Muriel Joy Lindsay

1 Name Approximate

Date of birth Other Surname(s) District Reference

LINDSAY, Muriel, Joy 1897 BOWEN

DETAILS OF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Reference: C41/E326

Name: LINDSAY, Muriel, Joy

Mother's Maiden name or other relevant surname(s):

BOWEN

Approximate year of birth: 1897

1901 Census - Living at 13 Sallus Terrace, Cowes

DETAILS OF THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

Reference: COE11.4/410

Year of Marriage: 1915

Place: St Mary, Carisbrooke Participants:

     LINDSAY, Muriel, J 

     SHARP, Ernest, P  

John Gordon Lindsay and Elsie Rose Sharp witnesses at marriage.

Like so many couples during the war years Muriel and Ernest were married at a young age, probably as Ernest, a soldier in The Hampshire Regiment (Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles) had received his posting abroad.

1933 ELECTORAL REOLL - LIVING AT RUSTIC COTTAGE MERSTONE. THIS WAS THE HOME OF FRED EDMUNDS, MURIEL WAS TO BE HOUSEKEEPER HERE UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1949, CHILDREN , MARJORIE AND JOHN LIVED HERE ALSO.

DETAILS OF THE DEATH CERTIFICATE

Reference: E1/E360

Name: SHARP, Muriel, Joy

Approximate year of death: 1949

Obituary:- The Late Mrs. M.J. Sharpe. - Mrs. Muriel Joy Sharpe, of Rustic Cottage, who died in the County Hospital on Monday at the age of 51 after an operation, will be greatly missed in the village where she was very popular and ever willing to help with the sick. The funeral on Thursday at Carisbrooke Church was conducted by Acting Vicar of Newport ( the Rev. S. A. Wake) and the interment was at Carisbrooke Cemetery. The mourners were Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Minter (son-in-law and daughter), Mr J. E. Sharpe (son), Mrs. K. Frampton and Miss R. Lindsey (sisters) Mrs. J. Lindsey and Mrs. G. Lindsey ( sisters-in-law), Mr. M. Lindsey and Mr. A. Frampton, nephews, Mr. F. Edmunds, Mrs M. Kennedy, Mr. D. Kennedy, Mrs. G. Edmunds, Mrs Whitewood, the Misses Jacobs, and Mrs G. Draper ( representing the Arreton Women's Institiute, and Arreton Mothers' Union and Mrs. Pittis) The many tributes included those from the Arreton Women's Institiute, the Arreton Mothers' Union and the Merston Methodist Church. Mr. R.G.W. Reed made the arrangements.

• NB: The many spelling errors above are as printed in The Isle of Wight County Press.