See also

Nellie Boorman (1901-1988)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 21 May 1901

  • Lenham, Kent, England1 3 4 2

  •  

  • death index says born on 22nd May 1901

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 9)

  • Liverton Street, Lenham, Kent, England3

  •  

  • daughter as Nelly attending school and living in nine rooms with her parents George and Sarah, brothers Henry, Walter and Fred, sisters Mary, Bella and Sarah, married sister Bessie, and brother-in-law Richard Ransley. Born in Lenham Maidstone

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 20 yrs 1 mn)

  • Elmhurst, Second Avenue, Eastchurch, Kent, England4

  •  

  • unmarried servant living in eleven rooms with Henry Smith, her parents George and Sarah, sister Bella, and brother Fred. Born in Lenham Kent

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 38)

  • 25 Woodside Road, Maidstone, Kent, England5

  •  

  • unmarried doing house duties and living with her brother-in-law William Norman, sister Mary, nieces Joan and Jeanne, a closed record (presumably nephew William), and niece Winifred Ransley. Born on 21st May 1901

  • Death:

  • 14 Jun 1988 (age 87)

  • Maidstone "Registration District", Kent, England2 6

  • Probate:

  • 18 Jul 1988

  • Probate Registry, Brighton, East Sussex, England6

  •  

  • of Lulworth Queens Avenue Maidstone died 14th June 1988, probate not exceeding £70,000 (~£164,000 in 2017)

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hollingbourne 1901 quarter:2 volume:2a page:867. Cit. Date: 16 April 2025.

2.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maidstone 1988 quarter:2 register:688 volume:16 page:1272. Cit. Date: 22 April 2025.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:4175 class:RG78 piece:163 registration district:52 sub-district:2 enumeration district:5 schedule:108. Cit. Date: 17 April 2011.

4.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:4427 registration district:62 sub-district:2 enumeration district:1, 2, 3, 4, 5 schedule:178. Cit. Date: 17 April 2021.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1747I page:15 line:31 letter code:DIBD. Cit. Date: 18 April 2025.

6.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Brighton 1988 page:824 no:8881103049P. Cit. Date: 22 April 2025.