Notes on Miss Margaret Mens
See interview tape 185
See photos M520 to M534
Born
August 1913. In Avenue Road. Only child.
Residence
Brought up at Langleys, 10 Collingwood Road.
1999 at Bradwell near Braintree.
Family
Grandfather was Alfred, bank manager. He had eight children.
Father, Arthur Charles (known as Joe), ran Witham Cartage and Coal Company. He died in 1958.
Mother, Margaret Amelia (Milly), two or three years earlier. Arthur and Milly married in 1910.
Education
Chelmsford County High School then Barrett Street Trade School to learn dressmaking.
Jobs
Briefly at Jay’s in Regent Street, then Bolingbroke’s in Chelmsford. Then dressmaking on own in Witham till War in 1939. Then to the office at Crittall’s in Witham and stayed there thirty years.
Directories
Year Original entry
1866 Mens Mr. Alfred
1870 Mens Alfred
1874 Mills, Errington Bawtree & Co. (of Colchester), bankers (Alfred Mens, manager), draw on Glyn, Mills & Co. London e.c
1874 Mens Alfred
1878 Mills, Errington, Bawtree & Co. (of Colchester), bankers (Alfred Mens, manager), draw on Glyn, Mills & Co. London e.c
1878 Mens Alfred
1882 Mens Alfred
1886 Mens Alfred
1890 Mens Alfred
1890 Mills, Bawtree, Dawnay, Curzon & Co. (of Colchester), bankers (Alfred Mens, manager) ; draw on Glyn, Mills & Co. London E C
1895 Sparrow Tufnell & Co. bankers (of Chelmsford) (Alfrd. Mens, mangr.); draw on Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom, Bouverie & Co. London E
1895 Mens Alfred
1899 Mens Alfred
1899 Barclay & Co. Limited, bankers (branch) (Alfred Mens, manager); draw on head Office, 54 Lombard street, London E C
1899 Mens, Alfred, manager of Barclay & Co.’s Bank
1902 Barclay & Co. Limited, bankers (branch) (Alfred Mens, manager) (open 10 to 4; except sat. 10 to 1); draw on head Office, 54; Lombard street, London E C
1902 Mens Alfred, manager of Barclay & Co.’s Bank
1902 Mens Alfred
1906 Mens Alfred
1906 Barclay. & Co. Limited, bankers (branch) (Alfred Mens, manager) (open 10 to 4 except sat. 10 to 1); draw on, head office, 54 Lombard Street, London E C
1906 Mens Alfred, manager of Barclay & Co’s Bank
1908 Mens Alfred, High street
1910 Mens Alfred, High street
1910 Mens Alfred, insurance agt. High st
1912 Mens Mrs. High street
1912 Mens Arthur Charles, The Hawthorns
1914 Mens Arthur Charles, The Hawthorns, Avenue road
1914 Mens, Mrs., Collingwood Road
1917 Witham Cartage & Coal Co. Ltd. coal & coke merchants & contractors, sand & stone merchants, steam hauliers & contractors for carting timber (A.C.Mens, managing director), Collingwood Road
1917 Mens & Roberts, insurance agents: Collingwood road
1917 Mens Arthur Charles, The Hawthorns. Avenue road
1922 Witham Cartage & Coal Co. Ltd. coal & coke merchants & contractors, sand & stone merchants, steam hauliers & contractors for carting timber (A.C.Mens, managing director), Collingwood road
1922 Mens Arthur Charles, insurance agent, Collingwood road
1922 Mens Arthur Charles, Langleys, Collingwood Road
1926 Mens Arthur Charles, Langleys, Collingwood road
1926 Witham Cartage & Coal Co. Ltd. coal & coke merchants & contractors, sand & stone merchants, steam hauliers & contractors for carting timber (A. C. Mens, managing director), Collingwood rd. T N 42
1926 Mens Arthur Charles, insurance agent, Collingwood road. T N 42
1929 Essex & Suffolk Equitable Insurance Society Ltd. (Arth. C. Mens, district mngr.), Collingwood rd
1929 Mens Arthur Charles, insurance agent, Collingwood road. T N 42
1929 Mens Arthur Charles, Langleys, Collingwood road
1929 Witham Cartage & Coal Co. Ltd. contractors, sand & stone merchants, steam & general hauliers. contractors for carting timber (A. C. Mens, managing director), Collingwood road. T N 42
1933 Mens Arthur Charles, insurance agent, Collingwood road. T N 42
1933 Mens Arthur Charles, Langleys, Collingwood road
1933 Essex & Suffolk Equitable Insurance Society Ltd. (Arth. C. Mens, district mngr.), Collingwood rd
1937 Mens Margt. (Miss), ladies’ hairdrssr. Langleys, Collingwood rd. T N 186
1937 Mens Arthur Charles, Langleys, ColIingwood road
1937 Mens Arth. Chas. insur. agt. Collingwood rd. T N 186
1937 Essex & Suffolk Equitable Insurance Society Ltd. (Arth. C. Mens, district mngr.), Collingwood rd.
Census
Mens
1851 census (?no rel to rest)ED 4,1 c 50 Newland St
Fredk Scott 24, grocer, b Rochford
Mary S Mens 40 widow b Wivenhoe
Rd Mens 9 son of do b Suffolk Washbrook
Census 1901 RG/13 ED50 p.7 f23
The Bank Alfred Mens Head M 63 Bank Manager b.Suff Higham
Charlotte Mens Wife M 52 — b.Suff Brandon
Henry Mens Son S 28 Banker’s Clerk b.Essex Witham
Edith E Claydon Servt St 16 Gen Serv Dom b.Essex Witham
1891 RG12 1425 ED 50 census
50 | Alfred Mens | 53 | Bank Manager | Suffolk, Higham | ||
Charlotte Mens | 42 | Suffolk. Brandon | ||||
Edwin S Mens | 16 | Scholar | Witham | |||
Hary[?] Mens | 13 | Scholar | Witham | |||
Constance G Mens | 14 ? | Scholar | Witham | |||
Frederick J H ? Mens | 9 | Scholar | Witham | |||
Mary G? Mens | 8? | — | Witham | |||
Ellen J Goody | Servt 15? | Nursemaid | Messing | |||
Nelly W L Emery | Servt 15? | Gen Serv | Tolleshunt Darcy | |||