Biography:
Bessy Collyer
1847 –1931
Bessy Collyer
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Unmarked grave Bessey Collyer (née Puddefoot) (1848-1931)
Bessey was born in Little Gaddesden in 1847, the daughter of Charles, an agricultural labourer, and Jemima (née Kirby) Puddefoot and was baptised 29 August.
Bessey married Joseph Collyer, a labourer, 8 February 1869 in Little Gaddesden.
Until at least 1885 they living in Potton End where their children Bessey (1870), Charles (1873), William (1882) and Emma (1885) were all born.
In 1891 they had moved to Gravel Path. Joseph worked as a farm labourer
By the time of the 1901 census Joseph had died and Bessey was employed as a monthly nurse at 229, High Street by Mrs Cripps, the wife of a chemist. Mrs Cripps had just given birth to a son and a monthly nurse was employed to care for a mother and baby during the lengthy lying-in period that was common at this time. A monthly nurse usually earned more than a midwife.
In June 1921 Bessey was living at 23, Charles Street. Her daughter Emma, now Mrs Warrington, and her two young sons, was living with her and she also had a family of three as lodgers.
Bessy died in 1931 aged 83.
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Unmarked grave Bessey Collyer (née Puddefoot) (1848-1931)
Bessey was born in Little Gaddesden in 1847, the daughter of Charles, an agricultural labourer, and Jemima (née Kirby) Puddefoot and was baptised 29 August.
Bessey married Joseph Collyer, a labourer, 8 February 1869 in Little Gaddesden.
Until at least 1885 they living in Potton End where their children Bessey (1870), Charles (1873), William (1882) and Emma (1885) were all born.
In 1891 they had moved to Gravel Path. Joseph worked as a farm labourer
By the time of the 1901 census Joseph had died and Bessey was employed as a monthly nurse at 229, High Street by Mrs Cripps, the wife of a chemist. Mrs Cripps had just given birth to a son and a monthly nurse was employed to care for a mother and baby during the lengthy lying-in period that was common at this time. A monthly nurse usually earned more than a midwife.
In June 1921 Bessey was living at 23, Charles Street. Her daughter Emma, now Mrs Warrington, and her two young sons, was living with her and she also had a family of three as lodgers.
Bessy died in 1931 aged 83.
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