Biography:
Helen Sarah Jack
26/01/1882 –19/11/1962
Helen Sarah Jack
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Unmarked grave Helen Sarah Jack (née Richmond) (1882-1962)
Helen was born 26 January 1882 in Hakin, part of the village of Hubberston next to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her father was George Richmond (Sergeant Major Royal Engineers) born in London, her mother Julia from Thorney in Cambridgeshire.
In 1891 she was living with her parents in The Avenue, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Her father’s service had involved the family moving frequently – her eldest brother was born in Woolwich, her next two siblings in Mauritius and then Sarah and two younger siblings in Hakin. The family could afford a young live-in domestic servant.
In 1901 Helen became a civil service clerk in London and lodged at a “Home For Ladies” at 8/9, South Crescent. The Home had a lady superintendent with an assistant and six servants and 39 young single ladies were accommodated there. Many were clerks, some of which worked for the civil service and there were typists and several artists.
In 1911 she was living alone at 5, Dorvill Road, Hammersmith but had moved to 12, Bellevue Road, Ealing by the time she married Gordon James Jack, a departmental manager in a photo engraving works, in 1913 in St Clement Danes, London.
The couple were to have three children: Helen Mary (1914), William Gordon (1916) and Lucy Evelyn (1920),
In 1921 the family were living at 52, The Crescent, Burlington Lane, Chiswick, then by Spring 1923 the couple had moved to “Gales”, Kings Road, Berkhamsted.
Helen became involved with local life in the town. In January 1931 The Bucks Examiner reviewed the “brilliant success” of The Berkhamsted Citizens’ Association annual social in the Town Hall. The entertainment included a quartet “composed of Mr Callaghan, Mr and Mrs Forsythe and Mrs Gordon Jack.”
In November 1934 the same paper reported that the Poppy Day in Berkhamsted had been organised by Mrs Gordon Jack and had raised over £285. The next year it was £295. In May 1938 the paper announced that “Four members of the Berkhamsted Wayfarers Choir [including Mrs Gordon Jack] are singing with the massed choirs at the Royal Albert Hall on Empire Day.”
In 1939 the Jacks were living at 24, Cedar Road.
Helen died at 1a, Hall Walk, 19 November 1962, aged 80.
Gordon survived her until 20 December 1969 when he died in a Rutland nursing home. He is buried here with her.
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Unmarked grave Helen Sarah Jack (née Richmond) (1882-1962)
Helen was born 26 January 1882 in Hakin, part of the village of Hubberston next to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her father was George Richmond (Sergeant Major Royal Engineers) born in London, her mother Julia from Thorney in Cambridgeshire.
In 1891 she was living with her parents in The Avenue, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Her father’s service had involved the family moving frequently – her eldest brother was born in Woolwich, her next two siblings in Mauritius and then Sarah and two younger siblings in Hakin. The family could afford a young live-in domestic servant.
In 1901 Helen became a civil service clerk in London and lodged at a “Home For Ladies” at 8/9, South Crescent. The Home had a lady superintendent with an assistant and six servants and 39 young single ladies were accommodated there. Many were clerks, some of which worked for the civil service and there were typists and several artists.
In 1911 she was living alone at 5, Dorvill Road, Hammersmith but had moved to 12, Bellevue Road, Ealing by the time she married Gordon James Jack, a departmental manager in a photo engraving works, in 1913 in St Clement Danes, London.
The couple were to have three children: Helen Mary (1914), William Gordon (1916) and Lucy Evelyn (1920),
In 1921 the family were living at 52, The Crescent, Burlington Lane, Chiswick, then by Spring 1923 the couple had moved to “Gales”, Kings Road, Berkhamsted.
Helen became involved with local life in the town. In January 1931 The Bucks Examiner reviewed the “brilliant success” of The Berkhamsted Citizens’ Association annual social in the Town Hall. The entertainment included a quartet “composed of Mr Callaghan, Mr and Mrs Forsythe and Mrs Gordon Jack.”
In November 1934 the same paper reported that the Poppy Day in Berkhamsted had been organised by Mrs Gordon Jack and had raised over £285. The next year it was £295. In May 1938 the paper announced that “Four members of the Berkhamsted Wayfarers Choir [including Mrs Gordon Jack] are singing with the massed choirs at the Royal Albert Hall on Empire Day.”
In 1939 the Jacks were living at 24, Cedar Road.
Helen died at 1a, Hall Walk, 19 November 1962, aged 80.
Gordon survived her until 20 December 1969 when he died in a Rutland nursing home. He is buried here with her.
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