Embedded Files
All information on this page is pulled directly from the Electoral Registers. The only change I've made is to add the order number to the right of the name. I don't know if the order people are listed has any importance, but I preferred to see the "Also at Address" names separate from Cecil's.
Notes on the Electoral Registers and What Can Be Learned from Them
Notes on the Electoral Registers and What Can Be Learned from Them
No electoral registers were kept in 1916-17 and 1940-44 due to WWI and WWII.
Three acts come into play to help infer information from these registers:
In 1825, the Juries Act* came into effect in England and Wales. This act laid out qualifications for being selected as a juror. A person must be male, between the ages of 21 and 60 years old, and at least one of the following must be true:
Own land worth at least £10 a year if rented
Have a lease of at least 21 years length on land with an annual rental value of at least £20
Be a householder paying the poor rate on a property that has at least fifteen windows and an annual rental value of at least £30 (Middlesex) or £20 (elsewhere in England)
Like any good Shakespearean play, the first act will come back round in the third act.
In 1918, the Representation of the People Act was passed. This act gave the vote to males 21 and over and all women 30 and over who were householders or wives of householders The residential qualification period was also changed to six months (reduced from the 12-month requirement established in the 3rd Reform Act of 1884. In 1928, the age for women was reduced to 21.
In 1919, the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act effectively allowed women to join professions, sit on juries, and be awarded college degrees. (Bishop John Percival, Cecil's father-in-law, was a staunch supporter of higher education for women. As headmaster of Clifton College, he helped establish Clifton High School for Girls and University College, Bristol. In 1897, when the vote to allow women to be awarded degrees at Cambridge failed, he immediately sent a letter to The Times with a proposal to open a women's college. He made no friends for these efforts, as the responses show. (The Life of Bishop Percival, p. 269-76) Unfortunately, he died in 1918.) However, insofar as juries are concerned, the property stipulation from the 1825 Act still applied.
While the acts progressively improved upon each other, the law was still heavily slanted toward male dominance. The land ownership requirement alone disqualified many women. In addition, it was heavily localized and judges could decide to have an all-male jury if the evidence dictated such. This can be used to help tease out information, though.
The electoral registers identify those that are jury eligible with a J next to their name. If someone has a J next to their name and either they're alone at the residence or no one else at the residence has a J (save for a spouse), it's more than likely the person owns the property, or it is a very expensive rental piece.
Cecil was over 30 when the second and third act took effect, and she was most likely the householder, at least at Ovington and Braemore where she is listed as juror eligible, implying she owned these residences.
She is not listed as jury eligible in Dullatur, but a married couple, the Smiths, that are present the entire time she is there are listed as jury eligible. In the last year of her residence at Dullatur, Cecil, Effie, and Matilda are all listed as occupying Flat No. 1. It is also worth noting that she is 60 years old when she moves into Dullatur and would not be jury eligible.
At Witwood in 1945, Cecil was 75 years old--beyond the jury age limit--so we cannot determine, through these means, if she owned or rented Witwood.
*The Juries Act was repealed by the Courts Act of 1971.
Further Reading
Further Reading
Norfolk Record Office provides a very basic explanation of the electoral registers and electoral polls. Though their information is sometimes focused only on Norfolk, it's a solid primer for the subject.
Manchester Archive Plus also has a good breakdown of what we can determine about our female ancestors using these records.
Key to symbols on Electoral Register
Key to symbols on Electoral Register
†: Not entitled to vote in local (later, metropolitan borough, urban district, or parish) elections
††: Not entitled to vote in rural district elections
date given: Entitled to vote from that date
a: Absent voter (serving in the armed forces)
BP(Bw): Business premises qualification (women)
D (Dw): Spouse’s occupation qualification
E: Not entitled to vote in local or parliamentary elections
F: Not entitled to vote in local elections
G: Citizen of Europe, entitled to vote in local elections only
HO: Husband’s occupational qualification
J: Eligible for jury service
JS: Special juror (as defined by the Jurors’ Act 1870 i.e., esquire or above, bankers, merchants, and anyone owning property of more than a certain value)
K: Citizen of Europe, entitled to vote in local and European elections only
L: Not entitled to vote in parliamentary elections
M: Merchant seamen
N: To be included in the next register as a voter
NM: Naval or military voter
O (Ow): Occupational qualification (women)
R (Rw): Residential qualification (women)
S: Service (military) voter
U: Citizen of Europe, entitled to vote in European elections only
X: Not entitled to vote in Parliamentary elections
Y: Entitled to vote in the following year
House successive = If a voter moved during the electoral year, their right to vote could be carried forward to the next address. Noted in the next electoral register as ‘house successive’ and previous address supplied.
