This is one of 3 cards i bought from a seller on eBay because of the beautiful photos on the front. I thought they made a nice change from the scenic type too.
A Joyous Birthday
To:
Miss T Maiden
6 Somers Road,
Halesowen
Nr. Birmingham
Card is franked but the year has not
come out.
Stamp is a 1 Penny red with George V so
date may be between 1911 and 1935.
Also the card is made in Great Britain
rather than the more common ones which were printed in Berlin so it could mean its
post WW1.
Message reads:
Dear Trissie,
Just a card to wish you a Happy Birthday
& I hope you will have lots of good things.
Will you thank Aunty dear for her letter, and tell her I will answer it as
soon as ever I get time.
With heaps of love & xxx from Elsie.
Searching in the 1911 census I could not
find a T. Maiden so I next went to 1911census site and used their address
search. I found the house and the family
were called Maiden but there was no T. Maiden. Looking down the list of
children I found a Beatrice Annie Maiden. Trissie must be short for Beatrice.
What a lovely name.
Beatrice is 5 in the 1911 census so if
we say its after WW1 then she may be 13 perhaps. Her father John was a jobbing gardener from
Kidderminster, Worcs and at the time she had 3 siblings, Edwin John,
Reginald William & Percy.
In the message, Elsie says to thank
Aunty which may mean Beatrice’s mother, so Elsie and Beatrice would be cousins.
It’s a sweet message and a beautiful
photo on the front.
If you know anything about this card or
if you think I have made a mistake, please let me know via the email address on
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