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Looking for any information regarding Edith's police service records.

She born in 1877 Worcestershire - married Patrick Leo Mahon in 1904 Surrey, England. Remarried a Capt. Sansom at some point. Died 1956 in England.

She was a Sergeant of Police in the 1940's in London or Luton, England.

Any help appreciated

Thanks
Leonie

Are you sure about your dates????


Born 1877, Sergeant of Police in 1940s .................... she'd have been in her 60s


Where did you get the information from??



sylvia

Marriages Dec 1919 (>99%)

Mahon Edith Sansom Hereford 6a 1309
Sansom John E Mahon Hereford 6a 1309


a Public Family Tree on ancestry has ..........


Birth
1876 in Claines Worcestershire


Marriage
1904 25 Sep
Age: 28
Marriage to Patrick Leo Mahon
Southwark, England, United Kingdom
St Georges Catholic Cathederal


Patrick Leo Mahon
died 1914
Age: 35


Marriage
1919 8 Nov
Age: 43
Marriage to John Ernest Sansom
Herefordshire, England
All Saints Church Hereford


Death
1956
Age: 80
Luton, Bedfordshire, England




sylvia

1881

Name: Edith Thornton
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas Thornton
Mother's Name: Jane Thornton
Gender: Female
Where born: Claines, Worcestershire, England

Civil parish: Claines
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England

Street Address: 10 St H
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Droitwich
Sub-registration district: Claines
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2934
Folio: 37
Page Number: 9
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Thornton 32
Jane Thornton 34
William Thornton 13
Mary A. Thornton 11
Samuel T. Thornton 9
Edith Thornton 3
Albert Thornton

cant seethen in 1891

1911

at home ( no occ) with 1 child, another had died
Name: Edith Mahon
Age in 1911: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Civil parish: Chiswick
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: 10 Wilton Avenue, Chiswick W
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 5
Estimated Marriage Year: 1906
Registration district: Brentford
Registration District Number: 128
Sub-registration district: Chiswick
ED, institution, or vessel: 04
Household schedule number: 11
Piece: 6931
Household Members: Name Age
Patrick Leo Mahon 32 <<<Window cleaner
Edith Mahon 33
Leo Thomas Thornton Mahon

Births Dec 1908 Mahon Leo Thomas T Brentford 3a 156

The Met didn't take women until 1919, by which time she'd have been 40ish- if she joined the met.

I'd have said it was very unusual for a woman to be in the police force as early as that. Where has your info some from?
Maybe
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wwps.htm

Penny ......................

Leonie did say specifically "in the 1940s" .................. I wondered if she had been one of the wartime volunteer wardens. But she would still have been well over 60!


There are a couple of trees on ancestry with her ........ neither of them mention anything about any "police service"




sylvia

Was your father the source of this story about Edith, as with your other post?

I ask because both relate to the same decade

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/ancestors/thread/1299501

Sylvia - thanks for all that. I'd better clarify. The information came from Mum and Dad in the 1940's during WWII, so she may not have been in the Police Service at that time, just that it was talked about at the time.

Penny - I find it interesting that you mention Wartime Volunteer Wardens - do you know how I can investigate this line of research further ? Any records online perhaps?

The 1940's is the only period I had contact with my father, as my parents separated at the time and I lost contact with him.

Edith remarried in 1919 to a Captain John Ernest Sansom, so perhaps she joined the force about that time ? Who knows. So if she did that, she would have been Edith Sansom when she joined.

Will keep researching.

Thanks for your help.

Regards
Leonie

Mum used to write to Edith in England during the war and send her food parcels, and she used to send us cardboard cutouts of the cathedrals and palaces with the coloured foil paper for the windows. Funny how we remember things.

Try googling

I googled John Eernest Sansom, and came up with this (among others)...........




18-07-2011 12:07 PM #1
Symbo

Question Waverley Temperance Hotel

Hi, can anyone help, I am trying to find The Waverley 'Temperance' hotel in Leominster 1920c may have closed by the 1930s. The proprietor was Edith Sansom; nee Mahon. Husband Capt. John Ernest Sansom (Royal Garrison Artillery).
It is also possible Edith became a police sergeant???

Any help welcomed. Thanks,
Symbo




sylvia

Hi again Sylvia,

Thanks for that. Yes, we believe we know "Symbo" and knew of the Temperance Hotel, which was not a success under Edith. We don't know, though, what became of the Hotel after Edith had it.

We just need to find, now, police records we can look up.

Thanks again
Leonie