Phoebe Sarah Hertha (Marks) Ayrton (1854 - 1923)

Born 28 Apr 1854 in Portsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 23 Aug 1923 at age 69 in Lancing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Hertha (Marks) Ayrton is Notable.

Hertha (Marks) Ayrton has Jewish Roots.

Hertha (Marks) Ayrton has Polish Roots.

Biography

Hertha (Marks) Ayrton was a British engineer, mathematician, physicist, and inventor.

Ayrton was elected the first female member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1899.

Born to Levi Marks, a Polish Jewish watchmaker and his wife Alice Theresa (Moss) Marks, a seamstress.

She married William Edward Ayrton in 1885. She became step-mother to his daughter Edith. They also had a daughter in 1886. She named her daughter after Barbara Bodichon, who financially supported the patent application for her first major invention in 1884.

Sources

Birth

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NHZ-MG2 : accessed 28 April 2016), Phoebe Sarah Marks, 1854; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Portsea Island, Hampshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

Marriage

• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DTR-NVB : accessed 28 April 2016), Phoebe Sarah Marks, 1885; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1885, quarter 2, vol. 1B, p. 278, Pancras, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

Death

• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHS-V6FQ : accessed 28 April 2016), Phoebe S Ayrton, 1923; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Steyning, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

Census

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWMQ-T9M : accessed 28 April 2016), Phobe Sarah Marks in household of Levi Marks, Portsea, Hampshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9JQ-KLC : accessed 28 April 2016), Phoebe S Ayrton, Woodham Walter, Essex, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Maldon subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

See Also

• Wikipedia: Hertha Marks Ayrton
• Hirsch, Pam. "Hertha Ayrton." Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. Jewish Women's Archive. 31 December 1999.
• Elizabeth Bruton, "Celebrating the Life of Hertha Ayrton," Science Museum, South Kensington, London. April 28, 2020.
• Google Doodle, Hertha Marks Ayrton’s 162nd birthday, April 28, 2016.
• FamilySearch Person: MVWL-HJT