Elsie Piper

Elsie Piper 

Day Student

Born: 15 March 1880, Bedford 

Father: James Peter Piper (b. 1833)

Mother: Mary Frances Piper (b. 1833)

Brothers: Donald Piper (b. 1867), Arthur D Piper (b. 1870)

Sisters: Jessie Piper (b. 1868), Mary Frances Piper (b. 1872), Elizabeth Piper (b. 1874), Margaret L Piper (b. 1876)

Aunt: Frances Rowe nee Piper [wife of LDTC Principal Canon Rowe]

Marriage:        7 May 1907, Mexico

Husband:         Thomas Hallowes Vaughan

                        b. 1873 

                        Land Owner 

                        Brother of Mildred Agnes Vaughan (b. 1878) [LDTC 1899]

Issue – 

#1 Richard Thomas Vaughan (b. 28 May 1908) 

#2 Margaret Leischen Vaughan (b. 15 February 1911)

#3 John Hallowes Vaughan (b. 02 December 1913) (d. 19 September 1941 WW2)

In 1881 – 

She is at 27 St Cuthberts Street, Bedford. Elsie, her mother and siblings (Jessie, Arthur, Mary, Elizabeth and Margaret) are unlisted. Her grandmother, Charlotte Piper (b. 1806), is unlisted. There are three servants: Mary Nicholls (b. 1862), Katherine Hillyard (b. 1865) and Annie Hill (b. 1864). 

In 1891 – 

She is at St Cutberts Street, Bedford. Her father is listed as ‘Solicitor’. Elsie, her mother and her sisters (Mary, Elizabeth and Margaret) are unlisted. Her sister, Jessie, is listed as ‘Governess’. Her brother, Arthur, is listed as ‘Private Tutor’. There is a servant, Sarah J Chapman (b. 1869). 

In 10/99 – 

PT at Inf. Practising School, Lincoln.

In 1901 –

She is at 17 Albany Street, Bedford. Her brothers, Donald and Arthur, are listed as ‘Solicitors’. Her sisters, Jessie and Elizabeth, are unlisted. Elsie is listed as ‘Student Lincoln Training College’. 

In 10/01 – 

Appointed to Lincoln Practising Infants. Head. £75.

In 10/04 – 

Address is Training College, Lincoln. 

In 10/07 –  

Marries Thomas Vaughan on 07.05.07 in Mexico City.

Writes letter about journey, marriage and life in Mexico.

In 10/08 – 

Birth to Thomas Richard on 29.0.08 in Mazatlan, Mexico. 

In 04/09 – 

Is in England with her son for a short visit.

In 04/11 – 

Birth to Margaret Lieschen on 15.02.11 at Casa del Arbol, San Pedro di Los Pinos, Mexico.

In 1939 –

She is at 91 Peppard Road, Reading. She is listed as ‘widow’. Her sister, Mary, is unlisted. Doris Mildred Eastwood (b. 1896) is listed as ‘Cook’. Jane Nellie Sajanston (b. 1918) is listed as ‘House Parlourmaid’. Ada E Wise (b. 1901) is listed as ‘Expectant Mother’.

d.         20 June 1953, Reading. 

VAUGHAN, Elsie of 3 Bath Road, Berkshire, widow died 20 June 1953. Probate Lincoln 4 September to Richard Thomas Vaughan, farmer, Margaret Lilian Mason (wife of Richard Mason) and Owen James West, chartered accountant. Effects £14569, 19s, 4d.