Elmina Spooner (née Stewart)

Trustees for 'Mrs Spooner' appear to have been awarded part of the compensation for the Islington estate in St Mary Jamaica.

1. Elmina Spooner (née Stewart) was the daughter of James Stewart Law (q.v.), grand-daughter of the Hon. James Stewart (d. 1826), and niece of Robert Stewart (q.v.). She married (1) Henry Spooner and (2) Col. Eyre John Crabbe 02/06/1851 at St George Hanover Square.

2. She appears in the 1851 census as Elmina Spooner born Bath widow aged 39 'shareholder' at Oak Villa, Grosvenor Square Southampton and in the 1861 (as Crabb, fund holder), 1871 (private individual) and 1881 (annuitant) censuses at Glen Eyre House, North Stoneham Hampshire.

3. Henry Spooner died c. 1849. Will of Henry Spooner of All Saints Southampton proved 29/06/1849.

4. Will of Elmina Crabbe widow of Glen Eyre Basset county of Southampton who died at Bellagio in Italy 12/10/1888 proved 24/11/1888 by Eyre McDonnell Stewart Crabbe the son and Arthur Niblett the nephew of Haresfield Court Stonehouse, Gloucestershire effects £66,721 19s 4d resworn 1889 £65,764 16s 5d.

T71/856 St Mary no. 135.

1. Monumental Inscriptions Parish of St James (which gives her name as Emma and her second husband as 'Col. Eyre'; London and Surrey England Marriage Bonds and Allegations 1597-1921; City of Southampton Society http://www.coss.org.uk/People-of-the-Town.php 'Colonel Eyre Crabbe' [accessed 20/05/2012].

2. 1851, 1861 , 1871 and 1881 censuses online.

3. PROB 11/2095.

4. National Probate Calendar 1888.

We are grateful to Charles Gordon Clark for his help compiling this entry.