Alice Kate FURMIDGE

1896 - 1942  (45 years)

• Name	Alice Kate FURMIDGE
  Birth	11 Dec 1896	Ryde, Hampshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Family ID	B147-12-1
  Reference Number	P1897-002
  Death	1942	Bournemouth, Hampshire, England   [3]
  Person ID	I836	Furmedge
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Hermann WIPPERMANN,   b. Abt 1866   d. Bef 1976 (Age < 109 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Kate FURMIDGE,   b. 1877, Isle of Wight, England d. Bef 1987 (Age < 109 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	13 Jan 1912	Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  Family ID	F368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William COURAGE,   b. Abt 1899   d. Abt 1976 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1939	Bournemouth, Hampshire, England   [5]
  Family ID	F369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Dec 1896 - Ryde, Hampshire, England Marriage - 1939 - Bournemouth, Hampshire, England Death - 1942 - Bournemouth, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  St Andrew's Home for Girls, Southsea, Hampshire Photo taken circa. 1910, creator unknown, downloaded from the Hidden Lives Revealed website. Copyright: The Children's Society (includes permission to download, print and repurpose content for educational purposes however the material cannot be sold or redistributed).

  
  

• Notes

  Alice Kate is enumerated at St Andrew’s Home for Girls, St Simon’s Road, Southsea in the 1911 England census, aged 14 years (Class: RG14, Piece: 5554, Schedule: 359). This children’s home was transferred to The Waifs and Strays’ Society in 1908 and moved from Victoria Road to St Simon’s Road, Southsea, in 1911. It accommodated girls aged 7 to 14 years who were taught domestic skills which at 14 years old included cooking and laundry. The home had an ‘excellent reputation for producing happy and fun-loving girls’ (information accessed on Hidden Lives Revealed, https://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/, 02 May 2025). By 1921, Alice appears to be in domestic service in Hull, Yorkshire (Class: RG15, Piece: 23744, Schedule: 203) and by 1939 she is a working as a maid and living in Bournemouth (Class: RG101, Piece: 2229A). Her date of birth is recorded as 11 Dec 1897 (not 1896) in the 1939 Register however her birth certificate confirms the year as 1896.

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] England & Wales, Birth Certificate, Alice Kate Furmidge, Reference: Registered: Jan-Mar 1897, District: Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Vol: 2B, Page: 613. [S26] 1939 Register (England & Wales), Welch Household, 54, Southbourne Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire; Reference: Class: RG101, Piece: 2229A. [S4] England & Wales, GRO Death Index, Alice K Courage: Registered: Oct-Dec 1942, District: Bournemouth, Hampshire, Vol: 2B, Page: 926. [S87] England & Wales, Marriage Certificate, Kate Furmidge, Reference: Registered: Jan-Mar 1912, District: Sculcoates, Yorkshire, Vol: 9D, Page: 278. [S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Alice K Furmidge: Registered: Oct-Dec 1939, District: Bournemouth, Hampshire, Vol: 2B, Page: 2955.