9 Jan 2022                   
                Wife: Anna Frances Handy    
                Born: 1865                 in Ireland  1
              Census: 1911                 in Ireland   (see note 1)
             Resided: 1920 - 1935          at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington  2
                Died: 1939                 in Wiltshire  1
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: Thomas Henry Digges La Touche     
             Married: ABT 1891               3
                Born: ABT 1856             in Shropshire  1
           Education:                      St John's College, Cambridge  4 (see note 2)
          Occupation:                      Superintendent, Geological Survey of India  4,3
              Census: 1911                 in Ireland   (see note 3)
             Resided: 1913 - 1938          at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington  5,6
                Died: 1938                 in Cambridge  7 (see note 4)
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Lynette Nowelle Digges La Touche      
                Born: 1904                 in Ireland  8
             Resided: 1929 - 1935          at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington  2
                Died: 1977                 in Scotland  9
             Husband: David E G Wemyss  
             Married: 1961                 in Cambridge  7 (see note 5)

Sources:
(1) Ancestry family tree. 
(2) Electoral Register. 
(3) 1911 census. 
(4) Alumni Cantabrigienses. 
(5) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) 
(6) Probate record. 
(7) FreeBMD website. 
(8) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(9) Findagrave website. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Age 45, born Co Kilkenny, with husband Thomas Henry Digges La Touche and four
children
Note (2) Name: 	Thomas Henry Digges. La Touche
College: 	ST JOHN'S
Entered: 	Michs. 1876
BORN: 	1855
Died: 	30 Mar 1938
More Information: 	Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 12, 1876. [2nd] s. of the
Rev. James [Digges, or Digues] (Trinity College, Dublin, 1842) [and Catherine].
B. 1855, at Stokesay. Bapt. Nov. 18, 1855. School, Shrewsbury (Mr H. W. Moss,
M.A.). Matric. Michs. 1876; B.A. 1880; M.A. 1912. F.G.S. Closely associated with
the Geological Survey of India, in which country others of his name had rendered
much service. Appointed to the Survey in 1881; Superintendent, 1894; retired,
1910. The Records of the Survey contain many contributions in which his ability
was demonstrated. Died Mar. 30, 1938, at Cambridge, where he had resided for
many years. Brother of William M. D. (1882). (Shrewsbury Sch. Reg.; I.C.S.
Lists; The Times, Apr. 1, 1938; Quarterly Journal Geolog. Soc., 94, cxxvii.)
Note (3) Age 55, born England.  Geological Survey of India (Retired), with wife Anna
Frances and four children
Note (4) Mar 1938 Cambridge 3b 590   age 82
Note (5) Jun 1961 Cambridge 4a 490

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