Sources

Census

1891 Scotland

Name: Mary V Sellar
Age: 27
Relationship: Daur (Daughter)
Mother's Name: Eleanor M Sellar
Gender: Female
Where born: Edinburgh
Registration Number: 685A/2
Registration district: St George Burgh
Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts
County: Midlothian
Address: 15 Buckingham Ter
Occupation: Living on Priv Means
ED: 29
Household schedule number: 99
Line: 18
Roll: CSSCT1891_334
Household Members Age Relationship
Eleanor M Sellar 61 Head
Mary V Sellar 27 Daur (Daughter)
Wiliam G Sellar 26 Son
Edmund F Sellar 18 Son
Agnes Sellar 65 Sister-in-law
Wyndham Grieve 19 Visitor
Mary Weir 33 Serv (Servant)
Mary Thorn 28 Serv (Servant)
Anne McKenzie 30 Serv (Servant)
Rose Hutcheson 33 Servant
Fanny Millar 27 Servant

1871 Scotland

Name: Mary V Sellar
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Relationship: Daughter
Father's Name: William Y Sellar
Mother's Name: Eleanor M Sellar
Gender: Female
Where born: Edinr, Edinburgh
Registration Number: 685/1
Registration district: St George
Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts
County: Midlothian
Address: 15 Buckingham Ter
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 104
Household schedule number: 15
Line: 16
Roll: CSSCT1871_158
Household Members Age Relationship
William Y Sellar 16 Head
Eleanor M Sellar 41 Wife
Patrick F A Seller 17 Son
Thomas C Sellar 16 Daughter
Florence A De Sellar 13 Daughter
Walter D Sellar 9 Son
Mary V Sellar 7 Daughter
William G Sellar 6 Son
Mars Schwer 37 Governess
Saba Monkres 25 Servant

1911 England

Name: May Violet Dent
Age in 1911: 47
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Edinburgh
Civil Parish: Burley
Street Address: Beacon Corner, Burley, Hants
Marital status: Widowed
Occupation: Private Means
Registration District Number: 96
Sub-registration District: Ringwood
ED, institution, or vessel: 03
Piece: 5884
Household Members:
Name Age
May Violet Dent 47
Eleanor Ruth Dent 12
Lily Stewart 47
Mabel Wilkinson 39
Bertha Loader 31
Margaret Chambers 19

birth

Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Name: May Violet Sellar
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 07 Dec 1863
Birth Place: Edinburgh Parish,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland
Father:
William Young Sellar
Mother:
Eleanor Dennistoun
FHL Film Number: 6035516

death

FreeBMD

Name: May V Dent
Death Age: 91
Registration Date: Mar. Q. 1955
Registration District: Christchurch
Volume: 6b
Page: 284

probate

Calendar of the Grants ...

Name: May Violet Dent
Death Date: 22 Jan 1955
Death Place: Beacon-corner, Burley, Ringwood, Hampshire, England
Probate Date: 31 May 1955
Probate Registry: London, England

Publications

Lady Lucy Houston DBE: Aviation Champion and Mother of the Spitfire
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