Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Victoria Lily May Cole, known as “Lil”,
Date and place of birth
12 May 1897 at Ketches Lane, Fletching, Sussex, bap 20 June 1897 at St Giles, Horsted Keynes as Victoria Lillie Cole dau of Albert & Sally Cole
Names of parents
Albert Robert Cole and Sarah Ann nee Buckingham
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any - and any divorces
Married 26 Dec 1918 to Thomas Charles Harwood at All Saints, Lindfield, Sussex. We’ve got the clock they had as a wedding present.
Husband left her in 1934 for another woman, no divorce.
Occupation(s) - if any
1911: Calendar hand, steam laundry. (Worked in the laundry next door to her home. A calendar is a sort of roller for ironing sheets)
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on, if applicable.
1901: Common Cottage No 2, Lindfield, Sussex
1911: 2 West View Cottages, [Gravelye Lane] Lindfield, the house still stands.
c1920: Lyoth Lane, Lindfield, Sussex
1921: Gravelye Farm visiting with husband and baby. Neighbours of her parents.
Then back to 2 West View Cottages where she lived for the rest of her life.
Date, place and cause of death
1979 Pouchlands Hospital. Chailey, Sussex, don't know cause
Date and place of burial / cremation.
Worth Crematorium at Crawley.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
None
Memorial inscription - if any
Not known.
Link to father Albert Robert Cole