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Simpson, Mrs Sarah Louisa

Simpson,Mrs Sarah Louisa, 1 Queen Anne Terrace, Plymouth Sarah Louisa (known as Louie or Louise) Simpson (1854 – 1941) was born in Lambeth, London in 1864, the daughter of Robert Wilmot, a builder, and his wife Elizabeth. She was one of ten children. By the age of 16, she was working as a clerk at

Pares, Mrs Rosamond

Pares, Mrs Rosamond, Easthayes, East Hill, Ottery St Mary Rosamond Jeanne Hilda Pares[1] (1870 – 1944) was born Rosamond Epps on 16 May 1870, the daughter of Emma and Richard Epps. Richard Epps was a physician and surgeon, and the family lived at 89 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London. Rosalind had four elder sisters, Emma,

Daymond, Mrs Clara

Daymond, Mrs Clara, 9 Mount Tamar Villas, Victoria Road, St Budeaux, Devonport   Clara Daymond pictured in the 1930s by Bardsley for the Western Evening Herald   Clara Henrietta Daymond[1] (1873–1957) was born Clara Townshend in Devonport, the daughter of John and Mary Townshend. Although John Townshend was a shipwright, a member of the most

Dutton, Miss Annie

Dutton, Miss Annie, Somerdon, Elysian Fields, Sidmouth Annie Victoria Dutton[1] (1859 = 1933) was baptized on 28 July 1859 at the parish church of Newcastle under Lyme in Staffordshire. Her parents were William and Victoria Dutton, at that point living in Queen Street. Annie had an elder brother Frederick and a younger brother, John. William

Clarence, Miss Edith

Clarence, Miss Edith, Coaxdon Hall, Axminster Edith Clarence (1876 – 1941) was born in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1876. Her father Lovell Clarence had been appointed as Judge of Supreme Court of Ceylon in 1876. Edith was one of 5 children. Her mother Blanche, died in 1888. Edith lived with her father and step mother

Leng, Misses Emma and Minnie

Leng, Misses Emma and Minnie, The Balsters, Vicarage Road, Sidmouth Emma Holgate Leng (1851 – 1934) and Minnie Hannah Leng (1856 – 1929) Leng[1] were two of the six daughters of Joseph Watson Leng and Eliza Leng.  They also had three brothers. Emma and Minnie were born in Sculcoates, a Yorkshire village on the outskirts

Chichester, Miss Rosalie Caroline

Chichester, Miss Rosalie Caroline, Arlington Court, Barnstaple (1865-1949) Rosalie Caroline Chichester (1865 – 1949) was born on 29 November 1865.[1] She was the only child of Sir Alexander Palmer Bruce Chichester (1842 -1 881) and Rosalie Amelia Chamberlayne (c.1843 – 1908) of Cranbury Park, Hursley, near Winchester, Hampshire. Rosalie’s parents were married in Hampshire in

Brine, Mrs Caroline

Brine, Mrs Caroline, The Ness, Shaldon  Caroline Brine[1] (c.1835 – 1921) was born in Calcutta (Kolkata), India in about 1835. Her father was David Ross of Rosstrevor, County Down. She married Colonel John Jones Brine in India. They had two children, Arthur (b. 1857 in Tonbridge) and Alicia (b. 1859 in India). John Brine had

Skinner, Miss Caroline

Skinner, Miss Caroline, Bayfield, York Road, Babbacombe, Torquay Caroline Eliza Skinner[1] (c.1833 – 1918) was born in Stockton-on-Tees, Durham. She was the daughter of George and Hannah Skinner. George and his brother William had invested in the firm of William Smith & Co, pottery manufacturers, whose principal factory was the Stafford Pottery in Stockton. William

Miles, Miss Violet

Miles, Miss Violet, Edgbaston, Coombe Road, Teignmouth Violet Edith Miles[1] (1887 – 1954) was born on 26 May 1887 in St Andrew’s, Jamaica, the daughter of Alfred Henry Miles and Ada Eliza, formerly Anderson. It has not proved possible to identify much information about her background or her father’s occupation In 1911 Ada Miles, described