Elizabeth Lilian Fisher Nicholson was born on 5 December 1888, the eighth of the nine children of William Nicholson (c.1840-1900) and Frances Martha Nicholson née Fisher (c.1858-1890). Both her parents were Irish. Her birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1889 in the West Derby Registration District, Lancashire. On 15 May 1889 she was , Walton-on-the Hill, Lancashire, where in the baptismal register her family were shown to be living at 29 Carnarvon Road, Walton-on-the Hill and that her father was a commission agent.
Her eight siblings were: William Fisher Nicholson (1878-1878); Richard Fisher Nicholson (1879-1959); George Fisher Nicholson (1881-1882); Mary Anne Frances Fisher Nicholson (1883-1886); Jane Louise Fisher Nicholson (1884-1885); Frances Martha Fisher Nicholson (1886-1971); Victor Fisher Nicholson (1887-1889); and Wilhelmina Fisher Nicholson (1890-1918).
She was shown as aged 22 years and a residential maid on the census return form completed by her employer on 2 April 1911. She was living in three rooms within 18 Marina, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, with her employer, Edith Mary Robinson, a 56-year-old widow.
Electoral registers from 1936 to 1939 show her listed at The Infirmary, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London.
When the England and Wales Register was compiled on 29 September 1939 she was described as a trained hospital nurse, single and residing at The Infirmary, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, SW3. Her date of birth was also confirmed as 5 December 1888.
Her death, aged 53 years, on 16 April 1941 was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1941 in the Chelsea Registration District, London and her on . Probate records confirm that she died at her address, Gordon House, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Administration was granted on 27 August 1941 to the Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Limited. Her estate totalled £739-2s-9d.
She is shown as "ELIZABETH NICHOLSON. LONG WARD NURSING SISTER." on a memorial plaque in Middle Court, Royal Hospital Chelsea, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3. She is also commemorated on the , on the and in the the 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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