Nina Corry (Evans) Workman (1903 - 1981)

Born 30 Oct 1903 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of Walter Briggs — married 16 Jul 1934 in Mayfair, London, England, United Kingdom

Died 22 Mar 1981 at age 77 in Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Nina Corry was born on 30 October 1903^[1] at Ōamaru, Otago, New Zealand, and her birth was registered in the last quarter of 1903 at Ōamaru^[2]. She was the first daughter of Savage Corry Evans and Jane Ann Healey.

When her father divorced her mother, she had to live with her father^[3]. But by 1925 she was living at 1 Maori Hill with her mother Jane Ann, both being listed on the Timaru General Roll^[4].

She emigrated from New Zealand to England in the early 1930s.

Nina married Walter Briggs, a widower aged 65, on 16 July 1934 in Christ Church, Down Street, Mayfair, London^[5]. He was a gentleman living at Linden Hall, Borwick, Lancashire, and she was living at 4 Park Street, London (the residence of Lady Knowles). They appear not to have had children.

Walter died on 29 October 1938 at Linden Hall, Borwick near Carnforth, Lancashire^[6].

In 1939 she was living at Linden Hall, Lunesdale, Lancashire with her father Savage Evans (born 1878) and sister Kathleen Evans (born 1906)^[7]. She was a widow doing unpaid domestic duties born on 31 Oct 1903.

Nina married for the second time to Robert Workman in 1949^[8].

Nina died on 22 March 1981 at 14 Harnet Street, Sandwich, Kent^[9], and her death was registered in the first quarter of 1981 at Dover, kent^[10] at Dover, Kent. Her probate was granted at Brighton on 9 June 1981^[9]. Her estate was valued at £44,127.

Research Notes

The date of her birth on the BDM Online index is 30 October, but other records give it as 31 October. Maybe the date was given incorrectly on registration or the date she was told was wrong.

Note that The Peerage^[11] has wrong information about her mother who is, of course, the first wife of her father, not his third wife.

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Birth Registration. Accessed 6 Sep 2022

   1903/9319 Evans, Nina Corry Mother=Jane Ann Father=Savage DOB=30/10/1903

2. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche. Accessed 8 Sep 2022
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   Name: Nina Cory Evans; Birth Date: 1903 Oct-Nov-Dec; Registration Place: Ōamaru, New Zealand; Folio Number: 5182.

3. ↑ Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Accessed 6 Sep 2022

   MARITAL RELATIONS. New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10609, 7 June 1920, Page 5

4. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853–1981. Auckland, New Zealand: BAB microfilming. Microfiche publication, 4032 fiche. District: Timaru. Year: 1925. Accessed 8 Sep 2022
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   Name: Nina Corry Evans; Electoral Year: 1925; Residence Street Address: 1 Maori Hill; Residence Place: New Zealand; District: Timaru; Region or Province: Canterbury.

5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020. Original data: Westminster, Anglican Parish Registers, City of Westminster Archives, Westminster, London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: CCDS/PR/3/5. Accessed 8 Sep 2022
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   Nina Corry Evans (30) marriage to Walter Briggs on 16 Jul 1934 in Christ Church, Down Street, Mayfair, London, Westminster, England.

6. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England. Accessed 8 Sep 2022
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   Walter Briggs probate on 5 Jan 1939 in London, England. Died 29 Oct 1938 in Lancashire, England.

7. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Original data: Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of TNA, London England. 1939 Register (Series RG101), The National Archives, Kew, London, England. Reference: Rg 101/4947b. Accessed 6 Sep 2022
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   Nina Corry Briggs (born 31 Oct 1903), widow, Unpaid Domestic Duties, at Linden Hall, Lunesdale, Lancashire, England.

8. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 10d; Page: 1165. Accessed 8 Sep 2022
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   Nina C Briggs marriage in Oct 1949.

9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England. Accessed 8 Sep 2022
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   Nina Corry Workman probate on 9 Jun 1981 in Brighton. Died 22 Mar 1981 in Sandwich Kent.

10. ↑ England & Wales Death Index FreeBMD Entry Information: Death Accessed 8 Sep 2022

    Workman, Nina Corry (Date of birth: 31 Oct 1903).

    GRO Reference: 1981 Jan-Feb-Mar in Dover Volume 16 Page 1236.

11. ↑ The Peerage: Nina Corry Evans Accessed 8 Sep 2022

• Debrett, John, C. F. J. Hankinson, and Arthur G. M. Hesilrige. Debretts peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage ...: comprises information concerning persons bearing hereditary or courtesy titles, privy councillors, knights, companions of the various orders, and the collateral branches of all peers and baronets. London: Odhams Press, 1947. Page 199