Evelyn Merchant

Evelyn Aurora Merchant 

Born: 6 December 1889, Elham 

Baptised: 22 January 1890

Father: Victor Merchant (b. 1864)

Mother: Fanny Merchant (b. 1864)

Brothers: Francis Victor Merchant (b. 1886)

Sisters: Grace Banshee Merchant (b. 1888) Victoria Jasmine Merchant (b. 1893)

Marriage:        8 October 1915, London 

Husband:         Cecil Clayton Ibbotson 

                        b. 4 July 1888

                        Schoolmaster

Issue – 

#1 Peter Merchant Ibbotson (b. 19 June 1918)

#2 Elizabeth Josephine Ibbotson (b. 18 June 1919)

#3 Anne Clayton Ibbotson (b. 19 May 1923)

In 1891 – 

She is at Folkestone, Cheriton. The census reads ‘Non-Commissioned Officers, Sergeant, Infantry, wives and families’. She is with her father, mother and siblings (Grace and Francis). 

In 1901 – 

She is at 20 New Street, Sleaford. Her mother is listed as ‘Monthly Nurse’. Evelyn and her siblings, Francis and Victoria, are unlisted. 

In 10/08 – 

PT at S. Nicholas, Skirbeck, Boston.

Qualification: Pass. 

In 10/10 – 

Appointed to Tower Road Council Senior Mixed, Boston. £70.

Address is Woodland Villa, Tower Road, Boston. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Tower Road, Skirbeck. Her father is listed as ‘Clerk Corm Merchant’. Her mother is listed as ‘Nurse Sick’. Evelyn is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her sister, Victoria, is unlisted. 

In 05/20 

Birth to Elizabeth Josie on 18.06.19 at Marlton Seas End. Husband is listed as Lieutenant C.C. Ibbotson, 14th Middlesex Regt.

In 1939 – 

She is at 50 The Avenue, Lowestoft. Her husband is listed as ‘Headmaster’. Evelyn and Ethel F Bullivat (b. 1883) are listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her daughter, Elizabeth, is unlisted. There is a closed record.

d.         9 July 1961, Tonbridge