Biography:
Lucy Miller
10/03/1871 –14/12/1946
Lucy Miller
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Plot 1164 Lucy Miller (née Drake) (1871-1946)
Lucy was born 10 March 1871, the fourth child of David and Hannah (née Gurney) Drake. Her father was an agricultural labourer and in 1881 they were living in the hamlet of Hastoe, just south of Tring.
Her mother died when Lucy was just one year old and in 1881 David and his three daughters and son were living in Tring. In 1891 they were living in Marchcroft, Tring. Lucy’s brother, like her father, was a farm labourer and her two elder sisters were straw plaiters, but no occupation is shown for her, although she was 20 by then.
Lucy married Charles Miller, a groom, in the parish church in Tring on the 30th November 1908.
Their first child, Ada, was born in 1909, but died at birth, or shortly afterwards. They were to have no other children.
In April 1911 Lucy and Charles and a boarder, 56-year-old widower and farm labourer, Thomas Stokes, were living at 1, Ellesmere Road. Charles is recorded as being a groom, working for a farmer.
By 1920 Charles and Lucy had moved to 120, Charles Street, Berkhamsted. In 1921 Charles was employed as a carter at Ward & Sons sawmills in Bourne End and they also had a lodger and a boarder. They remained in Charles Street until 1926, when they are recorded on the electoral roll as residing at the stables at ‘Whitehill’, the home owned and occupied by Brigadier General Richard Mildmay Foot.
In 1927 they had both moved to 49 George Street and by September 1939 they had moved again, this time to 10 Beech Drive, Berkhamsted. At some time between 1926 and 1939 Charles had become ‘incapacitated’.
Lucy died 14 December 1946. Charles survived her until 28 December 1947.
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Plot 1164 Lucy Miller (née Drake) (1871-1946)
Lucy was born 10 March 1871, the fourth child of David and Hannah (née Gurney) Drake. Her father was an agricultural labourer and in 1881 they were living in the hamlet of Hastoe, just south of Tring.
Her mother died when Lucy was just one year old and in 1881 David and his three daughters and son were living in Tring. In 1891 they were living in Marchcroft, Tring. Lucy’s brother, like her father, was a farm labourer and her two elder sisters were straw plaiters, but no occupation is shown for her, although she was 20 by then.
Lucy married Charles Miller, a groom, in the parish church in Tring on the 30th November 1908.
Their first child, Ada, was born in 1909, but died at birth, or shortly afterwards. They were to have no other children.
In April 1911 Lucy and Charles and a boarder, 56-year-old widower and farm labourer, Thomas Stokes, were living at 1, Ellesmere Road. Charles is recorded as being a groom, working for a farmer.
By 1920 Charles and Lucy had moved to 120, Charles Street, Berkhamsted. In 1921 Charles was employed as a carter at Ward & Sons sawmills in Bourne End and they also had a lodger and a boarder. They remained in Charles Street until 1926, when they are recorded on the electoral roll as residing at the stables at ‘Whitehill’, the home owned and occupied by Brigadier General Richard Mildmay Foot.
In 1927 they had both moved to 49 George Street and by September 1939 they had moved again, this time to 10 Beech Drive, Berkhamsted. At some time between 1926 and 1939 Charles had become ‘incapacitated’.
Lucy died 14 December 1946. Charles survived her until 28 December 1947.
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