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).

   b. Alice Maud Mary MAY, June Quarter 1888, Plymouth Registration District, Volume 5b, page 270, mother' maiden name Harry

2. ↑ 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 1726; Folio 14; Page 21, 5 Apr 1891.

   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, 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. ↑ 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 2103; Folio 11; Page 13, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Pear Tree Cott[age], 21 John Street, 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], Dartmouth, Devon
   Winifred May, daughter, female, 15 [1885/6], General Servant (Domestic), worker, b. Plymouth, Devon
   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).

   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. ↑ 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 13001; Schedule 450, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 1 Pear Tree Cottages, 21 John Street, Plymouth, Devon
   4 rooms occupied
   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 to marriage, 7 children still living, b. Dartmouth, Devon
   Louisa Rimmer, daughter, female, 24 [1886/7], married 1 year, 0 children, 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).

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