Emily May
Relationship to John Boon  - Grandmother

Emily May and John Boon (b.1938)

Born - 1 December 1884 at The Grange, Dummer, Hampshire

All Saints, Dummer - pictures by John Dove

Parents - William May and Alice Eggar

Married - George Strutt at Gravesend Register Office on 13 March 1914
Witnesses F.C. Roddis and K. Titchell (probably Kathleen)

Children - May Irene b. 13 January 1915 at 15 Congress Road, Abbey Wood, Kent
Clifford George b. 13 February 1919 at 15 Congress Road, Abbey Wood, Kent
Elsie Irene b. 22 April 1925 at 15 Congress Road, Abbey Wood, Kent
Elsie was born prematurely and only lived one day

Occupations - Portals, Laverstoke Mill, Laverstoke, Hampshire
The above is known because Emily's son, Clifford, sometimes drove his mother to Goodworth Clatford
to visit relatives, and whenever they passed Laverstoke Mill she told him that she once worked there
Barmaid, Burrage Arms, Burrage Road, Plumstead
Domestic Servant

Addresses - 1884 The Grange, Dummer
1891 Old Farm House, Axford Village, Basingstoke, Hampshire
1901 The Lynch, Whitchurch, Hampshire
Lodging with Elizabeth Tarrant and her daughter Elizabeth,
presumably when she worked at Laverstoke Mill
1914  311 Abbey Road, Belvedere, Erith, Kent
1914 15 Congress Road, Abbey Wood, London SE2
1947 Goodworth Clatford, Hampshire
1948/9 approx. 59 McLeod Road, Abbey Wood, London SE2
1949/50 - 1966 Whippendell Close, St Paul's Cray, Kent

Died - 24 August 1966 in Orpington Hospital, Orpington, Kent
Emily May's ashes were buried with George Strutt in Grave M533
at Plumstead Cemetery, Wickham Lane, Plumstead, London S.E.18
A lead-filled inscription was added to the headstone
'ALSO HIS WIFE EMILY WHO DIED 24TH AUGUST 1966 AGED 81 YEARS'

Source Material Held
Birth Certificate - 1891 Census - 1901 Census - Marriage Certificate - Death Certificate
Funeral invoices