(Source)
1919 | 57 Ovington Street, Chelsea
1919 | 57 Ovington Street, Chelsea
(Source)
Percival, Cecil (Mrs.)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: O
Local: O
Other notes: None
Also at Address
Also at Address
None
1920 | 57 Ovington Street, Chelsea
1920 | 57 Ovington Street, Chelsea
(Source)
Percival, Cecil (Mrs.)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: O
Local: O
Other notes: None
Also at Address
Also at Address
None
1921 | 57 Ovington Street, Chelsea
1921 | 57 Ovington Street, Chelsea
(Source)
Percival, Cecil (Mrs.)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: O
Local: O
Other notes: none
Also at Address
Also at Address
None
1922 | 57 Ovington Street, Chelsea
1922 | 57 Ovington Street, Chelsea
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: O
Local: O
Other notes: J
Also at Address
Also at Address
None
Note: Cecil must have owned this property to be qualified to be on a Jury.
1923-No record
1923-No record
1924 | 57 Ovington Street, Chelsea
1924 | 57 Ovington Street, Chelsea
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: O
Local: O
Other notes: J
Also at Address
Also at Address
Dennis, Alice (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: O
Local: O
1925-No Record
1925-No Record
1926-No Record
1926-No Record
1927 | Braemore, Park Road, Parish of Frimley (North Ward)
1927 | Braemore, Park Road, Parish of Frimley (North Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: O
Local: O
Other notes: J
Also at Address
Also at Address
Humphrees, Harold (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: NM
Local: --
Other notes: a
1928 | Braemore, Park Road, Parish of Frimley (North Ward)
1928 | Braemore, Park Road, Parish of Frimley (North Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: O
Local: O
Other notes: J
Also at Address
Also at Address
Humphrees, Harold (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: NM
Local: --
Other notes: a
Horsford, O'Bryen Hugh (3)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: none
Horsford, Dorothy Graham (4)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: HO
Local: HO
Other notes: a
1929 | Braemore, Park Road, Parish of Frimley (North Ward)
1929 | Braemore, Park Road, Parish of Frimley (North Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: O
Local: O
Other notes: J
Also at Address
Also at Address
Humphrees, Harold (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: NM
Local: --
Other notes: a
Horsford, O'Bryen Hugh (3)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: none
Horsford, Dorothy Graham (4)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Dw
Other notes: a
Denniss, Alice (5)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: --
Other notes: none
Hobbs, Matilda (6)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: --
Other notes: none
Potter, Florence (7)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: --
Other notes: none
1930 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
1930 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil (7)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: --
Other notes: none
Also at Address
Also at Address
Smith, Alfred Thomas (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: J
Smith, Ida Olivia (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Ow
Other notes: J
Kemmey, Eliza (3)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Dennis, Alice (4)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Hunter, Edith (5)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Marr-Johnson, Nancy (6)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
1931--No Record
1931--No Record
1932 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
1932 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (4)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: Ow
Other notes: none
Also at Address
Also at Address
Smith, Alfred Thomas (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: J
Smith, Ida Olivia (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Ow
Other notes: J
Kemmey, Eliza (3)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Dennis, Alice (5)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Denniss, Effie Cicely (6)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
1933 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
1933 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (4)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: Ow
Other notes: none
Also at Address
Also at Address
Smith, Alfred Thomas (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: J
Smith, Ida Olivia (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Ow
Other notes: J
Kemmey, Eliza (3)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Dennis, Alice (5)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Denniss, Effie Cicely (6)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Hobbs, Kathleen (7)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Hughes-Hallett, Clarence Charles (8)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: none
Hilary, Frances Jean
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
1934 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
1934 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (4)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: Ow
Other notes: none
Also at Address
Also at Address
Smith, Alfred Thomas (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: J
Smith, Ida Olivia (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Ow
Other notes: J
Kemmey, Eliza (3)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Dennis, Alice (5)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Denniss, Effie Cicely (6)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Hobbs, Kathleen Matilda (7)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Lithgow, Robert Philip Augustus Douglas (8)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: --
Local: O
Other notes: none
Lithgow, Joyce (9)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Dw
Other notes: none
Russel, Eileen
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
1935 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
