Can anyone trace Adelaide Springett?

[IONICUS]

Susan Eliza Springett died in 1891, age three, so would not have featured in the article. There was only William John and Adelaide alive in 1907.
Adelaide would have been around 14 years old at the time of her mothers death.  In June 1915 she lived at 53 Gun St and was 22 years old. I suspect she could she have been 'in service' at that age and had to remain there for 8 years to keep a roof over her head.
Looks like she started life as a 'skivvie'. A word seldom heard nowadays but the reality of life in those far off days was hard.

[CindyNunn11]

From The Daily Telegraph
London, Greater London, England · Wednesday, February 18, 1987. One year after her death, public notice of unclaimed assets from her estate.

[IONICUS]

Thank you. The 1939 census shows Adelaide Springett and her partner Frank Harling as Married, this shows her as a spinster.
It's from the Bona Vacantia list and has been dealt with. The details appear on an earlier post.

[IONICUS]

Adelaide, (14yrs old) was the witness at the coroners inquest. She was the only daughter alive at that time, her 3 year old sister Susan Eliza died of Bronchial Pneumonia in the London Hospital, Whitechapel, on the 19 Jun 1891. Her twin sisters Margaret and Helen both died shortly after premature birth in the Workhouse Infirmary, Raines St, on the 15 May 1891.
Adelaide was living in Gun St in 1915.
William John Springett Jr, (my grandfather) was her only sibling and he lived in doss houses at the time and there were plenty in Fashion St.
Her mother Margaret died in the Whitechapel Infirmary on the 11 Oct 1907, cause of death 'Sudden - Chronic Alchoholism Natural - Postmortem'. What a sad end to a troubled life.

[Annie65115]

This thread is amazing. I never thought, when I saw that photo and posted about it, that the thread would still be going, 18 pages and several years later!

[IONICUS]

Thank You - I'm so very glad you did. You certainly started something.
If I find any further details of her life, I'll continue to add them to the thread.

[chiddicks]

For the past few months, with the kind permission of Adelaide's ancestor, I have been researching and writing her life story. It's a difficult read, but we can't airbrush out the truth. Her life was one of constant struggle, but above all else her courage and strength to hold on and survive shines through above everything else. I hope that you enjoy the story and there's not too many tears along the way.


https://chiddicksfamilytree.com/2024/02/15/adelaide-springett/

[IONICUS]

I must offer Paul my heartfelt thanks for taking up Adelaide's story and telling it in such a way as to do justice to her memory. Although I had much of the material, I did not have the expertise to turn those details into a readable narrative. Then along came Paul with the talent and understanding to weave those details into a fascinating story. And what an excellent job he's done.
Thanks again Paul.

[LizzieL]

I totally agree. A really heart wrenching story. Well done Paul