Mary Caroline Gorham was born in 1818 at Penshurst, the second daughter of William and Mary Gorham. In 1923 her widowed mother and her family moved to Tonbridge where Mary Caroline was educated. Her whole life until her death in 1932 was dedicated to social, religious and philanthropic work for which she was hohoured with an M.B.E. Her early work was with Lady Henry Somerset and the Duxhurst Homes and with St Stephens Church and in 1890 she was a founder of the Mission at St Eanswythes.
William Gorham | m: c 1810 | Mary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: c 1780 d: Apr 1817 Tunbridge Wells, Kent bur: After Apr 1817 Emmanuel Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | b: 1784 Ticehurst, Sussex d: 1865 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr John | William | Mary Caroline | Isabella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1814 Penshurst, Kent d: 13th Dec 1899 | b: 1816 Penshurst, Kent d: Dec 1881 | b: 1818 Penshurst, Kent d: 28th Feb 1932 Tonbridge, Kent | b: 1818 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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