Biography:
Lilla Mary Norris
1857 –11/02/1921
Lilla Mary Norris
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Plot 381 Lilla Mary Norris (1857-1921)
Lilla was born in 1857 in Bushey to Richard Robinson Norris, a Quaker, and her mother was Elizabeth Anne (née Dixon). Her father was a master miller employing 4 men and 2 boys and in 1861 the family lived in the High Street, Watford. Lilla was the oldest of their children who eventually numbered six.
By 1871 the family had moved to Ravens Lane, Berkhamsted and her father’s occupation was described as land agent, but by 1881 they were at the Lower Mill on London Road/Bank Mill Lane (now The Old Mill), inherited from her grandfather Daniel Norris who had died in 1879.
The 1891 census records her employed as a governess and living with her parents at the mill. By 1901 her father was involved with the family Leverstock and Acorn Red Brick Company at Leverstock Green and had moved to 43, Charles Street with Lilla, her sister Henrietta and her brother Richard, who was managing the firm.
Lilla never married and in 1911 she was living with her widowed sister Jessie Bertha Andrew, at Leaside, Abbots Road, Abbots Langley. Both were described as having “private means”.
Lilla died at 8, Boxwell Road 11 February 1921.
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Plot 381 Lilla Mary Norris (1857-1921)
Lilla was born in 1857 in Bushey to Richard Robinson Norris, a Quaker, and her mother was Elizabeth Anne (née Dixon). Her father was a master miller employing 4 men and 2 boys and in 1861 the family lived in the High Street, Watford. Lilla was the oldest of their children who eventually numbered six.
By 1871 the family had moved to Ravens Lane, Berkhamsted and her father’s occupation was described as land agent, but by 1881 they were at the Lower Mill on London Road/Bank Mill Lane (now The Old Mill), inherited from her grandfather Daniel Norris who had died in 1879.
The 1891 census records her employed as a governess and living with her parents at the mill. By 1901 her father was involved with the family Leverstock and Acorn Red Brick Company at Leverstock Green and had moved to 43, Charles Street with Lilla, her sister Henrietta and her brother Richard, who was managing the firm.
Lilla never married and in 1911 she was living with her widowed sister Jessie Bertha Andrew, at Leaside, Abbots Road, Abbots Langley. Both were described as having “private means”.
Lilla died at 8, Boxwell Road 11 February 1921.
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