Amelia Vernon

Amelia Vernon 

Born: 1874, Lincoln 

Father: Edmund Vernon (b. 1850)

Mother: Carolina Vernon (b. 1848)

Brothers: Richard Edmund Vernon (b. 1877), John William Vernon (b. 1878), George Henry Vernon (b. 1881), Ernest H Vernon (b. 1883)

Sisters: Eliza Vernon (b. 1870), Mary Ellen Vernon (b. 1872), Sarah Jane Vernon (b. 1873), Edith May Vernon (b. 1880), Ethel Olive Gwendoline Vernon (b. 1890), Ella Vernon (b. 1893)

Marriage:        1905, Islington 

Husband:         Frank Maplestone Riches 

                        b. 1878 

                        Elementary School Teacher

Issue – 

#1 Vernon (o/w John) Riches (b. 1907)

#2 Dorothy Mary Riches (b. 1909)

In 1881 – 

She is at Witham View, 19 Drury Lane, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Coachman’. Amelia, her mother and siblings (Eliza, Mary, Sarah, Richard, John, Edith and George) are unlisted.

In 1891 –

She is at 19 Drury Lane, Lincoln. Her father is listed ‘Coachman (Domestic Servant)’. Amelia is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her brother, Richard, is listed as ‘Telegraph Messenger’. Her mother and siblings (John, Edith, George, Ernest and Ethel) are unlisted.

In 10/95 – 

Appointed to Westgate Church Infant School, Lincoln. Salary £60. Head.

In 1901 –

She is at 1 Exchequer Gate, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Café Proprietor’. Amelia is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her sister, Edith, is listed as ‘Assistant School Mistress’. Her mother and sisters (Sarah, Ethel and Ella) are unlisted. Walter C Eddowes (b. 1856), a boarder, is listed as ‘Bank Manager’. Rose A Eddowes (b. 1869), a boarder, is unlisted.

In 04/03 – 

Address is Exchequer Gate, Lincoln.

In 1911 – 

She is at School House, Amesbury. Her husband is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher Certified’. Amelia is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher Uncertified’. Her children, Vernon and Dorothy, are unlisted. There is a servant, Thirza Warren (b. 1867).

In 1916 – 

On the Canadian Census she is in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Her husband is listed as ‘Principal’. Amelia is listed as ‘Teacher’. Her son, Vernon, is unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

On the Canadian Census she is in Saskatchewan, Canada. Her husband is listed as ‘Secretary’. Amelia and her children (Vernon and Dorothy) are unlisted.

Nothing more definitive found.