▶Date of birth: 21 July 1890     Place of birth: Ireland

▶Father: James Landale      Mother: Harriette Rose MacIntire

▶Spouse(s): William Alford Noel Davies     Date(s) of marriage: 15 September 1914      Place(s) of marriage: St. Stephen’s Church, Cheltenham

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▶Lifestory: Although born in Ireland in 1890, by the age of eight months Raby was living with her family in The Park area of Cheltenham. As her father was the Deputy Surgeon-General, she quickly became part of the society scene in the town and along with her mother helped organised many of the big invitation balls at the Town Hall. In early 1913 she took part in Amateur Theatricals at the King’s Hall, North Street in a comedy entitled “A scrap of Paper” in aid of the Eye, Ear, and Throat Free Hospital. She played the part of Mary, a “perky” housemaid. Raby’s husband William was in the Colonial Civil Service, which meant that during the 1920s & 30s she travelled to parts of the British Empire with her family before returning to Cheltenham in the late 1930s and moved into The Grange, Marle Hill in 1938.

▶Moved to Pittville from:       Moved from Pittville to: Green Acre, Charlton Park Gate (1942)

▶Date of death: 30 September 1965      Place of death: Barrington Lodge Nursing Home, 138 Cirencester Road, Charlton Kings

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▶Notes:   ID: 14390

Contributor(s): David Drinkwater