01. Phyllis Constance Maud Singleton| 1902 or 1904 | b. | interview with Brenda Newnham |
01. Phyllis Constance Maud Singleton| 1915-01-25 | b. Cheadle RD | GRO index; 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101) |
| 1921 | attending school whole time, living with her family in 7 rooms at 31 High Street, Herne Bay, Kent; a young woman boarder, Emily Marion Harvey, "bigamously married", and her baby son, also included in the household | RG 15/4348 RD59 SD2 ED3 |
| 1926-06-19 | of 31 High Street, Herne Bay; pupil of Herne Bay Council School; on the basis of a competitive examination in May had won a free place at the William Gibbs School, Faversham, Kent | Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald |
| shortly before 1928-12-08 | appeared in an item in a concert for the Parish Church Renovation Fund | Herne Bay Press, 1928-12-08 |
| 1929-02-28 | a dancer in the production of 'Cupid and the Ogre', a light opera, at the King's Hall | Herne Bay Press, 1929-03-02 |
| 1930-01-16 | at the annual supper party of the Herne Bay Baptist Sunday school, was awarded an attendance prize | Herne Bay Press, 1930-01-18 |
| 1930-02-21 | in Form Up. IV, had won the third prize in Geography, at William Gibbs School | Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 1930-02-22 |
| 1930-11-28 | had gained a full certificate in the Royal Drawing Society Examination | Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 1930-11-29 |
| 1936 | living at 9a Mayow Road, Sydenham, London, SE23, with her parents and an Amelia Maud Holland | electoral register |
| 1936-03 | tel[e]g[raphi]st, CC&T, at LPS. | UK postal service appointment book |
| 1939-03-19 | for the wedding of Olive W. Norris and Frederick J. Welch, had given a present of a coffee percolator | Herne Bay Press, 1939-03-25 |
| 1939-09-29 | civil service (G.P.O.), living with her parents
at 156 Perry Vale, Lewisham, London; recorded as " |
1939 England and Wales Register |
| 1944 Q2 | m. William John Murphy (1914–1995; known as Michael), in Lewisham RD | GRO index; information from Debbie Wells |
| Child: | Christopher (c. 1946 – after 2022) | information from Debbie Wells; personal knowledge |
| 1962-07-09 | of 17 Elm Park Road, London N.3; informant of her mother's death | mother's death certificate |
| 1994-12-24 | of 17 Elm Park Rd, Finchley, London, N3; d. Hendon RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
| 1995-03-22 | will proved at Ipswich; £4075 | National Probate Calendar |
02. Brenda Ruby Singleton| 1917-09-07 | b. 22 High Street, Herne Bay, Kent, in the premises attached to the restaurant | GRO index; information from Brenda Newnham |
| 1918-07-08 | awarded first prize in Class IV at the Baby Show in the Grand Pier Pavilion | Herne Bay Press, 1918-07-13 |
| c. 1919 | moved to 31 High Street, Herne Bay | interview with Brenda Newnham, 1991 |
| 1921 | living with her family in 7 rooms at 31 High Street, Herne Bay, Kent; a young woman boarder, Emily Marion Harvey, "bigamously married", and her baby son, also included in the household | RG 15/4348 RD59 SD2 ED3 |
| later lived at Westfield, Mickleburgh, Herne Bay | interview with Brenda Newnham, 1991 | |
| remembered having a hat with green and red berries on it, and the other children at Sunday school pulled off the berries and threw them at her | information from Brenda Newnham | |
| used to be sad as a child because her mother never showed affection | ||
| 1926-05-20 | played Nona, a fairy, in 'Tangles, an operetta presented by the children of the Herne Bay Council Schools | Herne Bay Press, 1926-05-22 |
| shortly before 1928-12-08 | a character in 'The Fairy Shoes', a playlet in a concert for the Parish Church Renovation Fund | Herne Bay Press, 1928-12-08 |
| shortly before 1929-06-29 | awarded a free place in the examination for scholarships at the Faversham secondary schools | Kentish Express, 1929-06-29 |
| went to school in Faversham | information from Debbie Wells | |
| 1931-04-13 | Baptist; won a prize in the lower middle category at the annual Scripture examination for children attending the local Non-Conformist Sunday Schools, at the Congregational Church, Mortimer Street | Herne Bay Press, 1931-04-18 |
