Lydia Mary (Talbot) Campbell (1895 - 1988)

Born 8 Dec 1895 in Willington Quay, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Norman Michael Campbell — married 2 Apr 1918 in Howdon-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1988 at age 93 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

Lydia Mary Talbot (married name Campbell) was born on 8 December 1895, the third child of George Talbot and Elizabeth Talbot.^[1][2][3][4] Her birth was registered in the first quarter of 1896 in the England & Wales Civil Registration Birth Index.^[5]

She was christened on 30 December 1895 at Howdon Pans, Northumberland.^[1]

In 1901, she was five years old, living in Willington Quay, Northumberland with her parents and four of her siblings, Henry, George, Thomas and John.^[2] Her family was still living in Willington Quay at the time of the 1911 Census.^[6]

Lydia married Norman Michael Campbell at Howdon-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England, on 2 April 1918.^[7][8] Their children were:^[9]

• Elizabeth Armstrong Campbell (1918–1994)
• Norman Robson Campbell (1923?–1971)
• Infant girl (1923?–1923)
• John Raymond Campbell (1927?–1952)

Lydia died in 1988 in New Zealand.^[10]

Biography by Lydia's granddaughter, Janine, written May 2018

Lydia was in service from an early age. She was blacking the stove at her employer’s house when Norman came to ask for her hand in marriage.

She was an excellent knitter and kept her grandchildren in beautifully knitted jumpers. Janine remembers a knitted pleated skirt and a jumper made from the same wool as her blue knitted dressing gown. As Janine grew out of the skirt and jumper it was unraveled and the wool was used to make a larger dressing gown.

Research notes

1901 Census: Potter Street, Willington Quay, Northumberland, England^[2]

1911 Census: Wallsend, Northumberland, England^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKJ-3SD6 : 22 August 2018), Lydia Mary.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 1901 England Census > Northumberland > Willington > District 20. Retrieved by Clare Spring on 22 March 2017 from Ancestry.com.au. Also online: "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSMB-Z4P : 8 April 2016), Elidea Talbot in household of George Talbot, Willington Quay, Northumberland, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Wallsend subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ Recollections of Stella, niece of Lydia, recorded March 2017.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWMX-G6S : 3 August 2017), Lydia M Talbot in household of George R Talbot, Wallsend, , Northumberland, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index > 1896 > Q1-Jan-Feb-Mar: Code attached to name: Tynemouth 10 b. 173. Retrieved from
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWMX-G6S : 3 August 2017), Lydia M Talbot in household of George R Talbot, Wallsend, , Northumberland, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ Family records in the possession of Janine Spring at February 2017, noted by Clare Spring 25 February 2017.
8. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Birth, Marriage & Death > 1918 > Q2-Apr-May-Jun C
9. ↑ Recollections of Janine Spring (grand-daughter of Lydia Talbot), recorded March 2017.
10. ↑ "Death record: Lydia Mary Campbell. Registration number 1988/49813." BDM Historical Records NZ. Retrieved 25 February 2017 by Clare Spring from https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search.