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Ethel Georgina (Fritz) (Sister Etheldred) Romanes

1880–1914

Anglican nun. Daughter of George John Romanes and Ethel Romanes. From the age of 6, known as Fritz. Attended Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, reading classics and theology, 1899–1902. Entered the Community of St Mary the Virgin, Wantage, Berkshire, 1908; became a nun in 1910. Served briefly in India before returning to England due to illness, 1914.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1911 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG14/6479/115)

E. D. Romanes 1918

Bibliography

Romanes, Ethel Duncan. 1918. The story of an English sister (Ethel Georgina Romanes—Sister Etheldred). London: Longmans, Green and Co.

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