The Hart girls, some years later

Lizzie (Bailey), Annie (Harris) with daughter Joan (now Ward), Mabel (Purves) with daughter Margaret (now King), Emily (Wright, previously Main)

The Hart girls

My grandmother Elizabeth (Lizzie) (Mrs William Bailey) was one of five sisters. The others were: Emily (Mrs Joseph Main, later Mrs Herbert Wright), Annie (Mrs Fred Harris), Mabel (Mrs James Purves) and Lucy (died aged 11 years). I believe there was also a son who died very young. Both their parents were from Melton Mowbray and that is where the family eventually returned. But they travelled around a bit. Emily was born in Hickling, Notts, Lizzie and Mabel in Hunslet, Leeds and Annie and Lucy in West Derby, Merseyside. I do not know who the baby is, but I believe the others from left to right are Emily, Annie and Lizzie.