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THOMPSON, Eveline
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Name THOMPSON, Eveline Birth 25 May 1881 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Gender Female Death 1983 Manchester Registration District, Lancashire
Person ID I3526 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father THOMPSON, John William, b. 1847, Walsoken, Norfolk
d. 1926, Gainsborough Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 79 years) Relationship natural Mother EDGOOSE, Mary Jane, b. 20 Mar 1848, Tydd St. Mary, Lincolnshire, England
d. 28 May 1906, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
(Age 58 years) Relationship natural Marriage 30 Aug 1871 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Family ID F192 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family CUNLIFFE, Richard, b. 30 Mar 1872, Salford, Lancashire, England
d. 1943, Manchester Registration District, Lancashire
(Age 70 years) Marriage 1904 Gainsborough Registration District, Lincolnshire
Family ID F1692 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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EVELINE CUNLIFFE née THOMPSON 1881-1983
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The birth of Eveline THOMPSON was registered in 1881. According to her death registration she was born on 25 May 1881)
(GRO June Q 1881 Wisbeach 3b 578)
Apart from Rachel the rest of the family were living at 29 Etherington Street, Gainsborough, in 1891:
John W. THOMPSON, head, aged 43, millwright, born at Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire;
Mary J. THOMPSON, wife, aged 43, born at Tydd St. Giles, Lancs (sic);
Edith THOMPSON, daughter, aged 18, born at Retford, Nottinghamshire;
*Eveline THOMPSON, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Wisbeach.
(RG12/2634/79/8)
Their daughter Rachael was living at 23 Hampden Street, Little Bolton, Lancashire:
Louisa COX, head, aged 63. widow, living on own means, born at Louth, Lincolnshire;
Ethel HAMMOND, niece, aged 11, scholar, born at Louth;
Rachael THOMPSON, servant, aged 17, single, general domestic servant, born at Wisbeach.
(RG12/3116/139/27)
Eveline THOMPSON, aged 19, unmarried, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, was a general domestic servant/housemaid for the SIMONS family at 14 York Street, Manchester in 1901.
(RG13/3748/51/3)
Eveline THOMPSON married Richard CUNLIFFE at the Trinity Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on 7 September 1904. She was described as a 23 year old spinster of no occupation and of 8 Britannia Terrace, Gainsborough, daughter of John William THOMPSON millwright. Richard CUNLIFFE was a 32 year old bachelor, a warehouseman living at 9 Ash Road, Weaste, and son of Richard CUNLIFFE, a deceased warehouseman. Witnesses were Alfd BARLOW, J. W. THOMPSON and Rachel THOMPSON.
(GRO September Q 1904 Gainsborough 7a 1574)
From the 1939 Register of 15 Stanley Avenue, Manchester C.B., Lancashire:
Richard CUNLIFFE, born 30 March 1872, pensioner, married;
*Eveline CUNLIFFE, born 25 May 1881, unpaid domestic duties, married.
(RG101/4485J/001/21 NJVD)
The death of Eveline CUNLIFFE was registered in 1983. She was said to have been born on 25 May 1881.
(GRO March Q 1983 Manchester 38 1025)
(revised 04.08.2017)

