18 Aug 2023
Wife: Anna Frances Handy
Born: 1865 in Ireland 1 Census: 1911 in Ireland (see note 1) Resided: 1920 - 1935 at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington 2 Census: 1921 at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington (see note 2) Died: 1939 in Wiltshire 1 Father: Mother:
Husband: Thomas Henry Digges La Touche Married: ABT 1891 3
Born: ABT 1856 in Shropshire 1 Education: St John's College, Cambridge 4 (see note 3) Occupation: Superintendent, Geological Survey of India 4,3 Census: 1911 in Ireland (see note 4) Resided: 1913 - 1938 at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington 5,6 Census: 1921 at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington (see note 5) Died: 1938 in Cambridge 7 (see note 6) Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Edith Mary Digges La Touche Born: ABT 1898 in India Census: 1921 at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington (see note 7) Occupation: 1921 Economic Sciences Student Died: 1930 in London 7 (see note 8) Husband: David Edward Gillespie Wemyss b. ABT 1900 d. 1989 Married: 1924 in Cambridge 7 (see note 9)
M Child 2: James Fleming Digges La Touche Born: 1900 in India (see note 10) Census: 1921 at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington Occupation: 1921 Natural Sciences Student Died: 1963 in Devon 7 (see note 11)
F Child 3: Lynette Nowelle Digges La Touche Born: 1904 in Ireland 8 Census: 1921 at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington (see note 12) Resided: 1929 - 1935 at Alfriston, 230 Hills Road, Trumpington 2 Died: 1977 in Scotland 9 Husband: David Edward Gillespie Wemyss b. ABT 1900 d. 1989 Married: 1961 in Cambridge 7 (see note 13)
Sources: (1) Ancestry family tree. (2) Electoral Register. (3) 1911 census. (4) Alumni Cantabrigienses. (5) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) (6) Probate record. (7) FreeBMD website. (8) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (9) Findagrave website.
Event Notes Note (1) Age 45, born Co Kilkenny, with husband Thomas Henry Digges La Touche and four children Note (2) Age 55, born Grangesilvia, Kilkenny, with husband Thomas Henry Digges La Touche and three children Note (3) Name: Thomas Henry Digges. La Touche College: ST JOHN'S Entered: Michs. 1876 BORN: 1855 Died: 30 Mar 1938 More Information: Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 12, 1876. [2nd] s. of the Rev. James [Digges, or Digues] (Trinity College, Dublin, 1842) [and Catherine]. B. 1855, at Stokesay. Bapt. Nov. 18, 1855. School, Shrewsbury (Mr H. W. Moss, M.A.). Matric. Michs. 1876; B.A. 1880; M.A. 1912. F.G.S. Closely associated with the Geological Survey of India, in which country others of his name had rendered much service. Appointed to the Survey in 1881; Superintendent, 1894; retired, 1910. The Records of the Survey contain many contributions in which his ability was demonstrated. Died Mar. 30, 1938, at Cambridge, where he had resided for many years. Brother of William M. D. (1882). (Shrewsbury Sch. Reg.; I.C.S. Lists; The Times, Apr. 1, 1938; Quarterly Journal Geolog. Soc., 94, cxxvii.) Note (4) Age 55, born England. Geological Survey of India (Retired), with wife Anna Frances and four children Note (5) Age 65, born Stokesay. Geological Survey of India, Retired, with wife Anna Frances and three children Note (6) Mar 1938 Cambridge 3b 590 age 82 Note (7) Age 23, born United Provinces, with family and her future husband David Wemyss. Economic Sciences Student Note (8) Mar 1930 Lambeth 1d 207 age 31 Note (9) Jun 1924 Cambridge 3b 1159 Note (10) Age 20, born Kashmir, with family. Natural Sciences Student Note (11) Sep 1963 Newton Abbot 7a 496 age 62 Note (12) Age 17, born Kingstown, Dublin, with family, also her future husband David Wemyss Note (13) Jun 1961 Cambridge 4a 490 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index