Pile Family History Folkingham

Folkingham 1879-1881
In February 1879 David made his Will. He consulted a solicitor, William White of Grantham. Mr White and Charles Lockton a fruitier of 60 Castlegate Grantham witnessed the Will in which David left his estate to Edward John Grummitt in trust for his wife and children. Edward Grummitt was an important and prominent person in Folkingham being landowner and farmer, school governor and later in life an Alderman and Kesteven County Councillor. [Will transcript]

We shall probably never know for certain why David would make his Will at this time, but just three months later, on 5 May 1879 David died at the relatively young age of 52. His death certificate gives the cause of death as "haemoptysis caused by abdominal abscess bursting into lung". David was buried on 9 May in Folkingham churchyard; his grave, however is unmarked, his death was announced in the Lincoln Rutland and Stamford Mercury the same day
David's Will was proved at London on 26 May 1880, it is interesting to read that the names of his children include William (presumably David William) and Edwin (presumably Edmond)!

The census of 1881 shows the now widowed Mary Pile as head of the family living on London Road in Folkingham near the Elms. Emma, Edmond and John are also there, Henry of course was with his half brother George at Grantham. Mary's occupation is described as "Market Gardener ND". (ND apparently meant non-domestic and implies that she carried on the business professionally). In 1881 Barnack, the property occupied by the family in 1871, appears as four individual residences two of which were unoccupied. They appear in the schedule between The Elms and Spring Lane. All these references again place Barnack at the south end of the village but, unfortunately still do not accurately identify the property.

Elsewhere in the census, on Lenton Road in Folkingham are the family of Thomas and Mary Harrison and their six daughters and two sons, the daughters Jane and Deborah would become associated with the Pile family in later years, each in their own way!. A few doors away are the Patman family, although not present in the household in 1881, Elizabeth Patman would later become the wife of Henry Pile.

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