Beatrice
Creighton
Born in Headington, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Mandell Creighton PC DD LLD
and Louisa Hume (von Glehn) Creighton
Sister of
Lucia Creighton, Cuthbert Creighton, Walter Robert Creighton, Mary Creighton, Oswin Creighton and Gemma (Creighton) Bailey
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Apr 2020
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Biography
Beatrice Creighton was born in Oxfordshire, England.
Beatrice Creighton was born in 1872 and her birth is registered at Headington, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. [1] She was the first born child of Mandell Creighton and Louise Glehn.
It seems that Beatrice never married and spent a good part of her life in Madras, India where she was the Head Deaconess of St. Faith's House, Madras from 1914-1944. She founded St Faith's House as a religious house for women who worked among the Anglo-Indians.
She retired and returned to England during India's Independence Movement and settled in Cambridge. [2]
Beatrice Creighton died in March, 1953 (aged 80) at Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom and was buried in the Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge. [3]
Sources
- ↑ ”Birth Entry” Beatrice Creighton born Oct-Nov-Dec 1872 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XHX-16R) Citing this Record: "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XHX-16R : 1 October 2014), Beatrice Creighton, 1872; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Headington, Oxfordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. Accessed 12 April 2020
- ↑ Google Books-Victorian Marriage by James Covert Page 315
- ↑ "Death and Burial Entry" Beatrice Creighton. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130951581/beatrice-creighton) Citing: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 April 2020), memorial page for Beatrice Creighton (Dec 1872–Mar 1953), Find a Grave Memorial no. 130951581, citing Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England ; Maintained by Martin Douglas Packer (contributor 47912178) . Accessed 12 April, 2020
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