Agneta Annie Justina (Gulston) Stepney Gulston MBE (1882 - 1966)

Born 19 Dec 1882 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

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Died 1966 at about age 83 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales

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Biography

Annie, born in 1882, was the eldest daughter of George Gulston and Emily Anderson.^[1] In 1911 she lived with her parents in Shropshire, England, where her father was the director of a lime works.^[2]

Annie's mother and sister had married brothers. Her Aunt Agnes and Uncle Alan lived at Derwydd, the family estate in Carmarthenshire, Wales.^[3] Annie's only sibling, Nona, died in 1906, followed by Aunt Agnes in 1913, her father in 1915, and her other Stepney-Gulston uncle, Francis, in 1917. At some point after her father's death, she and her mother moved to Derwydd. They continued to live there after her Uncle Alan's death in 1919. Annie Hyndman, Annie's former nurse, also lived at Derwydd, dying there in 1939 at 83.^[4]

During World War One, Annie served as the Assistant County Secretary, Carmarthenshire Branch, British Red Cross Society.^[5] In recognition of her work with the Red Cross, she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1919.^[6]

After the war, she was a Justice of the Peace^[7] until at least 1954.^[8]She was also involved with the Girl Guides; she was Carmarthenshire's first County Commissioner and designed the county standard.^[9]

Annie died in 1966 after a long life of service to her community.^[10]

Derwydd and its gardens are available today for special occasions and events.

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XKY-SGT : accessed 6 February 2016), Agneta Annie J Gulston, 1883; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X72H-9X6 : accessed 6 February 2016), Agneta Justina Stepney Gulston, Stoke St Milborough, Ludlow, Shropshire, 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.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4PFP-4ZM : 15 October 2015), Agneta Annie Justina S Gulston in household of Alan Stepney S Gulston, Llandebie, Carmarthenshire, Wales; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Carmarthenshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ Western Mail, December 28, 1939
5. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, January 1919
6. ↑ 1919 New Year Honours List
7. ↑ Western Mail, November 28, 1939
8. ↑ Aberdeen Evening Express, August 20, 1954
9. ↑ Girl Guiding, Carmarthenshire
10. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCK-NKJM : accessed 6 February 2016), Annie A J Stepney-Gulston, 1966; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, General Register Office, Southport, England.