Harriet Susan BROWN [146]

  General Notes:

Marriages.
Liveing - Brown 15th August, at the Rectory Church, St Marylebone, by the father of the bride, Edward Liveing, M. D., of 52 Queen Anne St, London, to Harriet Susan, oldest daughter of the Rev J. Wilson D. Brown, Vicar of Assington, Suffolk.
Ref: Ipswich Journal 19th August 1893.

Harriet was aged 26 at her marriage. Marriage Entry Sept quarter 1893 Marylebone 1a 1153 BDM

It is assumed that Harriet Susan Liveing is the Susan Liveing, who in 1926, wrote "A 19th Century Teacher: John Henry Bridges", he was her uncle.

Harriet Susan Liveing born 1868, aged 71, sailed in 1939 from Southampton to Lisbon, on the Dempo bound for India. Her address is recorded as 22 Queen Alexanders Mansions WC
Ref: findmypast 2011

Liveing Mrs H S 2 Park Plc gdns W2 Paddington 4697
Ancestry: London Phone Book 1926/27/28

Liveing Mrs H S 22 Qn Alexander mans Judd st WC1 Terminus 6922
Ancestry: London Phone Book 1935/36/37/38/39/41

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES
Sir.
Lady Violet Bonham Carter's letter on working-class housing published in The Times this morning is of great importance to working women. The scheme of the Paddington Borough Council, if it it is to realize its full usefulness, obviously needs skilled architectural design and planning to include all necessary amenities at a reasonable cost. There should be space for playgrounds. room for a nursery school, for gardens. and for lifts, if buildings are to be more than four storeys high. These amenities arc not extravagant. They are necessary to the health and happiness of our people. It is not enough merely to demolish and rebuild. If the Paddington Borough Council is to build homes and not mere tenements the amenities mentioned above must be provided. and with the help of the Government subsidy it should be possible to suit the rents to the means of the poorly paid workers who are to be displaced: While the engineering department will no doubt do its best, the council's previous attempts at housing do not inspire confidence. Is it too much to ask not only that architects should be employed in future but that a proportion of them should be women, and that the advice of the working woman should be sought. It is she who has to run the home, and it is on her that the wellbeing of the family depends. Surely her voice should he heard. Yours faithfully,
Acura. D. Sallottasos (Chairman),
WINEFEIDE DE L'HOPITAL,
ANNA Mathew (Vice-Chairmen),
SUSAN Liveing; ( Hon. Treasurer).
Women's Advisory Housing Council.
The Housing Centre, 13, Suffolk Street, & W.1,
April 5.
Times 8 Apr 1938 pg 12 col C

A MOTOR TOUR IN PORTUGAL
COURTESY AND SOCIAL PROGRESS TO THE F.D1TOR OF THE. TIMES
Sir,
The delightful article on Portuguese architecture which appeared in The Times of April 10 needs no further comment, but having just returned from a three weeks' visit to that most hospitable and friendly country we should like to supplement it with some account of the extraordinary kindness and courtesy with which we, travelling as ordinary tourists, were everywhere received. We made a tour through the country by car, accompanied by a chauffeur as totally ignorant of English or French as we were of his tongue, but with that innate courtesy which seems to be part of the Portuguese character. At every stop he searched out someone who had a few words of English or French to act as our guide. At Obidos. a small and entrancing walled town, a baker was found, who at the age of 14 had taught himself to read and write in his native tongue, and who had then proceeded to French and English, all self-taught from books, and we found that he spoke the latter well.
Progress in all directions is made under the Salazar Government ; much being done in the direction of new housing for the workers, and we were most impressed by the scrupulous cleanliness which we perceived even in the poorest classes, and by their evident self-respect. The main motor roads are excellent, and education and sanitation are proceeding apace. In addition, all historical monuments of any importance are being most carefully and intelligently restored. At Coimbra we were shown an orphanage which was a joy to visit ; each dormitory is planned in a different colour, and an effect of charm and beauty has been obtained at the minimum of cost. An old fortress on the coast near Setubal has been transformed into an up-to-date sanatorium, and countless other examples of progress in the social services could be recorded. Portugal is indeed fortunate in her
Government by leaders whose every thought seems to be for the welfare and liberty of their people. There is no trace of dictatorship as understood in the modern sense of the word, but every where there is a feeling of perfect freedom and the evidence of a great leader who commands the love and confidence of his people in his spiritual and material aims. We felt over and over again that our two countries have so much in common in their outlook on life that it is a pity that this beauti-ful country, with its many places of historical interest and quiet seaside resorts with sands ideal for children, is not better known to the British public. The cost of living is low ; on no occasion did we meet with any instance of graspingness, but always the contrary, and we feel sure that closer ties of friendship between the peoples of the two countries would in these difficult times be a source of happiness and inspiration.
Your obedient servants,
F. F. V. ALLON.
H. S. LIVEING.
Wargrave House, the College, Eastbourne.
The Times 29 Apr 1939 pg 10 col B



A Mrs Harriet Liveing aged 71 sailed from Kobe Japan to Southampton ENG arriving 26 Apr 1939 ships name Potsdam. England address 22 Queen Alexander Mansions Tuddstr. LON WC1
Ancestry

1939 Register
22 Queen Alex Mansion , St Pancras, London, England
Harriet S Liveing03 May 1867Voluntary Social Worker Widowed
Jessie FMackintosh05 Jan 1874Trained Nurse Midwife Single

HARRIET S LIVEING
Birth year1867
Age83
Death quarter2
Death year1950
DistrictLEWES
CountySussex
Volume5H
Page397
Record setEngland & Wales deaths 1837-2007

Death Notice : Liveing - On May 21 1950, peacefully, Harriet Susan ; widow of Dr Edward Liveing, aged 83. Funeral at Stoke by Nayland tomorrow (Friday) at 2 p.m.

  Other Records

1. Census: England, 3 Apr 1881, The Vicarage Assington Suffolk. Harriet is recorded as a daughter aged 13 a scholar born Hinton Martell DOR

2. Census: England, 5 Apr 1891, The Vicarage Assington Suffolk. Harriet S is recorded as a daughter unmarried aged 23 born Hinton Martel DOR

3. Census: England, 31 Mar 1901, 52 Queen Ann St Cavendish Sq Marylebone MDX. Harriet is described as a wife aged 33 born Hinton Martell Dorset.

4. Census: England, 2 Apr 1911, 52 Queen Ann St Cavendish Sq Marylebone MDX. Harriet is recorded as a wife aged 43 married 17 yrs no children born Hindon Martel DOR

5. Susan's signature.

Harriet married Dr Edward LIVEING M.D. F.R.C.P. [100] [MRIN: 75], son of Dr Edward LIVEING M.R.C.S. [98] and Catherine Mary DOWNING [97], on 15 Aug 1893 in Rectory Church Marylebone London MDX. (Dr Edward LIVEING M.D. F.R.C.P. [100] was born on 8 Feb 1832, baptised on 8 Mar 1832 in Nayland SFK, died on 2 Apr 1919 and was buried in Stoke By Nayland SFK.)