Alice Mary Royle

  Notes:

From Wendy;
dau of Thomas Charles Royle Paper Merchant

She died (The Times) : Powis Alice Mary On 25 Jan 1917 at Crowstone House School Westcliff on Sea Essex , Alice Mary, widow of Arthur Herbert Powis and youngest daughter of the late Thomas Charles Royle

Executors of will were Thomas Edward Royle Paper Merchant (her brother) and Oliver Francis Russell (Analytical chemist) who married her sister in 1903.
Found newpaper announcement for him: On July 17 1952 in Switzerland as a result of an accident Oliver Francis Russell of Hythe Kent.

From Michael Powis; When Arthur Herbert died, Alice Mary took the job as Matron/Housekeeper at Southend College for boys, owned by George O'Meara. In 1912 she became partner with Helen Maude O'Meara. She owned Crowstone House = Southend School for Girls (now a nursing home).
Uncle Olly (Oliver Francis Russell) was on of my father's official guardians. His daughter Margaret (Megsy) was my Godmother.
There was a Powis House at Crowstone House School named after her.


Earlier research;
The school she died at was headed by someone called Helen O'Meara. In the 1911 census it is shown as 'Southend College'. A few pages earlier there is a George O'Meara (Occupation Headmaster) and with him there is a MARY Powis, 31 (match), Widow, Housekeeper, it originally showed 1 child against her name, but this was crossed out. HOWEVER further down the page is a Roy Powis, age 8, scholar, born Bognor. There was a Henry ROYle Powis born in 1903 in West Hampnett, Sussex. He died 2001 age 98. He went to Australia age 17 and visited UK aged 29 travelling first class with wife, infant and 'ayah'. Westhampnett is about 2 miles from Bognor ; later I found him on familysearch .... later still I realised that Michael Powis had already told me most of this !

Alice married Arthur Herbert Powis, son of Charles William Powis and Isabella Harrison Napper, Q2 1902 in Lewisham, Kent. (Arthur Herbert Powis was born Q4 1869 in Slough (or Eton), Berks, died on 15 Feb 1909 in Royal National Hospital, Nr Ventnor, IoW and was buried on 17 Jul 1909 in Ventnor Cemetry, IoW.)