May Simpson
Born |
5.10. |
1893 |
. |
at |
Lurgashall, Midhurst, Sussex |
Certificate |
Christened |
??. |
???? |
at |
?? |
Children |
1914 |
Norah |
=
George Elmer |
|
1916 |
Eric |
=
Sylvia Catley |
|
1919 |
Joyce |
Jo |
|
1920 |
Vera |
=
Stephen Dungate |
Died |
1.5. |
1983 |
at |
Northwood |
Certificate |
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 |
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Dressed for work outside
her employers' house, possibly at Tilgate or Hawick. |
May in about 1917, with
children Norah and Eric. |
A picnic in the woods with
the children, about 1920. Baby Jo and son Eric. |
May was born in
Lurgashall, near Midhurst in Hampshire to George and Polly
Simpson [3]. By 1910, she was in service with
the Nix family at Tilgate House south of Crawley [2]. The family had a second house near Hawick [2], in the Scottish borders. In 1914 she
married Phillip Wiltshire, a sailor with the Royal Navy. They had
four children between 1914 and 1920.
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May in about 1980. |
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May died in May 1983, in
hospital in Northwood [2].
Sources: Census 1901 [1]; family memories [2]; GRO records [3]
Updated 09-10-02