Violet May (Minchin) Nesbit (1882 - 1955)

Born 29 May 1882 in 9 Clydesdale Road, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of George Wilson Nesbit — married 14 Jul 1903 in Parkstone, Dorset, England

Died 4 Jun 1955 at age 73 in The Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Violet was born in 1882. She was the daughter of James Innes Minchin and Mary Duff Anne Dickson. She was baptised on 22 July 1882 at All Saints, Notting Hill, England.^[1]

BIRTHS

MINCHIN.— May 29, at 9. Clydesdale-road, the wife of James Innes Minchin, retired M.O.S. of a daughter. ^[2]

UK Census Event Date 1891: Living with her parents, younger sister Beatrice and four servants in Westbourne Park, Saint Mary, Ealing, London, England. Aged 8.

By 1901 the family had moved to Branksome, Dorset, England, for the betterment of her father's health.

Her father died in 1903 at the age of 77.

She married George Wilson Nesbit on 14 July 1903 in Parkstone, Dorset, England^[3]:

Wedding at Parkstone.

The marriage of Miss Violet May Minchin, third daughter of the late James Innes Minchin, Esq., I.C.S., and Member of the Legislative Council of Calcutta, resident at Travancore, to George Wilson Nesbit, only son of James Nesbit, Esq., of Burton-on-Trent, was solemnised on Tuesday, the 14th inst., at St Peter's Church, Parkstone. The ceremony was necessarily an exceedingly quite one, owing to the recent death of the bride's father.

The bride, who was given away by her cousin, Mr. Jamie Cotton, sore a charmingly simple gown of white Organdie muslin, with many frills, and trimmed with point de Flandres lace, and a large white picture hat, trimmed with a wreath of white roses and tulle. Her bouquet was of pink Mirna roses, tied with pale blue satin ribbon. Her only bridesmaid was Miss R. Minchin (younger sister of the bride), who wore a pretty frock of pale grey crepe de chine, much tucked and trimmed with Medita lace, and a white lace-hat. Her bouquet was of red roses.

The service was fully choral, and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Charles Stewart Miller, of St John's, Surrey Road.

The bride's mother, Mrs. J. Minchin, wore a black crepe de chine gown, and after the wedding held a reception at her residence, "Travancore", Parkstone, to which, owing to her recent bereavement, relatives and intimate friends only were invited.

Later Mr. and Mrs. Nesbit left for London en route to Scotland, where the honeymoon is to be spent. The bridge travelled in a very smart coat and skirt of black and white frieze, with kilted skirt, handsomely trimmed with yak lace, and a heart-shaped hat of tucked tulle, trimmed with black cowslips, and black and white ribbon.

The bridegroom is a well known portrait painter and artist in black and white, and his drawings in the "Sketch", "Tatler", and "Queen" are Familier to all. We are indebted to him for the sketch of his wife which appears in this number, and which was executed specially for the "Bournemouth Graphic".

The dresses were all supplied by Madam Alice Russein, of 8, Bond Street, W., and the wedding cake was from Messrs. Buzzard, of Oxford Street, W.

The wedding gifts were numerous and costly, and consisted chiefly of silver, place, and lace.^[4]

They had at least two children.

UK Census Date 1911: Living with her husband George and infant daughter Auriol in Chelsea, London, England. Aged 28. Also in the household were two servants.

It is likely that Violet and George separated.

In the 1939 England and Wales Register Violet was living at the Albany Hotel in Bridge Street, Ringwood and Fordingbridge.

Occupation: Hotel Manageress

Violet passed away in 1955 at the age of about 72.^[5]

DEATHS

NESBIT.- June 4, 1955 at the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, Mrs. Violet May Nesbit, Carrig Crevagh, Glenfarne, Co. Leitrim. Funeral to-morrow (Tuesday) to Mount Jerome Cemetery, arriving 11.45 a.m.^[6]

Her will was proved on 28 January 1956 at London to Hugh Clancy, Merchant and Jane Gwendoline Gilbert, spinster. Effects: £887 8s. 6d. in England.

Sources

1. ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P84/ALL/002. Source Information: Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London.
2. ↑ London Evening Standard 01 June 1882, Pg 1, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/
3. ↑ "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCR8-BVL : 24 December 2014), George Wilson Nesbit and Violet May Minchin, 14 Jul 1903; Marriage, citing Parkstone, Parkstone, Dorset, England, Record Office, Dorchester; FHL microfilm 2,427,637.
4. ↑ The Bournemouth Graphic, July 16th 1903, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/
5. ↑ "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 17 March 2020. Citing General Register Office. General Registry, Custom House, Dublin. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FT5R-D24
6. ↑ Irish Times 06 June 1955, Pg 10, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/

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Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1891." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 30 November 2020. From "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census." Database and images. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : n.d. Citing PRO RG 12. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3P8W-T2M

• "England and Wales Census, 1901." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 21 May 2019. From "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census." Database and images. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : n.d. Citing PRO RG 13. The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS49-NMN

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW2C-ZTW : 20 January 2015), Violet May Nesbit, Chelsea, Chelsea, London, England; from "1911 England and Wales census,"