Unknown child. Miss Cleaver was his nanny c.1932'
This little boy is the youngest of three brothers and my great aunt Winifred was their nanny in the early 1930's.
Sad thing is I know nothing about them....I do have a name which might be the parent's, her employers names. They are names I remember my great aunt talking about, the parents could be George and Martha Washingto, perhaps.
Great Aunt Winifred was born in 1905 and went with her employers by ship to Singapore in 1932. I believe this photo was taken in Singapore.
Who were her employers at this time? Does anyone rcognise this little boy from their own family archive?
What a smart toy car. The family were I imagine very wealthy.
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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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