Selina Caroline Austin (1886 - 1979)

Born 1886 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

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Biography

Selina Caroline Austin - the family was quite wealthy. She had her own governess when she was young. Her father was in the furniture business and was very successful until he started hitting the bottle and making some poor decisions and he lost a lot of money. She had Joan, her daughter, who didn't recognise Arthur, her dad, when he returned from the war. During the war, Selina had many officers billet at her house. (Carol Cook)

Sources

• Birth, registered at High Wycombe Q1 1886: https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD%2FB%2F1886%2F1%2FAZ%2F000021%2F125

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4G2M-22M : 2 May 2019), Selina C Austin in household of Fred S Austin, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Buckinghamshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9YY-RGQ : 20 May 2019), Selina Austin in household of Fred Austin, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Wycombe subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.