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the Gorton family
First Generation (Grandparents)
Rosetta Caroline (Rose) Gorton
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Rose
Gorton was born 6th
Jan 1899 in Islington, her father was Silas George Gorton, and her mother
Emily Gorton (formerly Hill) [1899 mar Islington 1b
284] (source CRI ancestry.com)
She
married John Mastel (formerly Appleby) in 1916 at the age of 17 yrs.
At the time of
her marriage her address was 30 White Hart St, Kennington and her father
was Silas Gorton. (see also Mastel and
Appleby family notes).
Pictured right: Rose
Mastel (nee Gorton) with Rita and Royston |
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Rose
worked in the Town Hall in the Rates Department, but in the evenings she
worked on the Tote at Clapton and Walthamstow Dog Tracks.
At the end of the 1940s, Rose developed cancer and towards the end
of her illness was living with her son Royston John and his wife Anne in
Clapton. At about this time,
her grandson Tony caught pneumonia, but his aunt Jean’s partner, Dr Adam
Clark, obtained some penicillin and he recovered.
(see photo left of Jean, Dr Adam Clark and Rose Gorton) |
Shortly
before her death, Rose went to stay in Pevensey Bay,
but on her return she was admitted to the Florence Nightingale Hospital
for Gentlewomen in Baker Street, where she died on 15th Nov 1949.
Rose
is buried in Bruce Castle Cemetery in Tottenham (All Hallows no. 205).
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