Elsie Louise Marshall 1907- 1993

1907. Elsie Louise Marshall was born to William Marshall & Lucy Amy Collier on 19/12/1907 . Romford Mar 1908

1908.Elsie Louise Marshall was baptised at St Pauls, Woodford Bridge on 13/2/1908. Godparents were William Marshall, Lucy Amy Marshall & Emily Rebecca Gould

Elsie as a baby with her parents & siblings, Lucy~3 & Fred ~1

1911C. Elsie Louise Marshall, 3, was living the Stables, Claybury, Woodford Bridge, Ilford, Essex in 5 rooms. Her parents had been married 8 years, 3 children.

William	Marshall	Head	Married	Male	33	1878	Chauffaur Domestic	Prittlewell Essex
Lucy Amy	Marshall	Wife	Married	Female	36	1875	-	Westbury Wilts
Lucy Amy	Marshall	Daughter	-	Female	6	1905	-	Woodford Bridge Essex
Frederick William	Marshall	Son	-	Male	5	1906	-	Woodford Bridge Essex
Elsie Louise	Marshall	Daughter	-	Female	3	1908	-	Woodford Bridge Essex

1912. Her youngest brother, Ernest A Collier, was born Romford Mar 1912

 

Her school class in 1913, but cannot identify Elsie!!

 

 

Lucy, Ernest, Frederick & Elsie ~ 1918

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Elsie as a schoolgirl ~ 1916? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elsie ~1922? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy & Elsie ~1926 Jersey?

Women’s League of Health and Beauty with the badges. She talked about this a lot. Loved it. She is in front middle row. 

1921 census.Elsie Louise Marshall was livng 26 hesper Mews, Kensington with her parents and 3 siblings. Her father a chauffeur

1925 onwards. She seemed to go on holiday with her elder sister, Lucy

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By 1930 the family had moved from Claybury to Kensington

1930, 1935, 1939, 1945 . William Marshall living 26 Hesper Mews, Kensington with his wife and 3/4children / in the last 2 just daughter Lucy Amy . - Ancestry Electoral rolls

1931. Elsie Louise Marshall, then 24, was a Civil Servant when she applied for a passport in 1931. Did she speak of foreign holidays before she married?? Or of her job?

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1931. Elsie may have travelled to Austria with her sister Lucy on a climbing holiday

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1930, 1935, 1939, 1945 . William Marshall living 26 Hesper Mews, Kensington with his wife and 3/4children, just daughter Lucy Amy in the last 2. - Ancestry Electoral rolls

1939. Elsie L Marshall , 31, civil servant, married George Edward Newman, 29, clerk, on 29/4/1939 in St Jude's Church, Kensington .Her father William Marshall, chauffeur, his ???James Burton Newman ???, publican. Her address 26 Hesper Mews, S W, his Belmont, Hillier's Lane, Beddington, Surrey . Witnesses were William Marshall, K.G. Marshall & Elizabeth Morley - his mother. Who is K G Marshall ??

From left to right – Peggy Lebbaus – my godmother- Mum’s mother, Ernest - Mum’s younger brother behind- , Dad and Mum  then my father’s mother but the man at the end I don’t know. He has gloves like my Dad so maybe the best man and friend of Dad’s??

 

1939 Register. Elsie L Newman, born 19/12/1907, was living with Stephen~1868, retired engineer labourer, & Eliza Spratt 1865 , and their daughter Phyliss 1900 at Tritton Avenue, Beddington . No occupation

This may explain what my mother was doing when she had to leave the civil service where she worked as a switchboard operator when she
 got married and had me. I understand everyone had to do something. If not signed up to the forces, then working in munitions or in the
 WRVS. Is the W V S something to do with that. I know Mum never worked after she had me until my father died. She played tennis in the
 Summer and badminton in the Winter. She did dressmaking classes and shopping for neighbours. Only in old age did she play bridge. I
 spoke to a friend of hers last week who is about my age. She said Mum never talked about the past or my Dad only about me and general
 things. Though she was very proud when Brother Fred was made Mayor of Kensington! Christine told me Mum first worked in the Trueform
 offices where she met Christine. It seems they both went home for dinner and walked some of the way together and the friendship 
blossomed! Mum then did the accounts at the high class(!!!!) ladies outfitters Smiths, in St Giles Street. Then at about retirement 
age she was asked by a neighbour if she would help with the accounts at his Bingo club(coming down in the world now!) . She worked
 there til he realised she was 70 and said she had to go. Bad arthritis took over after she gave up sports and constant painkillers
 caused a bad stomach ulcer. She struggled on until she collapsed at home and was taken into a home. It was dreadful. We brought her 

back here but it wasn’t long before she died. She always said she would not live with us and I think she gave up. Be interesting to know what she did in the war. Are there any records anywhere

 

Fill in her life

~1990. She moved down to New Southgate to live with her daughter

1993. Elsie Louise Newman, 86, died on 30/9/1993

Newman Index