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Ivy Adela Frances Higgs (1900 – 1956)
Ivy Adela Frances Higgs was born on 11 July 1900 in Croydon the daughter of Walter and Margaret Alice Scott, nee Mitchell, Higgs. She was baptized on 7 October 1900 at St James in Croydon, her parents were living at 75 Wellesley Road in Croydon and Walter was a brewer’s manager.
In the 1901 census Ivy was recorded with her parents Walter and Margaret and five sisters Lilian (aged 10), Evelyn (7), Cicely (6), Irene (4), Gladys (2) at Rose Cottage, 93 Wellesley Road in Croydon. Walter was a brewer’s agent.
Walter died on 25 November 1904 aged 56 at High Street in Hungerford while living at Woodcote, Donnington Road in Newbury. He was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 29 November.
Ivy started studying at Newbury Council girl’s school on 5 April 1909 while living at Ashley Villas in Wash Common. She was at the school for nearly six years, leaving on 31 March 1915.
While still at the school Ivy was recorded in the 1911 census living with her mother Margaret, sisters Lilian (aged 20) and Irene (14) along with three boarders at 1 Ashley Villas, Wash Common. Margaret was a boarding house keeper and Lilian a draper’s cashier.
Ten years later in the 1921 census Ivy was record with her mother Margaret still living at 1 Ashley Villas, Wash Common along with a boarder and four visitors. Margaret was a boarding house keeper and Ivy a sick nurse.
An announcement appeared in the London Gazette dated 10 March 1939 that Ivy Adela Frances Higgs had been appointed as a Post Office clerical assistant in London.
When the 1939 register was compiled in September 1939 Ivy was living at 49 Ramillies Road in Ealing with her mother Margaret together with her sisters Evelyn and Irene. Margaret was carrying out unpaid domestic duties, Evelyn was a children’s nurse while Irene and Ivy were both civil servants carrying out clerical work.
Ivy died on 4 November 1956 and her cremated ashes were buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 10 November 1956. She left a will and probate was granted on 11 January 1957 to her mother Margaret in London. The value of the estate was £479 18s 1d.
Ivy’s mother Margaret died on 24 August 1963 in her 100th year still living at 49 Ramillies Road. Her cremated remains were buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 2 September 1963.
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