youngest daughter of Anna Maria Sidney O'Brien Spooner and William Spooner (1778?–1857), rector of Elmdon and archdeacon of Coventry. Married Archibald Campbell Tait, June 22, 1843. They had nine children, of whom the first five daughters died within a few weeks of each other of scarlet fever in the spring of 1856. Of their other children, only one had a child of her own.

Children:
1. Catharine Anna (1846-1856)
2. Mary Susan (1847-1856)
3. Craufurd (1849-1878); never married.
4. Charlotte (1850-1856)
5. Frances Alice Marion (1852 - 1856)
6. Susan Elizabeth Campbell (1854-1856)
7. Lucy Sydney Murray (1856-1938); never married, but shared her life with Minnie Sidgwick Benson, widow of Archbishop of Canterbury Edward White Benson.
8. Edith Murdoch (1858-1936); m. Randall Davidson; no children.
9. Agnes Sitwell (1860-1888); m. John Henry Joshua Ellison; one son.
Youngest daughter of Anna Maria Sidney O'Brien Spooner and William Spooner (1778?–1857), rector of Elmdon and archdeacon of Coventry. Married Archibald Campbell Tait, June 22, 1843. They had nine children, of whom the first five daughters died within a few weeks of each other of scarlet fever in the spring of 1856. Of their other children, only one had a child of her own.

Children:
1. Catharine Anna (1846-1856)
2. Mary Susan (1847-1856)
3. Craufurd (1849-1878); never married.
4. Charlotte (1850-1856)
5. Frances Alice Marion (1852 - 1856)
6. Susan Elizabeth Campbell (1854-1856)
7. Lucy Sydney Murray (1856-1938); never married, but shared her life with Minnie Sidgwick Benson, widow of Archbishop of Canterbury Edward White Benson.
8. Edith Murdoch (1858-1936); m. Randall Davidson; no children.
9. Agnes Sitwell (1860-1888); m. John Henry Joshua Ellison; one son.

Inscription

LORD, I HAVE LOVED THE HABITATIONS OF THY HOUSE
AND THE PLACE WHERE THINE HONOR DWELLETH

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  • Created by: HWA
  • Added: Nov 16, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120411710/catharine-tait: accessed ), memorial page for Catharine Spooner Tait (9 Dec 1819–1 Dec 1878), Find a Grave Memorial ID 120411710, citing St. Mary the Blessed Virgin Churchyard, Addington, London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, England; Maintained by HWA (contributor 46565033).