Constance Elaine LING

1886 - 1926  (40 years)

• Name	Constance Elaine LING
  Birth	1886	140, Fetter Lane, City of London   [1, 2]
  Baptism	2 Apr 1886	St. Dunstan in the West, City of London   [2]
  Gender	Female
  1891 Census	140, Fetter Lane, City of London   [1]
  	At 1891 Census, she is 5???, occ "scholar"
  1911 Census	101, Barcombe Avenue, Streatham Hill, Surrey   [3]
  	At 1911 Census, she is 25, occ "???"
  1921 Census	73, Woodbourne Avenue, Wandsworth, Surrey   [4]
  	At 1921 Census, she is 35y 3m, occ "Home Duties"
  Death	17 Jan 1926	20, Beaumont St., Marylebone   [5]
  Person ID	I672	Webb
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Arthur LING,   b. Abt 1846, Norwich d. 29 Jan 1922, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jessie ELLIS,   b. Abt 1854, Kings Lynn, Norfolk d. 24 May 1901, Hampstead Hospital, Hampstead, Middlesex (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	17 Jan 1884	St. Mary with St John, Great Brington, Northamptonshire   [6]
  Family Note	best match on marriage Arthur Ling-Jessie Ellis is Jan qtr 1884, Brixworth, Northants, vol 3b, p147
  Family ID	F301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1886 - 140, Fetter Lane, City of London Baptism - 2 Apr 1886 - St. Dunstan in the West, City of London 1891 Census - At 1891 Census, she is 5???, occ "scholar" - - 140, Fetter Lane, City of London 1911 Census - At 1911 Census, she is 25, occ "???" - - 101, Barcombe Avenue, Streatham Hill, Surrey 1921 Census - At 1921 Census, she is 35y 3m, occ "Home Duties" - - 73, Woodbourne Avenue, Wandsworth, Surrey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  She married Frank BAILEY Jan qtr 1912. The 1921 Census says he was 33y 3m, and he was a Private Secretary to Sir R.L. Harmsworth Bt. MP. Wikipedia says this about him:- ************************** (Robert Leicester) Harmsworth was a director of Amalgamated Press, the publishing company owned by his brother, Lord Northcliffe. In 1900 he was returned to Parliament for Caithness, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Caithness and Sutherland between 1918 and 1922.] In 1918 he was created a Baronet, of Moray Lodge in the Royal Borough of Kensington. ************************** As far as I can tell, he was no longer an MP after the general election of 26/10/1922, which might explain the death notice for Constance, below. In passing the 1921 Census identifies 2 children, Elaine, b1913 in Balham, and Basil, b1916 in Brighton. There is a Mrs Constance BAILEY who travelled to Port Said in 1923, with the right age, but with no husband, and also gives her address as Co Down. The Western Morning News (published in Plymouth) of 22 Jan 1926, says sympathy was extended to Frank Bailey, who was a director of the paper. It says that Constance had been in poor health and died aged 39 in a nursing home. Intriguingly it says that at the burial, Frank was joined by "his brother" Leicester Harmsworth, and a number of other Harmsworths - who were active in the newspaper business. However this seems like an accidental exaggeration; I can find nothing that suggests a family relation and the best explanation is that they were all in the same business.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1227] 1891 Census :- 140, Fetter Lane, City of London. [S1372] Baptism register :- St Dunstan in the West, City of London (1886). [S1368] 1911 Census :- 101, Barcombe Avenue, Streatham Hill, Surrey. [S2664] 1921 Census :- 73, Woodbourne Avenue, Wandsworth, Surrey. [S1373] Probate register :- Constance Elaine Bailey (1926). [S1816] Marriage register entry :- Arthur Ling - Jessie Anderson (1884).