Person:Ada Moss (1)

Ada Lavinia Moss was born on 19th March 1882 at Aley Green in the parish of Caddington. Caddington parish straddled Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire at the time, with Aley Green falling in the part of the parish in Hertfordshire. Ada was the daughter of a bonnet sewer called Bethia Moss, formerly King, and her husband William Moss, an agricultural labourer. Ada's birth was registered simply as "Lavinia Moss", but she was baptised when two months old as "Ada Lavinia Moss", suggesting her parents changed their mind about her name shortly after she was born.

Some time between Ada's birth in 1882 and the 1891 census the family left Aley Green and moved to the nearby town of Luton. Ada's parents appear in the 1891 census living at 146 Chapel Street. Ada herself spent census night that year staying with her older sister Victoria and her family at 6 Windsor Street.

The 1901 census finds Ada living with her parents and one sister at Farley Green in the parish of Caddington, right on the border with Luton. By this time Ada was working as a straw hat sewer.

In 1905, aged 23, Ada married a brass trimmer called George Davis. The following year Ada's mother died.

Ada and George had a son, Harold, in 1907, but he died when he was only one year old in 1908.

The 1911 census finds Ada and George living at 76 Park Road West in Luton. They had an adopted child called Charles Francis Morris living with them. George's older sister Emily was also living with them on census night. Park Road West was later renamed Strathmore Avenue, presumably to distinguish it from the very similarly named Park Street West nearby. Ada's father died four days after the 1911 census.

Ada and George went on to have another son, William Arthur, in 1913, and a daughter, Irene Dorothy, in 1920. Their son William died in 1933, aged nineteen.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Ada, George and their daughter Irene were living at 76 Strathmore Avenue.

Ada died in 1960, aged 78. George survived her by about eight years.

1. ↑ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Lavinia MOSS, June Quarter 1882, Luton Registration District, Volume 3b, page 456, mother's maiden name King

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Baptisms register, in Church of England. Caddington Parish Registers. (Bedford: Bedfordshire Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Caddington in the County of Bedford in the Year 1882
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   1804 [born] 18 March 1882	May 29	Ada Lavinia	William & Bethia	Moss	Aley Green	Labourer	Tho[ma]s Prescott, Vicar

3. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 1274; Folio 47; Page 14, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 6 Windsor Street, Luton, Bedfordshire
   4 rooms occupied
   Thomas C. Warren, head, married, male, 25 [1865/6], Engine & Machine Maker, employed, b. Huntingdon
   Victoria Warren, wife, married, female, 25 [1865/6], Straw Hat Machinist, employed, b. Ally Green, Hertfordshire
   Linley [sic] R. Warren, daughter, single, female, 3 [1887/8], b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Annie Warren, daughter, single, female, 6mo [1890], b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Ada S. Amos [sic], visitor, female, 9 [1881/2], b. Ally Green, Hertfordshire

4. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 1519; Folio 104; Page 1, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Farley Green, Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Five or more rooms occupied
   William Moss, head, married, male, 65 [1835/6], Cowman on Farm, worker, b. Aley Green, Hertfordshire
   Bethiar Moss, wife, married, female, 63 [1837/8], b. Aley Green, Hertfordshire
   Bethiar Moss, daughter, single, female, 22 [1878/9], Straw Hat Sewer, worker, b. Aley Green, Hertfordshire
   Ada Moss, daughter, single, female, 19 [1881/2], Straw Hat Sewer, worker, b. Aley Green, Hertfordshire

5. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 8995; Schedule 433, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 76 Park Road West, Luton, Bedfordshire
   4 rooms occupied
   George Davis, head, male, 28 [1882/3], married, Brass Trimmer - Engineers, worker, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Ada Davis, wife, female, 29 [1881/2], married 5 years, 1 child born to marriage, 0 children still living, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Emely Davis, sister, female, 38 [1872/3], single, Finisher Straw Hat - Manufacturer, worker, b. Redbourn, Hertfordshire
   Charles Francis Morris, adopted child, male, 2 [1908/9], b. Luton, Bedfordshire

6. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Luton Municipal Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 76 Strathmore Avenue, Luton, Bedfordshire
   Davis, George / male / b. 14 Jul 1882 / married / Fettler (Non-Ferrous)(General Engineer)
   Davis, Ada L. [later hand crossed out "Ada L." and put "Lavinia"] / female / b. 19 Mar 1882 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
   Davis [later hand crossed out and put "Noake"], Irene D. / female / b. 27 Feb 1920 / single / Confectioners Chocolate Hand Dipper

7. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Lavinia DAVIS, June Quarter 1960, Luton Registration District, Volume 4a, page 166, aged 78 [1881/2]