Person:Lilian Rice (1)

Lilian Mary Rice was born in 1896 at Plumstead in the south-eastern suburbs of London, daughter of Catharine Eleanor Rice, formerly Amor, and her husband Joseph Rice, a constable in the Metropolitan Police. Lilian was the eldest of the couple's three children. By the time of the 1901 census the family was living in police quarters at Harrow Manor Way in the Abbey Wood area of Erith. They were still there in 1911.

Lilian became a teacher. In 1919, aged 22, she married a draughtsman named Stephen James Hare. They married at the Congregational Church in Plumstead. They had a daughter in 1920, born on the Isle of Sheppey, which is where Lilian's parents had moved, and also where Stephen had been living at the time of their marriage. They later moved to Selsdon in Surrey.

Lilian's husband Stephen died in 1936, aged just 40. The following year Lilian married again, with Harold Pilcher becoming her second husband. Lilian's father James died in 1938, and her mother Catharine in 1945.

Lilian and Harold were married for 18 years. He died in 1955, aged 54. She survived him by just three years and died on 2nd December 1958, aged 62. She died at 103 Sydenham Road, Croydon, although her usual address was 52 Old Farleigh Road, Selsdon. She left a will which was administered by her son in law.

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

   b. Lilian Mary RICE, September Quarter 1896, Woolwich Registration District, Volume 1d, page 1307

2. ↑ 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

3. ↑ 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

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

   d. Lilian M. PILCHER, December Quarter 1958, Croydon Registration District, Volume 5g, page 148, aged 62 [1895/6]

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

   1959
   PILCHER Lilian Mary of 52 Old Farleigh Road Selsdon Surrey widow died 2 December 1958 at 103 Sydenham Road Croydon Surrey Probate London 12 January to Norman Hedley Clarke shipowners clerk. Effects £1273 10s. 8d.