Reference
Z160/429
Title
Records relating to Miss Evelyn Jackson (1892-1978), of Bedford.
Date free text
1915-1928
Production date
From: 1915 To: 1928
Admin/biog history
Evelyn Marian Jackson was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire in 1892. Her father William Jackson, a corn miller, had died by 1901 and her mother Frances had moved to 2 Stanley Street, Bedford, with Evelyn and her siblings William, Dorothy, George, Elsie and Lizzie. The 1911 Census records Evelyn as aged 19, with no occupation. However by 1916 she was a Voluntary Aid Detachment assistant nurse, working at No.18 General Hospital in Camiers, France. She kept a diary from May to December 1916. There is some repetition in the diary, and she appears to have written up entries after making notes. After the war Evelyn returned to Bedford and lived at 2 Stanley Street then from 1923 at 18 St George’s Road. Evelyn died on 15 March 1978.
Bought in a house clearance sale in 1978 and subsequently donated to the archives service.
Level of description
sub-fonds