Caroline Lumley or Lambley, dairymaid, glove-maker and laundress
Caroline Lumley was Ari’s 4x great-grandmother, born in 1834 in Rous Lench, Worcestershire. According to my tree, she was the third daughter of John Lumley, a farm labourer, and Ann Loyd, a “field woman”. Rous Lench village green The 1841 census shows the family living at Rous Lench, where John is an agricultural labourer. In 1851, Caroline is sixteen and working as a glover. Caroline’s grandfather, Thomas Wright, is living with the family in Rous Lench. He is described as a