Ellen (Wallcroft) Lipscomb (1875 - 1949)

Born 9 Dec 1875 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Died 4 Sep 1949 at age 73 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Nellie (Wallcroft) Lipscomb was awarded the British Empire Medal.

Ellen was born in 1875. Ellen's birth was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1876 in the Cookham district.^[1]

In April 1912, she immigrated to New York. She survived the Titanic disaster.

She returned to England during the first world war, and served as a forewoman cook in Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. Her efforts were rewarded in 1919 by the British Empire Medal, Military Division, which was presented to her by the Consul General in New York on 1 November 1920.

Later in the 1920s, she married William George Lipscomb. They lived in Brooklyn, New York with William's sister Rebecca. They continued living in Brooklyn at the 1930 and 1940 censuses. She passed away in 1949.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office"
   GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 21 February 2024)
   Wallcroft, Ellen (Mother's maiden name: Broughton).
   GRO Reference: 1876 Jan-Feb-Mar in Cookham Volume 02C Page 415.

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