LEW HERBERT
Lily Leicester Finch
Lily Dorothea Leicester Finch was born 25th September 1888 and was the first of ten children born to Lily and William Finch Leicester. She was named after her mother, who was also Lily Dorothea. Her birth is registered in the October, November, and December 1888 listing as "Lily Dorothea L. Finch" born in Lambeth.
Her name was recorded as Lilian in the 1901 English Census. At the time of the 1911 Census in April, Lily was living with her parents in London.
Lily & Vern Chilcott
b. 25 September 1888
London
d. 24 November 1977
Bath, Somerset
Vernon Francis Chilcott
b. 14 December 1886
Nether Stowey, Somerset
d. 16 December 1972
Bristol, Gloucestershire
married
1912
(registered in last quarter / Oct to Dec 1912)
Wandsworth, London
ONE DAUGHTER{Click here for Lily and Vern's family tree}
In 1912, when Lily was twenty-four years old, she married Vernon Francis Chilcott.
Vern was born in Nether Stowey, Somerset, to John Alfred Chilcott (b. Oct-Dec 1855 d. Apri-June 1942 Wandsworth) and Annie C. Coward (d. 1892). His parents married in Jan-Mar 1880 in Bath, Somerset. Vern's father was an Inland Revenue Officer from 1881 to 1911. His father married Ellen Wilkins in 1894 and they had ten children (all born in London). The 31st March 1901 census, Vern (aged 14) is listed as living at Christ's Hospita,l Newgate Street, London. In the 1911 census, his occupation is "Inland Revenue clerk".
(Courtesy of David Lynch's research)
(Note: Christ's Hospital became a boarding school in 1552 to house and educate orphans. In the 18th century, it housed one thousand orphans. It closed in 1902 and was demolished and the boarding school moved to Horsham, Sussex.)
Lily and Vern had one daughter born 3rd March 1914 in Bristol, Dorothea Chilcott (called Thea).
Lily Dorothea (mother), Dorothea Chilcott (daughter), William Finch Leicester (grandfather),
Lily Finch Leicester (grandmother), Fanny Leicester (great grandmother)
In 1935, they lived in Plymouth, Devon. Vern is listed as being the manager of the Labor Exchange in Plymouth.
"The first Labour Exchange and Unemployment Insurance Office opened in Plymouth in 1912. It was located in a former warehouse on the Plymouth side of Manor Street, which at that time was the boundary between Plymouth and Stonehouse.
After a few years in an old jam factory, in 1925 it then moved in to an office within the former Quaker's Meeting Room at 32/33 Treville Street. By then there were also branch offices at 49 St Aubyn Street, Devonport, and Ferry Road, Morice Town, both managed by Mr B W Roach.
In the recession of 1929 the work outgrew the office and the Labour Exchange took over the whole of the Quaker's Hall. In 1935 the manager was Mr Vernon F Chilcott. The Ferry Road office had become the main one for Devonport, under the management of Mr Louis Callaway. A small Exchange existed Commercial Road, Coxside, but it was purely for port workers."
(From http://www.plymouthdata.info by Brian Mosely - Courtesy of David Lynch's research.
David's grandmother is Vern's aunt)
From 1938 to 1972, Lily and Vern lived at 11 Walliscote Road, Henleaze, Bristol, Gloucestershire.
in August 1951In his retirement days, Vern was a rep for the craft firm, Atlas, and his customers in the southwest of England all thought the world of him. Lily used to accompany him on his journeys. They lived in Bristol most of their married life.
Vern passed on 16th December 1972 and Lily passed on 24th November 1977.
Dorothea Chilcott (Thea)
b. 5 March 1914
Bristol
married 5th October 1940
Alec Flook (b. 5 March 1911 d. May 1984)
d. 20 March 1945
Bristol
Alec Flook married Dorothea Chilcott
5th October 1940
? Congregational Church, Bristol
Two children of Alec and Thea Flook:
Michael Vernon Flook (b.4 Dec 1941)
Wendy Dorothea Flook (b. 20th March 1945)
Michael married Susan Derrick on 14 May 1966
Three children: Helen, Nigel and Edward Flook
Michael died 15 June 1996
Susan married Marcus Woodshouse 16 March 2001
Wendy married Charles Ernest Miller on 12 August 1969
Two children: Andrew Miller and Daniel Miller
