Eliza Reeve born 1883 Great Canfield

[JenB]

On the 1930 electoral register there are 4 people at 25 Caroline Street, Pimlico, John and Nellie Matthews and Edward Cyril Brewer and Caroline MacDonald

Also there is a Mary Sharp who is also there in 1921 and appears to have been running it as a boarding house.

This has to be the right person - I wonder why she took on the name Nellie? And why her abode is given as Cuckoos, Great Canfield in the burial register when, according to the death cert it was 25 Caroline Street SW1?

[trish1120]

Taken home to be buried near her parents?

[JenB]

Taken home to be buried near her parents?

Sorry, I didn't make myself clear, I wondered why, although she'd clearly been taken back 'home' her abode was given as that of her parents rather than where she was actually living in London?

[jonwarrn]

Well done to SS for getting hold of that death registration.
And to Lizzie for finding a likely marriage.
Martin will be pleased!

Somewhere in 1921 there should be a married John Matthews, but without his wife Eliza/Nellie!

[trish1120]

Yes I see your point now JenB.
Her Father was dead but Mother still alive.

[LizzieL]

She had been living with her husband in Pimlico (as on 1930 Electoral register) until she was admitted to hospital where she died, so why not be buried in or near Pimlico? I have cases where a young spinster daughter who died when in service away from home was buried in her home village. But Eliza was a middle aged married woman.

[Martin17]

Thank you to everyone so far who has posted an answer to my enquiry.

I know for a fact that some of my ancestors resided at Cuckoo's, Great Canfield, Essex, so any links to that address would have to be a positive. Great Canfield is a lovely place, but not that many people lived there.

To date, not sure where the forename Nellie comes from. although Eliza's brother James later named one of his children Nellie.

Thank you all once again.

Kind regards

Martin17

[LizzieL]

Somewhere in 1921 there should be a married John Matthews, but without his wife Eliza/Nellie!

They married in Farnham in 1917. Could he have been a soldier or civilian horse looker-afterer attached to a cavalry regiment. Farnham is Rd for Aldershot. Had became a groom by 1930. Can't find a suitable married groom in 1921, but maybe had some other job to do with horses.

[JenB]

She had been living with her husband in Pimlico (as on 1930 Electoral register) until she was admitted to hospital where she died, so why not be buried in or near Pimlico? I have cases where a young spinster daughter who died when in service away from home was buried in her home village. But Eliza was a middle aged married woman.

Someone who died in Pimlico in 1930 would, I’m fairly sure, have been buried in one of the big cemeteries towards the edge of London such as Hanwell.
Perhaps her family preferred to have her buried in her home village rather than a huge London cemetery?