july 22nd 1909 edith moore to annie moore

ramsgate, kent to canonbury, london

66 miles

the message

“22 Sydney Road

Ramsgate

Dear Annie

Glad to know you arrived home safe& sound on Monday. I hope you understand about your box. Mother will make it right when she comes home.

Hope you feel much better for your holiday.

Love from Mother and I

Edie”

the sender

Edith Moore (1883-?) was the daughter of Frederick Francis Moore (1853-1902) and Emily Imison (1853-?). Frederick was a Print Compositor originally from Guernsey. in 1911, Emily, then a widow, is listed as a Caretaker at a Mission Premises.

Edith did not marry. She is listed in both 1911 and 1939 as a Speaking Tube Braider working for a Rubber Goods Store. A death record for Edith has not been identified.

the recipient

Annie Moore (1881-?) was the sister of Edith Moore and the daughter of Frederick Francis Moore and Emily Imision. Annie did not marry. In 1911, Annie was in service working for John Simpson, a Private Tutor, and his wife Alice Mary Simpson who ran a Boarding House at the address on the card. In 1939 Annie is a Kitchen Help and living with her sister Edith in Islington.

A death record for Annie cannot be identified.

the tree

the Places

Ramsgate, Kent to Canonbury, London

Ramsgate, Kent

Canonbury, London

what the card says to us

The picture shows New Road in Ramsgate which is where the card was posted.

The assumption must be that Edith, the Speaking Tube Braider, an her mother Emily were on holiday in Ramsgate and were visited by Annie. Something happened to a box. Emily will put things right after the holiday.

To be a Speaking Tube Braider for over 25 years says something about the pace of technology change in the first half of the 20th century.

What happened to the box? Was there a family dispute over it? All seems resolved by 1939.

That the girls never married probably owes much to WW1 and the lack of eligible men.