Person:Catherine Amor (1)

Catharine Eleanor Amor was born on 24th February 1870 at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. She was the daughter of an engineer draughtsman named Charles Amor and his wife Lucy. Both the 1871 and 1881 censuses find Catharine living with her parents and siblings at Invicta Road in Sheerness (which until 1894 was part of the parish of Minster in Sheppey). By 1891 the family had moved to 83 Alma Road, and Catharine was by this time working as a music teacher.

In 1895 Catharine married a police constable named Joseph Rice, who had been born in Scotland to Irish parents. They married on Sheppey, but then had their first two children at Plumstead in the south-eastern suburbs of London. By 1901 they were living at the police quarters on Harrow Manor Way in the Abbey Wood area of Erith. Their youngest child (and only son) was born in Erith, and they were still at Harrow Manor Way in the 1911 census.

In 1919, after the First World War, Catharine's eldest daughter was married in Plumstead, and Catharine was one of the witnesses to the marriage. Her first grandchild was born the following year.

In 1938 Catharine's husband Joseph died, aged 75. Immediately before his death they were living at 'Yoredale', Glenwood Drive, Minster, back on Sheppey. The following year, at the outbreak of the Second World War, she was living in Ashford, at the opposite end of Kent. She later moved to 51 Rock Avenue in Gillingham. She outlived Joseph by nearly seven years, and died in Chatham on 6th April 1945, aged 75.

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

   b. Catharine Eleanor AMOR, June Quarter 1870, Sheppey Registration District, Volume 2a, page 763, mother's maiden name Newton

2. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 986; Folio 101; Page 37, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 12 Invicta Road, Marine Town, Sheerness, Minster in Sheppey, Kent
   Ch[arle]s T. Amor, head, married, male, 25 [1845/6], Pattern Maker Factory, b. Woolwich, Kent
   Lucy Amor, wife, married, female, 24 [1846/7], b. Great Wakering, Essex
   Cath[ari]ne E. Amor, daughter, female, 1 [1869/70], b. Sheerness, Kent

3. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 979; Folio 114; Page 62, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Invicta Road, Sheerness, Minster in Sheppey, Kent
   Charles T. Amor, head, married, male, 35 [1845/6], Engineer Draughtsman, b. Woolwich, Kent
   Lucy Amor, wife, married, female, 34 [1846/7], b. Great Wakering, Essex
   Catharine A. Amor, daughter unmarried, female, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Charles T. Amor, son, unmarried, male, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Ernest E. Amor, son, unmarried, male, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Edith L. Amor, daughter, unnmarried, female, 4 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Alfred Amor, son, unmarried, male, 3 [1877/8], b. Sheerness, Kent
   Gertrude L. Amor, daughter, unmarried, female, 1 [1879/80], b. Sheerness, Kent

4. ↑ 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 722; Folio 20; Page 34, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 83 Alma Road, Sheerness, Minster in Sheppey, Kent
   Five or more rooms occupied
   Charles T. Amor, head, married, male, 45 [1845/6], Mechanical Engineer Draughtsman, employed, b. Woolwich, Kent
   Lucy Amor, wife, married, female, 44 [1846/7], b. Great Wakering, Essex
   Catherine E. Amor, daughter, single, female, 21 [1869/70], Music Teacher, neither employer nor employed, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Charles T. Amor, son, single, male, 19 [1871/2], Engine Fitter (Apprentice), employed, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Ernest E. Amor, son, single, male, 17 [1873/4], Patternmaker (Apprentice), employed, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Edith E. Amor, daughter, female, 14 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Gertrude Amor, daughter, female, 11 [1879/80], Scholar, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Alfred Amor, son, male, 13 [1877/8], Scholar, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Frank Amor, son, male, 8 [1882/3], Scholar, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Harold G. Amor, son, male, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Lilian N. Amor, daughter, female, 4 [1886/7], Scholar, b. Sheerness, Kent

5. ↑ 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 700; Folio 24; Page 12, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 34 Police Quarters, Harrow Manor Way, Erith, Kent
   3 rooms occupied
   Joseph Rice, head, married, male, 38 [1862/3], Police Constable Met. Police Force, b. Scotland
   Catharine Rice, wife, married, female, 31 [1869/70], b. Sheerness, Kent
   Lilian Rice, daughter, single, female, 4 [1896/7], b. Plumstead, Kent
   Winifred Rice, daughter, single, female, 1 [1899/1900], b. Plumstead, Kent

6. ↑ 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 3761; Schedule 9999, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Police Quarters (Govt Magazine Barracks), Harrow Manor Way, Abbey Wood, Erith, Kent
   Joseph Rice, head, male, 48 [1862/3], married, Police Constable - Metropolitan Police, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
   Catharine Rice, wife, female, 40 [1870/1], married 15 years, 3 children born, 3 children still living, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Lilian Rice, daughter, female, 14 [1896/7], School, b. Plumstead, Kent
   Winifred Rice, daughter, female, 11 [1899/1900], School, b. Plumstead, Kent
   Douglas Rice, son, male, 7 [1903/4], School, b. Erith, Kent

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Ashford Urban District, 29 Sep 1939.

   75 Burton Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent
   SKINNER, Alice / female / 6 Feb 1884 / widow / Unpaid House duties
   BROOKS, Alfred / male / 23 Oct 1874 / married / Paymaster Lieutenant R.N. Retired
   BROOKS, Edith L. / female / 18 May 1876 / married / Unpaid House duties
   RICE, Catharine E. / female / 24 Feb 1870 / widow / Unpaid House duties

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

   d. Catherine Eleanor RICE, June Quarter 1945, Chatham Registration District, Vol. 2a, page 1182, aged 75 [1869/70]

9. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1945
   RICE Catharine Eleanor of 51 Rock-avenue Gillingham Kent widow died 6 April 1945 at 42 Magpie Hall-road Chatham Probate Llandudno 30 June to Winifred Amor Rice spinster. Effects £1486 6s. 2d.