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May Wells

May Wells when younger.
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May Wells,
born 25th June 1874,
her mother died 1878, father obviously had trouble caring for 9 children,
she is listed in [UK census, 4 Apr 1881] as a "boarder", age 6, living with a childless couple, William Burgess (Farm Labourer, age 30) and his wife Eliza (age 31), in Tannington Road, Dennington, Suffolk,
her father and some of the children are in London at this time, others in Ipswich,
at mar she is listed as living Tower House, Berkhampstead Road (beside Lessness Park), Belvedere, SE London (see map),
mar 1898 to Arthur F.V. Gibbon [descendant of Welles, Baron Welles] and had issue.

May Wells, 1966.
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May Wells.

May Wells, June 1968.

May Wells on her 100th birthday, 25th June 1974.
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May Wells, after her 100th birthday, "Langley", June 1974.
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