Robert HOME Robert Elton HOME John George Fitzgerald DAY Kathleen Ella Fitzgerald DAY Dorothy Ethel Home DAY Ethel Frances HOME Kathleen Minette HOME Richard Duncan Elton HOME John Elton HOME William Elton HOME Elizabeth Georgianna ELTON Mini tree diagram

Eliza Blanche HOME

also known as Ella Blanche HOME

between Jan 1871 and Mar 18711,2 - 22nd Jan 19598,9,10

Life History

between Jan 1871 and Mar 1871

Born in Brighton.1,2

2nd Apr 1871

Recorded in census in Brighton, The Palace (Vernon Terrace).3

Frances Sophia Home - Head - Widow - 64 - Annuitant - born Middlesex London
Jean B Home - Daughter - 23 - Officer's Daughter - born France,
Augusta A Home - Daughter - 21 - Officer's Daughter - born East Indies
Robert Home - Son - Married - 36 - Royal Bengal Engineers - born East Indies
Eliza G Home - Wife - 19 - born East Indies
Robert E Home - Son - 1 - born East Indies
Ella B Home - Daughter - 3 months - born Sussex Brighton
Staff x 5

3rd Apr 1881

Recorded in census in Cheltenham (Lansdown Crescent, No. 8).11

Robert Home - Head - Married - 46 - Lieut Col. Royal Bengal Engineers - born East Indies
Elizabeth G Home - Wife - 29 - born East Indies
Robert E Home - Son - 11 - Scholar - born East Indies
Eliza B Home - Daughter - 10 - Scholar - born Brighton,
Ethel F Home - Daughter - 8 - Scholar - born East Indies
Kathleen M Home - Daughter - 6 - Scholar - born East Indies
Richard D E Home Son - 4 - Scholar  - born East Indies
John E Home - Son - 2 - born East Indies
William E Home - Son - 1 - born Cheltenham
Staff x 2

Research Note :-
Living next door to Margaret E Smith and Delia Smith, both formerly Rochfort, and both aunts to Elizabeth Georgianna Home. Also various cousins to Elizabeth Georgianna.

5th Apr 1891

Recorded in census in Cheltenham (Suffolk Square, No 6).1

Robert Home - Head - Married 56 - Retired Col Royal Engineers - born East Indies
Eliza G Home - Wife - 39 - born East Indies
Eliza B Home - Daughter - 20 - born Brighton
Ethel F Home - Daughter - 18 - born East Indies
Kathleen M Home - Daughter - 17 - born East Indies
Richard D E Home - Son - 14 - Scholar - born East Indies
John E Home - Son - 12 - Scholar - born East Indies
William E Home - Son - 10 - Scholar - born East Indies
Staff x 3

4th Oct 1893

Married John George Fitzgerald DAY in Cheltenham, Christ Church.15,16,17,18

From the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette .-
"Oct. 4, at Christ Church, Cheltenham, John George Day, Major R.E., to Eliza Blanche, eldest daughter of Colonel Robert Home, C.I.E., R.E."

From the Cheltenham On-Looker .-
"October 4th, at Christ Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. Chris. V. Childe, Vicar, assisted by the Rev. Wyndham Faithful, Rector of Oaksey, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, JOHN GEORGE DAY, Major, R.E., son of the late Rev. Edward Day, J.P., of Edenburn House, Kerry, to ELIZA BLANCHE (ELLA), eldest daughter of COL. ROBERT HOME, C.I.E., R.E. (late Bengal)."

From the Times :-
"On the 4th Oct., at Christ Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. C. V. Childe, Vicar, assisted by the Rev. Wyndham Faithful, Rector of Oaksey, brother-in-law of the bridegroom JOHN GEORGE DAY, Major, R.E., son of the late Rev. Edward Day, J.P., of Edenburn House, Kerry, to ELIZA BLANCHE (ELLA), eldest daughter of Colonel Robert Home, C.I.E., R.E., (late Bengal)"

between Oct 1894 and Dec 1894

Birth of daughter Kathleen Ella Fitzgerald DAY in Cheltenham.12

31st Aug 1896

Birth of daughter Dorothy Ethel Home DAY in Cheltenham.13

31st Mar 1901

Recorded in census in Paddington, St John Paddington (27 Princes Square).4

Elizabeth G Home - Head - Widow - 49 - Living on own means - born India,
Eliza B Day - Daughter - Married - 30 - born Brighton
Kathleen E Fitzgerald Day - Granddaughter - born 6 - born Cheltenham
Dorothy H Day - Granddaughter - 4 - born Cheltenham
Staff x 1

2nd Apr 1911

Recorded in census in Aylesbury (Wendover Road, No 141).5

John George Day - Head - Married - 56 - Pensioned Army Officer Colonel, Late RE now Secretary Bucks Forces Assoc - born Kerry Ireland
Eliza Blanche Day - Wife - 40 - Married 17 years - 2 children - 2 children alive - born Brighton,,
Kathleen Ella Fitzgerald Day - Daughter - 16 - Student - born Cheltenham
Dorothy Ethel Home Day - Daughter - 14 - Student - born Cheltenham,,
Staff x 2
Rooms x 14

15th Nov 1931

Death of John George Fitzgerald DAY in France.6,14

12th Jan 1932

Executor.6

Of the estate of John George Day
Described as "widow"

1938

Published.7

"Mr Justice Day of Kerry, 1745-1841 : a discursive memoir" by Ella Blanche Day.
Exeter, Pollard & Co, 1938.
Privately printed.

22nd Jan 1959

Died in Warminster (Beckford Lodge Hospital).8,9,10

From the Times :-
"On Jan. 22nd 1959, peacefully in her 89th year, ELLA BLANCHE, widow of COL. J. G. DAY, R.E., and darling mother of Kathleen Roche and Dorothy Westby"

23rd Feb 1959

Probate in Bristol.9

of Beacon Hotel, Fleet, widow
Executor - Dorothy Ethel Home Westby, widow.
Effects - 1,669. 17s. 3d.

Sources

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