See also

Grace Potter (1873-1950)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant then a nurse3 4 5

  • Birth:

  • 27 Aug 1873

  • Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England1 6 3 4 5

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 7)

  • 65 Whiting Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents John and Elizabeth, sisters Louise, Mabel, Sally and Violet, and brother Arthur. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 17)

  • 41 Crown Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • an unmarried general domestic servant living with James and Macie (sic) Baird and family. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 27)

  • Woodville, 39 South Street, South Molton, Devon, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as a domestic nurse and living with Walter and Rose Pelly (sic) and family, and another servant. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 37)

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  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 47)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 66)

  • 38 Springfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • an unmarried and retired nurse living alone. Born on 27th August 1873

  • Death:

  • 18 Oct 1950 (age 77)

  • Bury St. Edmunds "Registration District", Suffolk, England2 7

  • Probate:

  • 9 Nov 1950

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • a spinster of 43 Springfield Road Bury St. Edmunds died 18th October 1950, probate of effects of £306 4s 8d (~£9,600 in 2017) to James Frederick Moody solicitors managing clerk

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1873 quarter:3 volume:4a page:515. Cit. Date: 5 March 2022.

2.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1950 quarter:4 volume:4b page:904. Cit. Date: 30 December 2022.

3.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1450 folio:133 page:15 schedule:112. Cit. Date: 29 December 2022.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:2141 folio:37 page:11 schedule:69. Cit. Date: 30 December 2022.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:6658C page:9 line:10 letter code:TYAB. Cit. Date: 30 December 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1842 folio:124 page:35 schedule:1065. Cit. Date: 5 March 2022.

7.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1950 page:554. Cit. Date: 30 December 2022.