Is this Lavender Jane Lloyd Carter now grown up?
From Winifred's old photo album. It's a stylish image of a young woman in evening dress perched on a grand piano. Her style of dress has a look of the 1920's. It's probably velvet silk with hems of and edgings in silk net, heavily embroidered possibly with pearls and crystal beads.
She wears a long string of Pearls. In her hair a criclet of silk flowers.
If this is Lavender Jane now grown up how old is she?. If she is in her late teens/early twenties, this photo would have been taken in the early 1940's.
Perhaps she is Lavender Janes' mother as the period dress puts one in mind of the 1920's woman.
So is she Lavender Jane? grandaughter of E.T.Reid, political cartoonist of that grand old magazine ''Punch'' now defunct.
Would really love to know.
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Miss Lloyd Carter
Maiden name: Lloyd Carter
Age: 16 - 30
Female
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Miss Winifred Florence Cleaver born 29th June 1905 Nanny to wealthy families
Born in Islington London, one of six siblings. father a builders labourer, mother a laundress.
in 1901 the family lived at 74 St.James Road,Islington,London.
aged 23 she set sail from London to Bombay. In 1932 sailed from London to Singapore twice and in 1936 from London to Bombay again.
At some time she took passage to Egypt and China but no record.
She travelled as nanny to a number of wealthy families. Nothing is known of the names of these families.
She spent all of her adult life as a nanny and then later as a teacher in Egypt.She loved caring for other peoples' children whom she adored. This photo shows her in the centre of a family group none of whom are known other than her charge Gillian, the littlest girl in the front row. The rest of the children are known to be her sisters and cousins. She spent time in India with Gillian's family in the 1920's.
But who are the rest of the family group?
It is thought that Winifred cared for Gillian until she was aged about ten years old.
I am very interested to know who the rest of the family group are, particularly their relationship to Gillian and whether there remain memories or photos of my Great Aunt Winifred Cleaver during this time.
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