Phillips, Mrs and Miss Marion, 14 Tothill Avenue, Plymouth It has not proved possible to identify with any certainty the family and background of Marion Phillips and her mother. Meetings were held at 14 Tothill Avenue; Marion wrote a letter with that as her address; and Mrs Phillips is listed as the occupant in Kelly’s

Tierney, Miss Caroline, 10 Tamar Terrace, Stoke, Devonport Caroline Amelia Tierney[1] (1862 – 1919) was born in the first quarter of 1862 in West Teignmouth, the fourth daughter of Phillip and Georgina Tierney. Georgina was the daughter of Captain George Rivers Lake, Royal Artillery. Phillip was employed in Her Majesty’s Coast Guard Service, which transferred

Andrew, Mrs Hilda, 1 Crescent Villas, Athenaeum Street, Plymouth Hilda Katherine Andrew, née Ramsay (1881–1938) was born in Greenock, Scotland, the daughter of Andrew John Ramsay, a naval officer, and his wife, Annie Catherine (née Thiele). She was the youngest of three children (Palmer Devoy b. 1877 in Bermuda, Mabel Lida b. 1878 in Wandsworth,

Mathieson, Ethel, Otterbourne House, Budleigh Salterton Ethel Frewin Mathieson (1874 – 1954) was born in Stoke Newington London 1874. She was the second daughter of Frederic Coxhead and Bessie Mathieson.[1] Frederick was taken on as an apprenticeship in publishing in 1845 and in 1855 travelled to Australia to become a newspaper proprietor in Beechworth, Victoria.[2]

Fewins, Mrs Edith, 7 Connaught Avenue, Mutley, Plymouth Edith Jane Fewins[1] (1873 – 1947) was born Edith Watkins, the daughter of John and Eliza Watkins. John was a cabinet maker, and the family (William, Eliza, Edward, Edith and Ernest) grew up in the terraced streets on the slopes of North Hill. They lived at 19

Borchardt. Miss Malvina Henrietta Julie, 29 Trafalgar Place, Devonport Malvina Henrietta Julie Borchardt[1] (1848 – 1916) was the daughter of Louis and Julia Borchardt, born, like her siblings Rudolph, Matilda and Sophia, in Prussia. Malvina herself was born in Breslau. Louis, who was a physician, brought his family over to England in about 1856 and

Keys, Miss Gwyneth, 2 Freedom Park Villas, Lipson Road, Plymouth Gwyneth Mary Keys[1] (1885 – 1964) was born on 22 July 1885, the daughter of James Higman Keys and Eliza, formerly Bloye. Her brother William was six years younger. James Keys was a letterpress printer, a member of a family long-established in the printing business.

Aitken-Davies, Miss Eliza, 46 Elm Road, Mannamead Eliza Aitken-Davies[1] (1869–1953) was the daughter of Edward Aitken-Davies, a Plymouth journalist reputed to have worked for the Western Morning News. Edith was his eldest child, born on 5 October 1869; brother Edward was born in 1871 and sister Edith in 1874. Their mother’s identity has not yet

Ramsay, Annie Catherine, 4 Wentworth Villas, Plymouth Annie Catherine Ramsay néeThiele (1853-1921) was born in 1853 in Bermuda, the daughter of Charles Frederick Alexander Thiele, formerly of Quakenbrueck, Germany and his wife Elizabeth (née Weber), formerly of Saarbrucken, South Prussia. Annie was home educated by her father alongside her eight siblings. Her co-education alongside her

Radford, the Misses Florence, Ada and Edith, Trenley Villa, Mannamead, Compton Gifford Florence Radford[1] (1858 – 1905), Ada Radford (1859 – 1934) and Edith Radford (1863 – 1929) were the three youngest of the ten children of George and Catherine Radford. George was a solicitor, and a partner in the well-known Plymouth draper’s and house