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Eunice Mellersh (Hughesdon)

Also Known As: "Una"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Death: May 15, 1974 (82)
Enfield, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: Enfield, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Alfred Hughesdon and Ann Hughesdon
Wife of Eric Leslie Mellersh
Mother of Roy Gareth Hughesdon Mellersh and Barbara Rawlins (Mellersh)
Sister of Constance Hughesdon; Reginald Hughesdon; Grace Hughesdon; Reginald Hughesdon and Wilfrid Hughesdon

Occupation: Civil Servant
Managed by: Nick Mellersh
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About Eunice Mellersh

Una lived:- At birth (1891): Southsea, Hampshire [address?]. March 1893 (b of Grace): Portsea, Hampshire [address?]. April 1897 (b of Reginald): Princetown, Tavistock, Devon [address?]. Nov 1899 (b of Wilfrid): Wandsworth, London [address?]. As teenager & young adult (incl July 1906, age 15): St Albans, Hertfordshire [address?]. 02 April 1911 (census): HM Prison St Albans, Grimstone Road, St Albans, Herts (with parents & 3 surviving siblings). 15 Jan 1916: HM Prison Hull, Yorkshire. Upon marriage (1918): 17 Edenbridge Road, Bush Hill Park, Enfield, Middlesex. From 1923 to 1974 (died): 55 Abbey Road, Enfield, Midddlesex.
Una's occupations: At 1911 census: Single; age 19; Clerk Civil Service [in Post Office] in St Albans. Later: Civil Servant (Money Order Department). As a teenager and in her 20s, Una enjoyed playing tennis (hence met husband in St Albans); swimming (including life-saving); and hockey (captain of her work department club).
In later life for nearly a decade Una and Eric together took package holidays abroad once a year, from 1966 (Andalusia) to 1973 (Rome & Milan).

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Eunice Mellersh's Timeline

1891
June 16, 1891
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
1902
1902
- 1909
Age 10
St Alban's High School for Girls
1919
July 3, 1919
Hull, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, UK

Roy Gareth was born at Governors House, HM Prison, Hedon Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, because his maternal grandfather (Alfred Hughesdon) was governor there.

1921
March 30, 1921
Enfield, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
1974
May 15, 1974
Age 82
Enfield, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Una died peacefully after a week's illness at her home of over 50 years, 55 Abbey Road, Enfield, Middlesex. Death notice in Daily Telegraph newspaper on Friday 17 May 1974. Also in Enfield Gazette: announcement on 23 May, and article on 30 May 1974.

May 20, 1974
Age 82
Bush Hill Park, Enfield, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

St Stephen's Church, Bush Hill Park, Enfield, Middlesex, before cremation.