Sheffield Domestic Servants

[gnorman]

Hi everyone, I cannot find a post anywhere so I do not think I have asked this question before.

I am aware that before WWII my grandma, who is now deseased, left Eckington for the bright lights of Sheffield. I thought I had found a 1939 survey with her name on but I cannot find it in my files and have recently ended me subscription to the site I would have gotten it from due to my current funds. I am just looking for the address she lived at if possible.

My grandma was Ruth Davies (later Jones) and her date of birth was 27th October 1923. I know that one of her sisters joined her at some stage working with the same family but I think it was some time after the survey.

Many thanks, Luke

[Kloumann]

Did she have a middle name?

[gnorman]

No she was just Ruth Davies and was born in Eckington

[emeltom]

She's not showing up on the Register

[dobfarm]

Just a possible reason not to be on the 1939 register ?

The most common reason certain people (mostly men) are crossed out in the 1939 register is called up to national service but some women may have been called up or in the services already.

[Rena]

The National Archives website has a whole page on the 1939 register and give several reasons why people cannot be found, e.g. they were born less than 100 years ago.

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/1939-register/