Mary Noel Streatfeild (1895 - 1986)

Born 24 Dec 1895 in Frant, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Died 11 Sep 1986 at age 90 in Kensington and Chelsea, London, England

Biography

Noel Streatfeild is Notable.

Acclaimed author, Noel Streatfeild, is probably best known for her children's book, Ballet Shoes, published in 1936, about the three adopted Fossil sisters, Pauline, Petrova, and Posy.^[1] Streatfeild was born 24 December 1895 in Frant, Sussex, to Church of England Clergyman, Rev. William Champion Streatfield and Janet Mary Venn.^[1][2]

The second of five children (one of whom died in infancy), Streatfeild grew up in Amberley St Leonard's and was educated at Hastings and St Leonard's Ladies' College.^{[1] [3]} By the time she was fifteen, her father had taken up a new appointment at a church in Eastbourne, and Streatfeild began at Laleham School.^{[1] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} (2004) Streatfeild, (Mary) Noel (1895-1986) in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. oxforddnb.com : accessed 17 March 2018.
2. ↑ Births index (CR). England. Ticehurst, Sussex. 1st Q. 1896. STREATFEILD, Mary Noel. Vol. 2B. p. 111. Ln. 81. familysearch : accessed 17 March 2018.
3. ↑ Census. 1901. England. Amberley, Sussex. RG13. PN: 955. FL. 100. p. 11. familysearch findmypast : accessed 17 March 2018.
   • Address: The Vicarage
4. ↑ Census. 1911. England. Eastbourne, Sussex. RG14. RD. 71. ED. 30. D. 30. SD. 2. PN. 4842. familysearch findmypast : accessed 17 March 2018.
   • Address: The Vicarage, Vicarage Road, Eastbourne
   • Education: Student