occupation

Housewife

dates

Born: Oxford, 22 October 1896

Married: George REEVES

Died: Ipswich, Suffolk

residence

Initially Oxford but moved away from the county after marriage

submitted by

Chris HOLLINS (grandchild)

Background information

Mary Laura SMALL’s parents were Horace SMALL and Edith Sarah COOMBS. Horace was a farm worker from Bethersden in Kent, and Edith was a house servant. They were married against the wishes of the Small family, and eloped to France where – family tradition has it – Horace looked after the dogs on the Rothschild estates.

Edith Laura SMALL married George REEVES, and they moved away from Oxfordshire. She was five when Queen Victoria died, and had a premonition that the queen’s death had occurred. She later believed she was a “medium” which she gave up after a disturbing experience whilst in a trance. She eventually died in Ipswich, Suffolk.