Mary Dibley (1853–1895)
Mary Lacey (1895–1931)
1853–1931
Servant. Daughter of Henry Dibley, agricultural labourer, and his wife, Ann, of Mapledurwell, Hampshire. Housemaid to Horace and Ida Darwin, 1881. Possibly Ida Darwin’s nursemaid for Erasmus Darwin, 1882. Dressmaker in Bristol, 1891. Married George Henry Lacey (1831/2–1921, carpenter) as his second wife in Bristol in 1895.
Sources
BMD (Birth, Marrriage, and Death indexes)
Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/709/39B/7), 1871 (RG10/1234/13/20), 1881 (RG11/1667/10/13), 1891 (RG12/1941/28/4)
letter from Elizabeth Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, 27 August 1882 (DAR 219.8: 39)
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
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