Willmott Henderson EVANS Evan Maurice Piercy EVANS George Hugh Jocelyn EVANS Arthur Turle Wanhope EVANS Cecil George Armitage PRESTON Joyce Joan Frances Willmott EVANS Ann Frances PIERCY Mini tree diagram
Maureen Evans from the collection of Frances Hartman

Maureen Evans from the collection of Frances Hartman

Gwynnedd Maureen Elspeth Dyddgu EVANS M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

Gwynnedd Maureen Elspeth Dyddgu EVANS6,6 (Molly)

16th Mar 19051,2 - 1st Jan 19994,2

General Practitioner1

Life History

about 1905

Baptised in Mark Cross Church, Sussex.3

16th Mar 1905

Born in London (10 Harley Street, London).1,2

2nd Apr 1911

Recorded in census in London (121 Harley Street, London).5

about 1918

Educated St Paul's School for Girls in Hammersmith, London.3

to 1930

Educated London School of Medicine

Maureen won a scholarship to attend.

4th Apr 1934

Married Cecil George Armitage PRESTON in Christ Church, Sidcup, Kent.6

Brother Hugh paid for the wedding

from 1940 to 1974

Occupation General Practitioner in Oundle, Northamptonshire.1

from 1947

Occupation farmer

before 1999

Death of Cecil George Armitage PRESTON

1st Jan 1999

Died in Oundle, Northamptonshire.4,2

Notes

  • Known as Molly - she kept the name Maureen but dropped the other first names and changing her surname to Willmott-Evans3
  • "Maureen fulfilled a childhood desire to become a farmer and follow he family tradition to qualify as a doctor". "In 1947 she purchased a prize Jersey cow and built up a fine Jersey herd."

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  • Maureen Preston (nee Willmot Evans)

    Former general practitioner Oundle, Northamptonshire, 1940-74 (b London 1905; q London School of Medicine for Women 1930), d 1 January 1999. Maureen fulfilled a childhood desire to become a farmer and follow the family tradition to qualify as a doctor--both parents were doctors--and she was a hardworking country practitioner. In 1947 she purchased a prize Jersey cow and built up a fine Jersey herd. She bought a small farm a few miles from Oundle and developed and preserved it in the best traditions of conservation. She was a founder member of the Northamptonshire Naturalists Trust. Predeceased by her husband, Bill, she leaves two daughters; a son; and seven grandchildren. [MICHAEL P LEWIS]1
  • Maureen had two daughters, a son and seven grandchildren.
  • The Doctor

    Molly was Assistant Anaesthetist and House Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital and Hose Surgeon at Elsie Inglis Maternity Hospital, Edinburgh.3

Sources

  • 1. British Medical Journal
  • 2. Ancestry database
    • BMD
  • 3. Research of Frances Hartman
  • 4. British Medical Journal
    • http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7181/468
  • 5. UK Census 1911
  • 6. The Times
    • galegroup.com
    • Friday Apr 6, 1934

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