Caroline Tyler was born on 31 July 1889 in Bethnal Green, London, a daughter of Thomas Tyler (c.1850-1909) and Caroline Ann Tyler née Kemp (1859-1897). On 10 August 1890 she was baptised in Christ Church, Commercial Street, Spitalfields, London, where in baptismal register her family were living at 82 Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green and that her father was a cabinet maker.
She was shown in the census that was undertaken on 5 April 1891 as aged 1 year and living in two rooms at 82/84 Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green, with her parents and four brothers: Walter Tyler - aged 12 years; Thomas Tyler - aged 7 years; Edward Tyler - aged 5 years and Louis Tyler - aged 4 years. Her father continued to be described as a cabinet maker.
Her mother died on 28 December 1897 and her father was remarried on 27 April 1898 to a widow, Mary Ann Jane Hughes née Ramkin (1870-1947).
The census that was compiled on 31 March 1901 lists her aged 11 years and residing at 42 Mansfield Street, Shoreditch, London, with her father, aged 50 years and a table maker; her stepmother. aged 31 years and nine siblings: Thomas Tyler, aged 17 years and a polisher; Edward Tyler, aged 15 years; Samuel Tyler, aged 10 years; Mathew Tyler, aged 9 years; Jane Tyler, aged 7 years; Charles Tyler, aged 6 years; Florry Tyler, aged 5 years; Mary Tyler, aged 2 years and John Tyler, aged 3 months.
On 2 April 1911 she married Hugh Murray (1882-1962) in St Philip's Church, Bethnal Green, where in the marriage register she is shown as aged 21 years, a spinster and domestic servant living at 5 Peter Street, Bethnal Green, the daughter of Thomas Tyler, a deceased cabinet maker, whilst her husband was described as aged 27 years, a bachelor and a packer, also residing 5 Peter Street, the son of Hugh Murray, a packer. Peter Street was subsequently renamed as Rhoda Street.
Another event that took place on 2 April 1911 was the completion of the census return form by her husband, in which she is shown as aged 21 years and living in four rooms within 57 Fuller Street, Bethnal Green. Her husband described himself as aged 27 years and a packer.
They were to have four children: Caroline Mary Ann Maud Murray (1911-1978); Hugh George Charles Murray (1920-1940): Rose Lillian Gladys Murray (1922-1984) and Ivy May Mildred Murray (1927-1940).
When her husband completed his census return form on 19 June 1921, she was shown as aged 33 years, 11 months and on home duties. She was living in two rooms at 252 Guinness Trust Buildings, Columbia Road, Hackney, London, with her husband, aged 38 years, 11 months, a furniture packer employed by Breckman & Co., cabinet makers, at Curtain Road, Shoreditch, together with their two children: Caroline Mary Ann Maud Murray, aged 9 years, 7 months and Hugh George Charles Murray, aged 1 year, 3 months.
When the England and Wales Register was compiled on 29 September 1939 it confirmed her date of birth and showed that she was a cleaner in a canteen. She was living at 10a Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, with her husband, who was listed an export packer furniture and three of their children: Hugh George Charles Murray - a waiter in a canteen; Rose Lillian Gladys Murray - a flour packer and Ivy May Mildred Murray who was shown as at school. The family later moved to 85 Satchwell Road, Bethnal Green.
She and two of her children: Hugh George Charles Murray and Ivy May Mildred Murray, were killed when a German bomb was dropped on the Columbia Market air raid shelter on the night of 7th/8th September 1940. Her death was registered, aged 51 years, in the 3rd quarter of 1940 in the Bethnal Green Registration District, London and her on 17 September 1940 in the , Sebert Road, London, E7 0NP.
She is shown as 'MURRAY Caroline 51' on the Columbia Market air raid shelter memorial in the Rose Garden, Old Market Square, Ravenscroft Park, London, E2.
She is also commemorated on the , on the and in that is kept just outside the entrance to St George's Chapel at the west end of Westminster Abbey.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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