Person:Maude Timothy (1)

Maud Eveline Timothy was born in 1888 at St Helens in Lancashire, daughter of Anne Webb and Peter Vincent Timothy, a physician and surgeon. Maud's parents were not married at the time, and so her birth was actually registered as Maud Eveline Timothy Webb, although she does not appear to have used the surname Webb after her birth. Maud's father was not free to marry her mother as he had a wife from whom he was separated. Maud had eight surviving older half-siblings from her father's first marriage, although as they lived with their mother it seems unlikely that Maud had much, if any, contact with them. Maud's parents did eventually marry in 1905, after her father's first wife had died.

The family moved frequently through Maud's childhood. Shortly after her birth they moved to Wigan, where another two children were born in 1890 and 1891 and where the family appeared in the 1891 census living at 95 Wallgate. By 1893 they had left Lancashire and moved down to Essex, where they had a daughter in 1893 and a son in 1895. They then briefly returned to Lancashire, having a daughter in Manchester in 1896. By 1900 they were living at Longton in Staffordshire, where one of Maud's younger brothers died aged five, and where the family appear in the 1901 census living at 50 Uttoxeter Road. The family finally settled around 1903 in Great Yarmouth on the Norfolk coast.

Maud learned to play the piano, and is mentioned several times in local newspapers between 1907 and 1910 as passing various examinations.

Sadly Maud died as a young woman early in 1911, aged 23. Her parents both survived her.

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

   b. Maud Eveline Timothy WEBB, March Quarter 1888, Prescot Registration District, Volume 8b, page 693, mother's maiden name blank

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 3052; Folio 97; Page 13, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 95 Wallgate, Wigan, Lancashire
   Peter Vincent Timothy, head, married, male, 59 [1831/2], Physician & Surgeon Registered, employer, b. St Giles, London
   Annie Timothy, wife, married, female, 31 [1859/60], b. Knutsford, Cheshire
   Bernard Vincent Timothy, son, male, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Earnest Augustus Timothy, son, male, 5 [1885/6], b. Liverpool, Lancashire
   Maude Eveline Timothy, daughter, female, 3 [1887/8], b. St Ann's, Lancashire
   Percy Lionel Timothy, son, male, 1 [1889/90], b. Wigan, Lancashire
   Ellen Swift, servant, single, female, 17 [1873/4], Domestic Servant, b. St Helens, Lancashire
   Margaret Alice Duckworth, visitor, single, female, 16 [1874/5], b. Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire

   Although there is a place called St Anne's in Lancashire, it does not fall within the Prescot Registration District where Maud's birth was registered. In 1901 Maud gave her place of birth as St Helen's, which was within the Prescot district at the time of her birth.

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 2617; Folio 90; Page 42, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 50 Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Staffordshire
   Peter V. Timothy, head, married, male, 69 [1831/2], Physician, own account, working at home, b. City of London
   Annie Timothy, wife, married, female, 41 [1859/60], b. Knutsford, Cheshire
   Ernest A. Timothy, son, single, male, 15 [1885/6], b. Liverpool, Lancashire
   Maude E. Timothy, daughter, single, female, 13 [1887/8], b. St Helens, Lancashire
   Percy L. Timothy, son, single, male, 11 [1889/90], b. Wigan, Lancashire
   Gertrude Timothy, daughter, single, female, 9 [1891/2], b. Wigan, Lancashire
   Ethel M. Timothy, daughter, single, female, 7 [1893/4], b. West Ham, Essex
   Florence Timothy, daughter, single, female, 4 [1896/7], b. Manchester, Lancashire

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

   d. Maud Eveline TIMOTHY, March Quarter 1911, Norwich Registration District, Volume 4b, page 93, aged 23 [1887/8]

5.   Yarmouth Independent, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 7, 27 Apr 1907.

   LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
   MUSICAL. - Trinity College, London. At the recent practical examination, held at St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, in connection with the above College, the following pupils of Mrs. Coote-Suggit, were highly successful... Junior Division: Maude Evelyn Timothy, daughter of Dr. Timothy.

6.   Norfolk News, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 6, 18 Apr 1908.

   NORWICH
   TRINITY COLLEGE, LONDON.-The result of the annual March local practical music examination is as follows:- Intermediate division, pass section... Maude E. Timothy, 73 (Mrs. Coote-Suggit, Yarmouth)...

7.   Yarmouth Independent, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 7, 17 Jul 1909.

   TRINITY COLLEGE, LONDON.- The result of the recent theoretical examination, held at the Town Hall is as follows... Intermediate Pass - M.E. Timothy, Mrs. Coote Suggitt...

8.   Yarmouth Independent, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 2, 7 Aug 1909.

   TRINITY COLLEGE, LONDON.
   EXAMINATION RESULTS.
   The results of the recent practical examination held at the Town Hall, the examiner being Mr. Myles R. Foster, are as under... Senior honours... M.E. Timothy, piano, (Mrs. Coote Suggit.)

9.   Yarmouth Independent, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 6, 30 Apr 1910.

   MUSICAL SUCCESS.- The Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music informs us that at its recent examinations in the Great Yarmouth centre, the following candidates were successful... Intermediate Grade - Pass certificates for piano playing... Maude E. Timothy (Mrs. Coote-Suggit)... Pass Certificates for rudiments of music... Maude E. Timothy (Mrs. Coote-Suggit)...