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Edith Timson Allsop (1044)
18/03/1884 –23/03/1946
Edith Timson Allsop (1044)
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Plot 1044 Edith Timson Allsop (née Meek) (1884-1946)
Edith was born 18 March 1884 in Berkhamsted, the daughter of Edward Meek, a wood turner and his wife Eliza Cook (née Timson). She was the seventh of eight children and the family lived at 156, High Street.
In 1901 Edith was 17 and working as a draper’s assistant along with her elder sister Lilian.
On 17 November 1909 she married Thomas Allsop, fifteen years her senior, in Berkhamsted. Their twins Edward Thomas and Gwyneth were born in September 1910.
Thomas worked as an engineer’s fitter for John Dickinson, the paper manufacturer, in Apsley Mills, Hemel Hempstead and in 1911 they were living at “Berkleigh”, Manor Estate, Apsley.
At some point the family appears to have moved to Surrey where twins Joan and Betty were born in 1913.
By the time of the 1921 census the family was living at 156, High Street, Berkhamsted, Edith’s childhood home. Thomas was described as an out-of-work engine fitter, his last employer given as Messrs Morgan & Co, Motor Works. Also living with them and the four young children was Thomas’s brother Harry, also an engine fitter and, like Thomas, unemployed. He had been working at Vauxhall Motor Works. Life would have been tough, but Edith was manging her own retail hardware shop which must have kept the family afloat.
In 1939 they had moved to Cumberland House, Elm Grove, which Edith was running as a lodging house. Two elementary school teachers were in residence. Thomas Allsop had now retired and Harry Allsop, still unemployed, was still living with them.
Edith died 26 March 1946 aged 62. Thomas survived her until 1951 and is buried here with her.
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Plot 1044 Edith Timson Allsop (née Meek) (1884-1946)
Edith was born 18 March 1884 in Berkhamsted, the daughter of Edward Meek, a wood turner and his wife Eliza Cook (née Timson). She was the seventh of eight children and the family lived at 156, High Street.
In 1901 Edith was 17 and working as a draper’s assistant along with her elder sister Lilian.
On 17 November 1909 she married Thomas Allsop, fifteen years her senior, in Berkhamsted. Their twins Edward Thomas and Gwyneth were born in September 1910.
Thomas worked as an engineer’s fitter for John Dickinson, the paper manufacturer, in Apsley Mills, Hemel Hempstead and in 1911 they were living at “Berkleigh”, Manor Estate, Apsley.
At some point the family appears to have moved to Surrey where twins Joan and Betty were born in 1913.
By the time of the 1921 census the family was living at 156, High Street, Berkhamsted, Edith’s childhood home. Thomas was described as an out-of-work engine fitter, his last employer given as Messrs Morgan & Co, Motor Works. Also living with them and the four young children was Thomas’s brother Harry, also an engine fitter and, like Thomas, unemployed. He had been working at Vauxhall Motor Works. Life would have been tough, but Edith was manging her own retail hardware shop which must have kept the family afloat.
In 1939 they had moved to Cumberland House, Elm Grove, which Edith was running as a lodging house. Two elementary school teachers were in residence. Thomas Allsop had now retired and Harry Allsop, still unemployed, was still living with them.
Edith died 26 March 1946 aged 62. Thomas survived her until 1951 and is buried here with her.
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