May Eveline Goldsborough (1895 - 1970)

Born 22 Apr 1895 in Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 6 Dec 1970 at age 75 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

May Eveline, daughter of Frederick and Eliza Goldsborough was baptised at St Paul's Church, Northampton, Northamptonsire, England on 27th October 1895^[1]

In 1901 May, aged 5, was living with her mother Eliza (44) and her sister Minnie (4) 8 Grafton Street, Northampton, the same house, but different household to her grandmother Eliza (Bird) Fleming (bef.1828-1907) andunclesWilliam, Thomas and George ^[2].

In 1911 May, aged 15, was a boot machinist, living with her parents Eliza (55) and Fred (59, a boot finisher), and her sister May (15, a boot machinist) and Winifred (14, a boot machinist) were living at 18 Inkerman Terrace, Northampton ^[3]. Image of Inkerman Terrace: https://www.flickr.com/photos/60866864@N05/7118543031

In 1939 May (45, born 22 April 1895) and Annie M. (44) were living at Flat 1, Balfour Road, Northampton (presumably 21 Balfour Road from the sequence in census). Bother were boot machinists ^[4].

On 11th October 1944 May inherited £158 11s from her uncle, Arthur Flemming of High Street, Wootton, who died at 34 London Road, Daventry on 11th September 1944 ^[5].

May died on 6th Dec 1970 at 69 Balfour Road, Northampton, leaving £1,610 (will proven at Birmingham, 5th January 1971) ^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ8G-7LZ : 21 March 2020), May Eveline Goldsborough, 1895.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9Y7-FWJ : 20 May 2019), Eliza Goldsborough, Northampton Holy Sepulchre, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing St Giles subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7G3-BC7 : 18 July 2019), Eliza Goldsborough in household of Fred Goldsborough, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. Original viewed on Ancestry 2 September 2021
4. ↑ Source Citation The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/6084I Source Information 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).
5. ↑ https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/ 2 Sep 2021
6. ↑ Original and transcript viewed on Find My Past 2 Sept 2021 - original is not the same as the one on ttps://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/, which does not have this entry