Lucy (Wellburn) Naish (1876 - 1967)

Born 23 Jan 1876 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Albert Ernest Naish — married Sep 1902 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1967 at age 91 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Lucy (Wellburn) Naish was born in Yorkshire, England.

Lucy was born in 1876 in Scarborough, a thriving center of trade on the North Sea. Her great-grandfather John Mills was from a family of seafaring men and owned nine sailing ships himself. Her mother, Anne Matilda, married Henry Wellburn, champion weight lifter for Yorkshire, Town Councillor, owner of a wine-importing shop, a grocer's shop, and four farms. A few months before Lucy was born, he died suddenly, lifting a heavy sack of seed, leaving his wife Anne Matilda at age thirty-one, with five small children.

Lucy entered the London School of Medicine for Women in 1897. It took her three years to get in. She'd had no previous training in science, and at age eighteen, began to struggle with biology, chemistry, and physics for the first time. Once she got in, she continued to find the material difficult. She found chemistry incomprehensible and was overwhelmed by anatomy, stunned by the number of Latin names to memorize. Her health was suffering, and her mother insisted on taking her away for a summer holiday, at the end of which Anne Matilda moved to London and took a flat near her daughter. Finally Lucy passed her exams and started her clinical training on the wards at the Royal Free Hospital in 1899.

While Lucy was doing surgical training at the Royal Free, in 1901, she met Dr. Albert Ernest Naish. Earnest was a tall, lean man, reserved and studious, with sensitive, finely drawn features, a gentle voice, keen blue eyes, and black hair. Lucy was smitten and arranged her time to be on duty whenever he was. Ernest and Lucy were drawn together through their work. She assisted him in operations and surgical procedures. They were married in July 1902, six weeks after her final exams. She was twenty-six and he was thirty-one.^[1]

They moved to Sheffield, where they spent their professional lives. They had eight children, four of whom became doctors. Lucy Naish nonetheless managed to use her medical training when she and her husband set up the first Infant Welfare Clinic in Sheffield, and also as a Poor Law Guardian. During the First World War, besides working as a factory medical officer she took on many jobs at the Royal Hospital and also taught medical students. In 1917 she was appointed Lecturer in Osteology in the University of Sheffield. She was active in the Yorkshire Branch of the British Medical Association and also in the Yorkshire Association of the Medical Women's Federation, co-founding the Sheffield and District Association of the latter in 1923. In 1939 she retired to Anglesey but returned to continue teaching in private classes at her home in 1943. Her husband died in August 1964. She died in her 92nd year in 15 Dec 1967, leaving 54 living descendants.^[2]

Christening

First name(s) Lucy

Last name Wellburn

Birth year 1876

Birth date 23 Jan 1876

Baptism year 1876

Baptism date 16 Apr 1876

Baptism place Fylingdales

Father's first name(s) Henry

Mother's first name(s) Ann Matilda

County Yorkshire (North Riding)

Country England

Census 1881

Event Place Scarborough, Yorkshire,Yorkshire North Riding, England

Registration District Scarborough

Residence Note Newboro St

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

Joseph Peacock Head M 35 Bridlington, Yorkshire, England Areated Water Manuftr

Ann M Peacock Wife F 39 Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire, England

Elizabeth J Wellburn Daughter F 14 Scarboro, Yorkshire, England

Mary E Wellburn Daughter F 7 Scarboro, Yorkshire, England

Lucy Wellburn Daughter F 5 Scarboro, Yorkshire, England

Clara W Harrison Sister F 42 Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England

Martha Hall Visitor F 23 Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire, England

Catherine Ditchburn Servant F 24 Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire, England

Elizabeth Bulmer Servant F 19 Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire, England

Harold C Sleightholm Servant M 23 Burniston, Yorkshire, England

Jacob Bidlington Servant M 23 Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England

William G Waters Servant M 19 Scarboro, Yorkshire, England

Robert Temple Servant M 18 Flixton, Yorkshire, England

Harry P Bidlington Servant M 17 Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire, England^[3]

Education

Name: Lucy Wellburn

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1890

Event Place: Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Germany

Gender: Female

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Evangelische Kirche

Occupation: Pensionärin

Birth Date: 23 Jan 1876

Birthplace: Scarborough, England

Institution:

Municipality: Schwerin^[4]

Census 1901

Event Place Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England

County Hertfordshire

Civil Parish Aldenham

Ecclesiastical Parish Christ Church Radlett

Sub-District Bushey

Registration District Watford

Residence Note High Road

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

Ann M Welburn Head F 59 Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire

Lucy Welburn Daughter F 25 Scarborough, Yorkshire MEDICAL STUDENT^[5]

Marriage

Name: Lucy Wellburn

Name: Albert Ernest Naish

Event Type: Marriage

Event Place: Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Registration District: Watford

County: Hertfordshire

Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep

Registration Year: 1902^[6]

Census 1911

1911 Census Household Record

Household information

Address 5 Clarkehouse Road Sheffield

Parish Ecclesall

Town Sheffield

Type of Building Private House

Number of Rooms 11

Inhabited Y

1 - Lucy Naish Wife Married 8 yrs F 35 1876 Scarborough Physician

2 - Albert Ernest Naish Head Married M 39 1872 Bristol Physician

Total Children Born Alive 5

Children Still Living 5

Children Who Have Died 0

3 - Jean Dora Naish Daughter Single F 7 1904 Sheffield Scholar

4 - George Oswald Naish Son Single M 6 1905 Sheffield Juvenile

5 - Alice Mary Naish Daughter F 4 1907 Sheffield Juvenile

6 - Frances Charlotte Naish Daughter F 3 1908 Sheffield Juvenile

7 - Earnest Frederick Edward Naish Son 10mths 1911 Sheffield Juvenile

8 - Rose Emma Yeckells Governess Single F 22 1888 Sheffield

9 - Edith Mary Brookes Servant Single F 22 1889 Nantwich Cheshire

10 - Sarah Ann Kenworthy Servant Single F 18 1893 Stockbridge Yorkshire W Riding

11 - Nellie Nicholas Servant Single F 22 1889 Stannington Yorkshire W Riding^[7]

Death Registration

Name: Lucy Naish

Event Type: Death

Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec

Registration Year: 1967

Registration District: Sheffield

County: Yorkshire

Event Place: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Age: 91

Birth Year (Estimated): 1876^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/servlet/DCARead?standardNo=0472111078&standardNoType=1&excerpt=true
2. ↑ Biography written by the subject's daughter-in-law, Nora Naish, herself a doctor.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-D3GH : 11 December 2017), Ann M Peacock in household of Joseph Peacock, Scarborough, Yorkshire,Yorkshire North Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 8, Piece/Folio 4803/139, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,340.
4. ↑ "Deutschland, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Volkszählung 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP5Y-5VD : 29 July 2017), Lucy Wellburn, Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Germany; citing card number 9, district 94, Mecklenburg Staatsarchiv, Schwerin (Mecklenburg State Archives, Schwerin); FHL microfilm 1,981,759.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS4D-BYY : 20 May 2019), Ann M Welburn, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Bushey subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:263J-YRS : 13 December 2014), Lucy Wellburn, 1902; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1902, quarter 3, vol. 3A, p. 1335, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWKD-RP9 : 14 June 2019), Lucy Naish, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; 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.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVC2-164Y : 4 September 2014), Lucy Naish, 1967; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

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