Biography
Frances Ellen “Nellie” Creese and Walter Joseph William Hawes married on 15 August 1907, according to the family records and surviving pension particulars card. The card spells her first name Francis.
Original 1911 census evidence
The original 1911 census records Frances’s birthplace as Usk, Monmouthshire (“Monmouth, Usk”). Her line appears to record four years of marriage, two children born alive and two still living. These household particulars are recorded as census evidence; they do not resolve her exact birth date. Inspect the original return and house photograph →
1921: 46 Gipsy Hill
Recorded as Nellie Hawes, aged 39 years 8 months, a boarder in Charles S. Bradley’s household, with Walter, Nellie and the four Hawes children. The return calls her Nellie and gives her birthplace as Usk, Monmouthshire, matching Frances’s 1911 birthplace and strongly supporting the identification. Her occupation is Home Duties. Her exact birth date remains unresolved. View the original census and household transcription →
Family and household
The family identifies Eric, George, Gladys Madeline and Mary as her children. The 1911 census transcript lists Frances, aged 27, as a visitor at 125a Croydon Road, Anerley, alongside Walter, Eric and George.
Names and uncertain identification
The 1939 register at 46 Gipsy Hill includes Ellen F. Hawes, born 13 November 1882. This may be Frances Ellen, but the identification and difference from the 1911 age require confirmation. The woodland group photograph tentatively attributed to Frances has not been treated as a confirmed portrait.
Facts and dates
- Name
- Frances Ellen “Nellie” Creese Hawes
- Dates
- c.1882–1949
- Evidence
- Pension card, census transcript and family identification
c.1882–1949
Family records
Dates and events recorded in the family records. Month-only dates may be registration periods. Where sources disagree, the differences are noted below.
Research note: The family records’ approximate 1882 birth is broadly consistent with the possible 1939 register entry. It does not establish the precise 13 November date or resolve the earlier census-age differences.
- Birth
- abt 1882 · Pontypool, Monmouthshire
Source: Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 Record ↗ - Death
- 1949 · Lambeth, Greater London, England
No separate source citation is recorded for this event. - Marriage
- With Walter Joseph William Hawes · 15 Aug 1907 · Upper Norwood, All Saints with St Margaret, Surrey, England
Source: Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 Record ↗
Name in family records: Frances Ellen Creese.
Documents & photographs
Identified by Antony Greenfield as Frances Ellen “Nellie” Creese Hawes. Original family photograph displayed as supplied, without restoration. Date and photographer unconfirmed.
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