Flora Jane (Timms) Thompson (1876 - 1947)

Born 5 Dec 1876 in Juniper Hill, Oxfordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of John William Thompson — married 7 Jan 1903 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England

Died 21 May 1947 at age 70 in Brixham, Devon, England

Biography

Flora (Timms) Thompson is Notable.

Flora Thompson was an English novelist and poet. She is best known for her semi-autobiographical trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford about the Oxfordshire countryside.^[1]

Flora Jane Timms was born in 1876. She was the eldest surviving child of stonemason Albert Timms and nursemaid Emma Dipper.^[2][3][4]

Flora married John William Thompson in 1903 at Twickenham Parish Church in Brentford, Middlesex, England.^[5]

She passed away in 1947. She was buried in Section G, grave 1 of Longcross Cemetery in Dartmouth, South Hams District, Devon, England.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Flora Thompson," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Thompson (accessed May 5, 2016).
2. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XXH-4N7 : accessed 5 May 2016), Flora Jane Timms, 1877; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXS-YBCJ : accessed 5 May 2016), Flora J Timmes in household of Albert Timmes, Cottisford, Oxfordshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 9, Piece/Folio 1508/8, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,467.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4G96-3ZM : accessed 5 May 2016), Flora J Timms in household of Albert Timms, Cottisford, Oxfordshire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Oxfordshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26Q9-N71 : accessed 5 May 2016), Flora Jane Timms, 1903; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1903, quarter 1, vol. 3A, p. 183, Brentford, Middlesex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14672361/flora-jane-thompson : accessed 03 March 2022), memorial page for Flora Jane Timms Thompson (5 Dec 1876–21 May 1947), Find A Grave: Memorial #14672361, citing Longcross Cemetery, Dartmouth, South Hams District, Devon, England ; Maintained by Find a Grave .

See Also:

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Gillian Lindsay, "Thompson [née Timms], Flora Jane (1876–1947), author", (published 23 September 2004, Oxford University Press): https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/38059 (subscription site but free access is available to most UK public library members)