Christ's Hospital, House 2

1911

By Geoffrey Cordingley

Two girls at the water pump
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

Gertrude Elizabeth Jeffer, 38, ward matron, recorded as being born in Libenham, Norfolk.

Hilda Hammond, 28, ward maid, born in Ware was the daughter of William Hammond, from Hertford and Catherine from Bishop’s Stortford.  In 1901 William was a publican at King’s Cross, Clay End, Walkern and they had a visitor Charles H. Davis, 8, from New Southgate.  At this time Hilda was recorded as working at home, presumably in the public house!  Previously William had been a Police Constable in Hatfield (1891); Hemel Hempstead (1881) and Watford (1871).  Before that he had been an agricultural labourer like his father.  He died in 1906 aged 64.  In 1911 Catherine, aged, 58, was living off her own means in Sudbury.

The girls in the house are listed in the table below:

NameForename(s)Age in 1911where bornFatherAge in 1911MotherAge in 1911Father’s occupation in 1911Notes
BarnesWinifred Nellie13Dulwich, LondonThomas Charles47Eleanor Jane47printer compositor
BostockAda Lilian15Clerkenwell, London
BruckenRuby Frances15Dulwich, London
DavisonConnie Emily16Kensington, London
EversfieldEmily Lucy15Smithfield, LondonHenry43Mary41sign writer
GalleyLilian Kathleen13ColchesterArthur47Elizabeth44baker in army
GoldsmithDorothy Kane14Blackheath, London
HarlandConstance May14Corwen, MerionethshireThomas51 in 1901Mary F.42 in 1901supervisor IR Excise Branch
HawesAlexandra Margaret14BedfordWallace F35 in 1901Alice Cic S25 in 1901traveller(sewing machines)
HiggsCecily Violet16Newbury, BerksWalter47 in 1901Margaret47brewer’s managerNote 1
HiggsGladys W. Grace12Croydon, Surrey    “47 in 1901      “47      “     “
HumphriesEthel Beatrice Maud14Peckham, LondonThomas Robert39Elizabeth Maud37general printer
IngramGracie Gwynett13Weston-super-mare, SomersetEllen Harriet39 in 1901Note 2
KingNellie Maud15Lewisham, London
LordRencie Hilda16Fulham, London
MaclaganMary Elizabeth13Wooler, NorthumberlandPhilip Smeitondied in 1906 aged 47Mary E.42solicitor & bank manager in 1901Mary was living off own means in 1911
McMichaelJoan14Oundle, NorthantsWilliam45Fanny L43coal merchant
MerleLilian Edith13HackneyLeonard54Elizabeth47tobacco pipe mounter
PotterDaisy May Ida13Brighton, SussexNote 3
PrattMabel Agnes16St Luke’s Holborn, LondonWyndham Pelessier55Ella Olive49tea grocer
RawlesHilda Eleanor16Battersea, London
RootLily16Bow, LondonSamueldied in 1897 aged 46Susan Mary45painter’s labourerNote 4
RossDorothy15Deptford, LondonAlexander42Elizabeth41tram conductor in 1901 & regulator in 1911
SkinnerDoris Norma15Battersea, LondonHerbert Frank45Elizabeth Jane45builder’s manager in 1901 & dept manager in 1911
SmithElsie Lilian Hayes13Caversham, OxonCharles G H37 in 1901Ellen Kingstondied in 1901 aged 38elementary schoolmaster in 1901
SmithNelli Evelyn16Caversham, Oxon     “   “     “   “        “
SmithEuna Beatrice10Whixley, YorksJohn Philip62Mary Ann52clergyman C. of E.
SpicerFrances Winifred14Clerkenwell LondonWilliam Robertdied in 1904 aged 44Emily47pianoforte tuner, etc. in 1901
SworderMarion Termil11Buntingford, HertsJohn Charles48Maria Levingstone46market gardener
TanseyGertrude Alice13Hinkley, LeicestershireArthur39Annie Louisa40hosiery needle manufacturer
WalmisleyVera Dorothea13Croydon, SurreyWalter42Dorothea35stock jobber at Stock Market
WatkinsConnie13Ashton, Cheshire

Note 1: In 1911 Margaret Scott Alice Higgs was a widow running  a boarding house in Newbury, Berks.

Note 2: in 1901 Ellen Ingram was living in Bristol on her own means with three children, William 4, Gracie 2 and Helen born that year with two nurses and a cook.

Note 3:  Daisy Potter was living as a pauper at Paddington workhouse in 1901.

Note 4: In 1901 Susan Mary Root was a widow, working as a dressmaker, living with four of her children Susannah R, 24 (also a dressmaker); Samule R., 20, a corresponding clerk; Christina G, 12 and Lilian, then 6.  By 1911 Susannah was married and Susan was living with her daughter & son-in-law, George Robert Radley, 32, a, ledger clerk, as a monthly nurse to their son, George Samuel Radley, 4.

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