Person:Lily Smallridge (1)

Lily Victoria Smallridge was born on 19th July 1897 at South Brent in Devon. She was one of ten children of an agricultural labourer named George Smallridge and his wife Annie. Lily appears in the 1901 census living with her parents and siblings at 21 Church Street in South Brent. Lily's mother died in 1910, when Lily was only twelve years old. The 1911 census finds Lily and her father and siblings still living at Church Street in South Brent.

In 1920, aged 22, Lily married Harry Hutchings May, who was about 30 and from Plymouth. He had previously been married to Lily's older sister Blanche, who had died the previous year aged 26 leaving Harry looking after two small boys. Lily married Harry in the Plymouth area. There are two births in the 1920s in the Totnes district (which covered South Brent) of children called May with mother's maiden name Smallridge, which may well be their children. However, there was another May / Smallridge married in 1921 (which appears to have been Lily's sister Annie marrying Harry's brother William), so the birth certificates would need to be obtained to confirm which couple each child belonged to.

Harry died in 1956. Lily outlived him by over 32 years and died in 1988, aged 91.

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

   b. Lilie Victoria SMALLRIDGE, September Quarter 1897, Totnes Registration District, Volume 5b, page 164, mother's maiden name Putt

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 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 2075; Folio 7; Page 5, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 21 Church Street, South Brent, Devon
   3 rooms occupied
   George Smallridge, head, married, male, 43 [1857/8], Agricultural Labourer, worker, b. Ugborough, Devon
   Annie Smallridge, wife, married, female, 41 [1859/60], b. Totnes, Devon
   Annie Smallridge, daughter, single, female, 13 [1887/8], Scholar, b. South Brent, Devon
   Emily Smallridge, daughter, single, female, 11 [1889/90], Scholar, b. South Brent, Devon
   Blanche Smallridge, daughter, single, female, 8 [1892/3], Scholar, b. South Brent, Devon
   Frederick Smallridge, son, male, 6 [1894/5], Scholar, b. South Brent, Devon
   Lily Smallridge, daughter, female, 3 [1897/8], b. South Brent, Devon
   Charles Smallridge, son, male, 1 [1899/1900], b. South Brent, Devon

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 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 12842; Schedule 75, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Church Street, South Brent, Devon
   7 rooms occupied
   George Smallridge, head, male, 53 [1857/8], widower, 10 children born alive, 10 children still living, Farm Labourer - Farming, worker, b. South Brent, Devon
   John Smallridge, son, male, 25 [1885/6], single, Flock Maker - Flock Mill, worker, b. South Brent, Devon
   Annie Smallridge, daughter, female, 23 [1887/8], single, Housekeeper, working at home, b. South Brent, Devon
   Frederick Smallridge, son, male, 15 [1895/6], single, Flock Maker - Flock Mill, b. South Brent, Devon
   Lily Smallridge, daughter, female, 13 [1897/8], b. South Brent, Devon
   Reginald Smallridge, son, male, 11 [1899/1900], b. South Brent, Devon
   Daisy Smallridge, daughter, female, 8 [1902/3], b. South Brent, Devon

4. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Totnes Rural District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 7 Corn Park, South Brent, Devon
   MAY, Harry H. / male / 8 Jul 1890 / married / Coal Yardsman Heavy Worker
   MAY, Lily V. / female / 19 Jul 1898 / married / Household duties (unpaid)
   [two other people's records closed]

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

   d. Lily Victoria MAY, December 1988, Newton Abbott Registration District, Volume 21, page 1626, born 19 Jul 1897