EMPEY, Emily (1863-1947) and Mary (c1858-1938) – from Ireland to Wickhamford
Emily and Mary Empey, were first recorded in Wickhamford at the 1911 census. They were both listed as market gardeners and lived at the present-day 10 Pitchers Hill. Emily was 55 years of age and her younger sister, Mary, was 41, but the latter was entered as head of the household. They had been born in Queen’s County. Ireland (now Co. Laois) and stated that they were ‘British subjects by parentage’. (In that year there were only 93 persons with the surname ‘Empey’ in the England and Wales census).
The bells were rung at the wedding of Private Sidney Wilfred Jobson, youngest son of Mr & Mrs R A Jobson of 10 Evesham Road, Norton, and Miss Hilary Doreen Crane, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs G Crane of 9 Synehurst, Badsey, at St James' Church, Badsey, on Saturday.