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Hilda French, c. 1912

Hilda French (later Norrish) was born at Leightor Farm, Poundsgate, on 14 August 1903 and was baptised at the Wesleyan Methodist Church at Ashburton on 15 October that year. In the 1911 Census, she is recorded at the farm with her parents William and Thirza, and four sisters.: Mary, Thirza, Eleanor and Ethelwyn. Hilda later lived at Riddon Farm. In this image, she appears to be about nine years old, so dating it to around 1912. DRA 4919 PW 088