Elsie-Madeline-Tivey-1896-1962


Elsie-Madeline-TiveyThis  lovely lady is Elsie Madeline Tivey who was born  1896 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire to parents Louis Albert Tivey and Elizabeth Mary Done. Elsie Madeline was the  second child and eldest daughter, her father Louis Albert  Tivey worked as a cycle maker, eventually becoming a factory foreman and working at the Raleigh Factory in Nottingham.  Elsie married   Frederick William Hill, a local man who worked at John Player for years and during the war had been a stretcher bearer. They married  at Radford Parish Church, Nottingham 14th February 1918. Their only child, a daughter Mavis Jessica Hill (Mrs Ernest H Mason, divorced 1950) was born in 1922.  Frederick sadly passed away in 1940 from cancer. Elsie helped bring up her granddaughter Glenys Mason after her parents divorced. She is remembered with great fondness by Glenys  who has been a great help contributing certificates and documents regarding her branch of the Tivey Family.                                                                                                                                Back to Group 20 Media