Elizabeth Ellen Young was born on 4 November 1858 in Longburton, Dorset, daughter of James Young, a farm labourer, and Elizabeth Young (née Gay). In 1881 Elizabeth was working as an assistant teacher at a school in Hougham, Kent. In 1888 she went to Sherborne School to help nurse an epidemic. She remained at the … Read more
Mary Gibbs was born in 1832 at St Blazey in Cornwall, the daughter of Philip Gibbs, an agricultural labourer. On 20 September 1862 she was married at Tywardreath, Cornwall to William Pearce. Their first child Joseph Henry Pearce (1865-1950) was born in Truro on 26 September 1865, a second son Frederick Gibbs Pearce (1867-1888) was … Read more
Ada Elizabeth Kearvell was born on 24 October 1871 at Warfield, Berkshire, daughter of Francis Kearvell and Charlotte (née Sparkes). She trained as a nurse at the Royal Devonport Hospital. In 1901 she was appointed staff nurse at the Yeatman Hospital in Sherborne and in 1908 she succeeded Miss Clarke as matron, a position she … Read more