Jessica Harriet Maud Gray (1892-1970)

Individual Events and Attributes

Occupation:
housemaid then a cook³ ⁴
Birth:
13 Jul 1892
Battersea, London, England¹ ⁵ ³ ⁴ ²
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 8)
14 Clyston Street, Clapham, London, England⁵
daughter as Lilly living with her parents William and Alice, brothers William, Charles and George, and sisters Caroline and Lucy. Born in Battersea Surrey
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 18)
40-48 High Street, Clapham, London, England³
an unmarried servant working as a housemaid and living with thirty-two others. Born in Battersea London
Census absence:
19 Jun 1921 (age 28)
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 47)
28 Clapham Common South Side, Clapham, London, England⁴
an unmarried cook living with John and Isabel Bowes, and another servant. Born on 13th July 1892
Death:
Q2 1970 (age 77)
Hemel Hempstead "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England²

1.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wandsworth 1892 quarter:3 volume:1d page:591. Cit. Date: 23 September 2026.

2.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hemel Hempstead 1970 quarter:2 volume:4B page:331. Cit. Date: 25 September 2026.

3.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:2260 class:RG78 piece:77 registration district:26 sub-district:4 enumeration district:10 schedule:103. Cit. Date: 25 September 2026.

4.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0575J page:2 line:25 letter code:AXBW. Cit. Date: 25 September 2026.

5.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:462 folio:78 page:31 schedule:186. Cit. Date: 24 September 2026.