Helen Stratton: Difference between revisions

Stratton was born in Nowganj, [[Bundelkhand]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]] on 5 April 1867,<ref>Her birth/baptism is recorded in the India Office Collection at the British Library and has been indexed on the IGI (familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGQ2-BZ6)</ref> the daughter of a surgeon in the Indian military service John Proudfoot Stratton (1830–1895) and Georgina Anne Anderson. Soon after Helen's birth, and following her father's retirement, the family moved to England, settling in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]].<ref>The 1871 census shows the family living in Henrietta Place, Grove Street, Bath.</ref> By 1891 Helen was in [[Kensington]], London to attend art school,<ref>The 1891 census shows her boarding in Cromwell Road, Kensington.</ref> where she became a follower of [[Art Nouveau]] in the style of the [[Glasgow School of Art]]. For many years she lived and worked as a book illustrator and painter in Kensington with her widowed mother and siblings.<ref>Both the 1901 and 1911 Censuses show the family at 113 Abingdon Road W, Kensington.</ref> Stratton remained unmarried, and in the 1930s she returned to Bath, living at The Bungalow, Widcombe Hill. She died on 4 June 1961, age 95, at Cran Hill Nursing Home, Weston.<ref>Electoral roll, directories, and probate record.</ref>