Mary Helen Angelina Shillingford

Baptized: Mary Helen Angelina Middleton

Known as Helen, she was the oldest daughter in a family of 12 children.

1891 Census

1. Henry Middleton Head Married Male 39 1852

<Civil Mechanical And Electrical Engineer And Inventor> born United States, South Carolina (Charleston)

1. Mary Middleton Wife Married Female 32 1858. Born Jersey, Channel Islands
2. Helen A Middleton Daughter Single Female 6 1885 - Woburn Square, London, Middlesex, England
3. Maud M(uriel) Middleton Daughter Single Female 5 1886 - Slough, Buckinghamshire, England (Birth registered in Eton, Buckinghamshire)
4. Henry Middleton Son Single Male 3 1888 - Slough, Buckinghamshire, England
5. Arthur J W Middleton Son Single Male 2 1889 - Slough, Buckinghamshire, England
6. Algernon W Middleton Son Single Male 1 1890 - Slough, Buckinghamshire, England
7. Reginald R D Middleton Son Single Male 0

• + 2 servants

1924 Married Gerald Shillingford

• Mary H A Middleton
• Event Type Marriage Registration
• Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec 1924
• Registration District Steyning, Sussex
• Event Place Steeping, Sussex, England
• Spouse Name (available after 1911) Shillingford

She helped out her sister's family (Dorothy Emma Cousens) during the Depression. Dorothy's son, George, went to England to live with her and her husband and paid for his education. However, in 1938 George got mastoiditis (usually caused by untreated acute middle ear infection and which used to be a leading cause of child mortality.) and Helen then sent him back to his family in Canada. George suffered by being separated from his family. (Source: his sister Babs Duncan)