Maude

On 18 July 1913 Maude Erna Oliver was born in Hamburg,returningto UK the following year,during WW1, with her mother + siblings .Her father Rev Harry J Oliver travelled separately [I have docs relating to this] .He was Chaplain to Mission to Seamen in Hamburg.

Maude always referred to herself as a "mistake" ! John ,my f-in-law, born Aug '05 and sister Lily Sept '06 . What a mistake !

To begin with Maude was educated at home by her mother,Elizabeth Mary : a graduate of Royal Holloway College . She was then sent to St Mary's College , Brighton , a school for clergy daughters, and afterwards ,on a scholarship to Newnham College,Cambridge. She read History, as did most of the Olivers, Walronds etc