Amelia Mary Sills | Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted

Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted

Biography:
Amelia Mary Sills
21/02/1868 –17/03/1941

Plot 901 Amelia Mary Sills (née Ledger) (1868-1941) 

Amelia Mary Ledger was born  21 February 1868 in Westerham, Kent. Her father was William Ledger, a soldier.

 She married George Henry Sills, one of the three famous Berkhamsted photographers at St Mary the Virgin, Westerham, Kent, 22 November 1890.  George carried on a business in Berkhamsted as a photographer and picture frame maker.

They were to have four children: Charles George (1892), Albert William (1894), Edward Victor (1898) and Nita May (1909).

In 1911 the family was living with her father-in-law, a railway porter, at 234 High Street Berkhamsted where they appear to have lived for their entire married lives. Young Albert was employed as a railway clerk. They also had a lodger.

In the 1939 Register Nita, who had married, was living with them.

Amelia died on 17th March 1941, ten years before her husband.

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Plot 901 Amelia Mary Sills (née Ledger) (1868-1941) 

Amelia Mary Ledger was born  21 February 1868 in Westerham, Kent. Her father was William Ledger, a soldier.

 She married George Henry Sills, one of the three famous Berkhamsted photographers at St Mary the Virgin, Westerham, Kent, 22 November 1890.  George carried on a business in Berkhamsted as a photographer and picture frame maker.

They were to have four children: Charles George (1892), Albert William (1894), Edward Victor (1898) and Nita May (1909).

In 1911 the family was living with her father-in-law, a railway porter, at 234 High Street Berkhamsted where they appear to have lived for their entire married lives. Young Albert was employed as a railway clerk. They also had a lodger.

In the 1939 Register Nita, who had married, was living with them.

Amelia died on 17th March 1941, ten years before her husband.

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