De Lacy Campbell Evans

De Lacy Campbell was the son of Thomas Alfred and Ellen French Evans (née Smith). His father Thomas Alfred Evans was born in Hanley, Staffordshire, in 1856 and his mother Ellen French Smith in Eckington, Derbyshire, in 1858. Thomas and Ellen were married at Mansfield General Baptist Chapel in 1881 (reg. A/M/J Mansfield) and had nine children one of whom died in childhood. Their children were born in Huthwaite between 1881 and 1898: Alfred John, Florence Ann, Sarah Eliza, Henry Collinson, De Lacy Campbell birth registered 1890 (J/F/M), George Frederick b. 1891 (J/A/S) d. 1901 (A/M/J), Felicia Ellen, Dallas Eugenie and Olive May. In 1891 Thomas (34), a coal miner, and Ellen (33), a grocer, were living in Cemetery Place, Sutton Road, Huthwaite, with their five children Alfred (9), Florence (8), Sarah (5), Henry (2) and De Lacy (1). Also in the household was a female general domestic servant. By 1901 they had moved to 15 Market Place, Huthwaite. Thomas was a boot and shoe dealer (own account) and Ellen a grocer and provision dealer ('at home'/employer). They now had nine children: Alfred a grocer's shop assistant, Florence and Sarah who were pupil teachers, Henry, De Lacy, George (9), Felicia (7), Dallas (5) and Olivia (2). Also in the household was Thomas' widowed mother-in-law, Sarah Smith, a retired grocer, and his niece by marriage Sarah A Smith (15) a domestic servant. The youngest son, George, died later that year. The family was still living at the same address in 1911 but only seven of the eight surviving children were in the home on the night of the census: Alfred and Henry who were both grocery dealers, Florence a school teacher, De Lacy a grocer's shop assistant, Felicia, Dallas and Olivia. Sarah Smith was also in the household. The second daughter, Sarah, had married Verney Henton in 1906. Thomas Alfred completed a form for the army in May 1919 listing his son De Lacy's surviving blood relatives: parents and Florence Ann, Dallas Eugenie and Olivia May all of 15 Market Place, Huthwaite; Sarah Eliza Henton of Main Street, Huthwaite; Eliza Ellen Masham of South Normanton, Derbyshire; Alfred John of South Normanton and Henry Collinson of Sutton Road, Huthwaite. Thomas Alfred died on 26 November 1921; he was still living on Market Place, Huthwaite. His widow Ellen was awarded administration of his Will. In 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled, Ellen was living on Sutton Road, Sutton in Ashfield, with her married daughter Florence Heaqthcote and her husband Alfred (m. 1925). Ellen died on 16 November 1943 at Charnwood Street, Sutton in Ashfield; Probate was awarded to her son Alfred and her daughter Florence.