Arabella Nield

Arabella Lucy Nield 

Born: 8 August 1880, Chester 

Baptised: 29 August 1880, Chester

Father: Joseph Nield (b. 1846)

Mother: Sarah Nield (b. 1847)

Sisters: Sarah Goulborne Nield (b. 1872), Mary Harriet Nield (b. 1874), Jessie Nield (b. 1884)

Marriage:        1908, Chester

Husband:         John Evans

                        b. 1884

                        Engineer Metal Turner

Issue – 

# 1 Irene Margaret Evans (b. 1911)

In 1881 – 

She is at 18 Castle Street, Chester. Her father is listed as ‘Book Binder’. Arabella, her mother and her sisters (Sarah and Mary) are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at 18 Castle Street, Chester. Her father is listed as ‘Book Binder’. Arabella, her mother and her sister, Jessie, are unlisted. Her sister, Mary, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’.

In 1901 –

She is at The Schoolhouse, Chester. Her father is listed as ‘Book Binder’. Arabella and her mother are unlisted. Her sister, Jessie, is listed as ‘Apprentice Dressmaker’. 

In 10/01 – 

Appointed to Frodsham Girls'. Assistant. £70.

In 10/04 – 

Address is School House, St. Mary's Hill, Chester. 

In 1911 –

She is at 2 Queens Road, Prescot. Her husband is listed as ‘Engineer Metal Turner’. Arabella and her daughter, Irene, is unlisted. Her mother, Sarah, and her sister, Jessie, are unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Coventry Union Workhouse as an inmate, intake lists ‘alleged lunatic’. The discharge form lists ‘sent to asylum’.

d.         2 August 1938, Coventry. 

EVANS Arabella Lucy of 58 Awson Street, Coventry, widow, died 02 August 1938 at the Mental Hospital, Hatton, Warwickshire. Administration, Birmingham 07 September to Irene Margaret Evans, spinster. Effects £424, 17s, 8d.