| used to go to the Red Lantern cinema in Herne Bay | information from Brenda Newnham | |
| brought up in Herne Bay, then moved to London at 14, after her father went bankrupt | information from Brenda Newnham and Debbie Wells; interview with Brenda Newnham, 1991 | |
| lived first in a room in Kilmorie Road, then in a downstairs flat in Stanstead Road | interview with Brenda Newnham | |
| in London, initially lived in Elsinore Road, then in a downstairs flat in Stanstead Road, followed by Mayow Rd, then 32 Sunderland Road, next door to the doctor's house; did not live in Kilmorie Road | interview with Brenda Newnham, 1991 | |
| worked from the age of 14 or 15: mostly shop or office work | information from Brenda Newnham and Debbie Wells; interview with Brenda Newnham, 1991 | |
| worked for an advertising agents called Spiers, in Fleet Street, as a messenger, at 10/- a week, soon rising to 12/6; got St Vitus's dance about this time; used to leave home about 7.30am to get to work at 9am: 2d return on the 72 tram from Stanstead Road to Blackfriars | ||
| 1935 Q3 | m.1. (Alphonsus) Joseph B. Lonergan (1910–1981), in Lewisham RD | GRO index |
| Children with first husband: | Michael Kevin (1936 – after 2023), Maureen Brenda (1937–2005), and Terence Bernard (1940 – after 2023), all b. Lewisham RD | GRO index; information from Debbie Wells |
| witnessed a horrifying accident one day on the building site of the new Telegraph building; and this coupled with the terrifying London traffic and the noise brought on a nervous illness, which she cured herself of | information from Brenda Newnham | |
| worked for a kitchen equipment company—name beginning with P—in Shaftesbury Avenue | ||
| 1939-09-29 | unpaid dom. duties, living at 43 Addington Grove,
Lewisham, London, with her husband (refuse collector), a redacted
individual [presumably her son Michael], and her daughter; recorded as " |
1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101) |
| always had to work, even after marriage; all jobs were full-time, including Saturday mornings | information from Brenda Newnham | |
| worked as a cinema usherette during the war | ||
| met Frank Lalonde while working in an oilshop in Nunhead—he came into the shop | ||
| c. 1947/1957 | in a relationship with Frank Lalonde (1922–1986); he ditched her when she fell pregnant | information from Brenda Newnham and Debbie Wells; GRO index; Registrar General of Ontario |
| 1949 Q4 | with her father at his death in Lambeth hospital | information from Brenda Newnham |
| separated from Joseph Lonergan when pregnant | information from Debbie Wells | |
| Child with Frank Lalonde: | Deborah Francis Lonergan (1958 – after 2022), b. Lewisham RD | GRO index; information from Debbie Wells |
| got a hiatus hernia having Debbie | information from Brenda Newnham and Debbie Wells | |
| c. 1958 | marriage dissolved | information from Debbie Wells |
| brought up Debbie alone | ||
| when Debbie was a child, worked for Smith and Worstwood's (originally called Gardner & Gallen's, then taken over), in Hither Green, as a telephonist | ||
| 1960/1966 | had a dog called Lucky | |
| then got a job as a telephonist with Trust House Forte hotels, and stayed there till she retired | ||
| 1976-10-20 | m.2. George Thomas John Newnham (1916–1991), in Lewisham RD | GRO index; Debbie Wells's photo album; deceased online |
| not at all religious; Labour (possibly once in the party), and left-wing, but inclined to racism; very family-orientated; liked knitting | information from Debbie Wells | |
| 1991-04 | of 99 Manor Park, London, SE13 5RQ | |
| 1999-10-13 | had been in hospital for a few days, with emphysema and pneumonia | my diary |
| 2003 | of 99 Manor Park, London, SE13 5RQ | electoral register |
| lived for some years, and until her death, at 99 Manor Park, London, SE13 | direct knowledge of the subject | |
| 2007-10-16 | d. London, SE4 | information from Debbie Wells; England and Wales Death Index |
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