As a Victorian woman, Jessie would have been expected to
centre her life around the home and her family. She bore nine children
including twins (one of whom died), enough to keep any woman busy, but for those days, she
showed some surprising characteristics. In the latter part of her life,
she really came into her own and showed herself to be tough, resilient
and adaptable - this was a strong woman, a survivor. She was 90 when she
died in Belgium in 1953.
Bruce Humphrey adds to John's previous
remarks:
"When he left the Army, Charles joined the Post
Office telegraph service and found his way to Kilmarnock (which is where
the family are to be found in the 1901 Census, with the exception of
Marian who, for some reason, was with Jessie's brother Douglas and his
wife Adeline in Exeter.)
I'm not sure when Charles retired but it was to Hill House, Warwick
where he died in 1919."
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