Person:Alice May (9)

Alice Maud Mary May was born on 16th March 1888 at Plymouth in Devon. She was the daughter of a compositor printer named William May and his wife Louisa Kate Harry. The family lived at Pear Tree Cottage, 21 John Street, Plymouth. Alice was not baptised as a baby, but when she was 21 years old. She was baptised at St Luke's Church in Plymouth on 23rd October 1909 - the same church in which her sister Louisa had married three days earlier (Alice had been one of the witnesses to the marriage).

Alice never married, and appears to have stayed living with her mother. A couple of letters from Alice to her sister Winifred from the 1920s remain in the possession of Winifred's descendants. Alice always refers to herself and 'Ma', suggesting they were still living together. Alice died in 1938, aged 50, having only outlived her mother by five years.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office), Primary quality.

   b. Alice Maud M. MAY, June Quarter 1888, Plymouth Registration District, Vol. 5b, page 270

2. ↑ General Register Office. The National Archives (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) RG 12 General Register Office: 1891 Census Schedules, Class RG12; Piece 1726; Folio 14; Page 21, 5 Apr 1891, Primary quality.

   Address: 11 John Street, Plymouth, Devon
   3 rooms occupied
   William May, head, married, male, 30 [1860/1], Printers Compositor, employed, b. Devonport, Devon
   Louisa May, wife, married, female, 33 [1857/8], b. Dartmouth, Devon
   Winnifred May, daughter, single, female, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Louisa May, daughter, single, female, 4 [1886/7], Scholar, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Alice May, daughter, single, female, 3 [1887/8], Scholar, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Frank May, son, single, male, 2 [1888/9], b. Plymouth, Devon
   Harry May, son, single, male, 1 [1889/90], b. Plymouth, Devon

3. ↑ General Register Office. The National Archives (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) RG 13 General Register Office: 1901 Census Schedules, Class RG13; Piece 2103; Folio 11; Page 13, 31 Mar 1901, Primary quality.

   Address: Pear Tree Cott, 21 John St, Plymouth, Devon
   4 rooms occupied
   William May, head, married, male, 40 [1860/1], Letterpress Printer, worker, b. Devonport, Devon
   Louisa May, wife, married, female, 43 [1857/8], b. Dartmouth, Devon
   Winifred May, daughter, female, 15 [1885/6], General Servant (Domestic), worker, b. Plymouth, Devon
   [page RG13/2103/11/14]
   Louisa May, daughter, female, 14 [1886/7], General Servant Domestic, Worker, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Frank May, son, male, 11 [1889/90], b. Plymouth, Devon
   Alice May, daughter, female, 13 [1887/8], b. Plymouth, Devon
   Harry May, son, male, 10 [1890/1], b. Plymouth, Devon
   William May, son, male, 9 [1891/2], b. Plymouth, Devon
   Bertram May, son, male, 6 [1894/5], b. Plymouth, Devon

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of St Luke's Church. (Plymouth: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office), Primary quality.

   Baptisms solemnized in the Church of the District Chapelry of St. Luke, Plymouth, in the County of Devon, in the Year 1909
   No. 1404
   WHEN BORN: March 16 1888
   WHEN BAPTIZED: Oct 23 1909
   CHILD'S CHRISTIAN NAME: Alice Maud Mary
   PARENTS' NAMES - CHRISTIAN: William & Louisa Kate
   PARENTS' NAMES - SURNAME: May
   ABODE: 21 John Street
   QUALITY, TRADE, OR PROFESSION: Compositor
   BY WHOM THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED: J.M. Hodge

5. ↑ General Register Office. The National Archives (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) RG 14 General Register Office: 1911 Census Schedules, RG14PN13001 RG78PN749 RD276 SD3 ED25 SN450, 2 Apr 1911, Primary quality.

   Address: 1 Pear Tree Cottages, 21 John Street, Plymouth, Devon
   Rooms occupied: Four
   William May, Head, male, 50 [1860/1], Married, Invalid, b. Devonport, Devon
   Louisa May, Wife, female, 53 [1857/8], Married 27 years, 8 children born alive to this marriage, 7 still living, b. Dartmouth, Devon
   Louisa Rimmer, Daughter, female, 24 [1886/7], Married 1 year, 0 children born alive to this marriage, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Alice May, Daughter, female, 23 [1887/8], Single, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Harry May, Son, male, 20 [1890/1], Single, Domestic R.N., Worker, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Bertram May, Son, male, 16 [1894/5], Single, Errand Boy (Printer's), Worker, b. Plymouth, Devon

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

   d. Alice M.M. MAY, December Quarter 1938, Plymouth Registration District, Vol. 5b, page 315, aged 50 [1887/8]