The orphanage about 1918/9. Photo by Frances Ann HUBBARD
'Aunt Janey' is far left aged about 76 years.
Caption reads -
Orphanage Group
Back row left to right, Miss Phelps, self, Matron (holding dog), house girls.
Seated Violet (extreme
left) Miss McGregor (extreme right). School children and juniors in outdoor
summer dresses.
Jane (Janey) de Brissac Fredrica PHELPS
Born 19 August 1842, Funchal, Madeira
Died 6 November1926, Buckinghamshire, England
Eleventh child and seventh daughter of Elizabeth DICKINSON and Joseph PHELPS.
Frances Ann Roper (née HUBBARD) writes
Penelope Forrest (née PHELPS) writes
1881 census
The Orphanage, 370 Wandsworth Road Clapham, London
Jane de B.F.Phelps - aged 38. Occupation - Founder and Manager
Altelaide H.Sola - aged 23. Unpaid SchoolTeacher
Julia H.Theobald - aged 44. Unpaid SchoolTeacher
Alice Holloway - aged 7. Scholar
Susan E. Mason - aged 7. Scholar
Florence Mayes - aged 6. Scholar
William Smith - aged 5. Scholar
Minnie Smith - aged 5. Scholar
The 1901 Census states she has some twenty 'scholars' and three resident staff.