1935 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (4)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: Ow
Other notes: none
Also at Address
Also at Address
Smith, Alfred Thomas (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: J
Smith, Ida Olivia (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Ow
Other notes: J
Kemmey, Eliza (3)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Dennis, Alice (5)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Denniss, Effie Cicely (6)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Hobbs, Kathleen Matilda (7)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Clarke, William Senhouse (8)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: none
Clarke, Fanny (9)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Dw
Other notes: none
Brownell, Eileen (10)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Smallbone, Gladys (11)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
1936 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
1936 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (4)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: Ow
Other notes: none
Also at Address
Also at Address
Smith, Alfred Thomas (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: J
Smith, Ida Olivia (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Ow
Other notes: J
Kemmey, Eliza (3)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Dennis, Alice (5)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Hobbs, Kathleen Matilda (7)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Clarke, William Senhouse (8)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: none
Clarke, Fanny (9)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Dw
Other notes: none
Brownell, Eileen (10)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
1937 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
1937 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (4)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: Ow
Other notes: none
Also at Address
Also at Address
Smith, Alfred Thomas (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: J
Smith, Ida Olivia (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Ow
Other notes: J
Kemmey, Eliza (3)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Dennis, Effie Cicely (5)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Hobbs, Kathleen Matilda (6)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Heneker, William (7)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: Flat No. 2
Heneker, Clara (8)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Dw
Other notes: Flat No. 2
1938 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
1938 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (4)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: Ow
Other notes: none
Also at Address
Also at Address
Smith, Alfred Thomas (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: J
Smith, Ida Olivia (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Ow
Other notes: J
Kemmey, Eliza (3)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Denniss, Effie Cicely (5)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Hobbs, Kathleen Matilda (6)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Heneker, William Charles (7)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: Flat No. 2
Heneker, Clara Marian (8)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Dw
Other notes: Flat No. 2
1939 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
1939 | Dullatur, London Road, Parish of Frimley (East Ward)
(Source)
Percival, Cecil Henrietta (6)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: RW
Local: Ow
Other notes: Flat No. 1
Also at Address
Also at Address
Hall, Denis Robert (1)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: --
Local: O
Other notes: none
Hall, Synvia Doreen Hyde (2)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Dw
Other notes: none
Smith, Alfred Thomas (3)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: R
Local: O
Other notes: J
Smith, Ida Olivia (4)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: Ow
Other notes: J
Kemmey, Eliza (5)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: none
Denniss, Effie Cicely (7)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: Flat No. 1
Hobbs, Matilda (8)
Qualifications:
Parliamentary: Rw
Local: --
Other notes: Flat No. 1
1940--No Record (WWII)
1940--No Record (WWII)
1941--No Record (WWII)
1941--No Record (WWII)
1942--No Record (WWII)
1942--No Record (WWII)
1943--No Record (WWII)
1943--No Record (WWII)
1944--No Record (WWII)
1944--No Record (WWII)
Note: When Electoral Registers began again in 1945, they no longer listed qualifications or juror eligibility.
Also at Address
Also at Address
Dennis, Effie (1)
de Trafford, Agnes M. (2)
Hobbs, Matilda (3)
Scott-Murray, Jane S. (5)
Simpson, Elizabeth. (6)
Also at Address
Also at Address
Dennis, Effie (1)
Hobbs, Matilda (2)
Noel, Bridget M. (3)
Simpson, Elizabeth (5)
Also at Address
Also at Address
Becke, Mary C. (1)
Dennis, Effie(2)
Hobbs, Matilda (3)
Simpson, Elizabeth (5)
1948--No record
1948--No record
Also at Address
Also at Address
Dennis, Effie (1)
Hobbs, Matilda (2)
Jordan, Albertine (3)
Jordan, John E. (4)
Also at Address
Also at Address
Dennis, Effie (1)
Hobbs, Matilda (2)
Jordan, Albertine (3)
Jordan, John E. (4)
Also at Address
Also at Address
Dennis, Effie (1)
Hobbs, Matilda (2)
Jordan, Albertine (3)
Jordan, John E. (4)
Note: S
Also at Address
Also at Address
Dennis, Effie (1)
Hobbs, Matilda (2)
Jordan, John E. (3)
Note: S
Also at Address
Also at Address
Dennis, Effie (1)
Hobbs, Matilda (2)
Jordan, John E. (3)
Note: S
1954--No Record
1954--No Record
Also at Address
Also at Address
Hobbs, Matilda (1)
Jordan, John E. (2)
Note: S
Also at Address
Also at Address
Hobbs, Matilda (1)
Jordan, John E. (2)
Note: S
Sparrow, Marion G (4)
Flat, Witwood
Also at Address
Also at Address
Hobbs, Matilda (1)
Jordan, John E. (2)
Note: S
Also at Address
Also at Address
Hobbs, Matilda (1)
Jordan, John E. (2)
Note: S
Also at Address
Also at Address
Hobbs, Matilda (1)
Jordan, John E. (2)
Note: S
Also at Address
Also at Address
Hobbs, Matilda (1)
Jordan, John E. (2)
Note: S
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