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[[Emmie Derbyshire]] n&eacute;e Dawson<ref name=BrennanThesis>[[Breege Brennan]]'s [[Breege_Brennan's_thesis#The_Early_Years_.281937-1962.29|thesis: The Early Years (1937-1962)]]</ref> was Delia's mother, wife of [[Ted Derbyshire]] and very deeply catholic.<ref>Graham Harris, personal email.</ref>
 
[[Emmie Derbyshire]] n&eacute;e Dawson<ref name=BrennanThesis>[[Breege Brennan]]'s [[Breege_Brennan's_thesis#The_Early_Years_.281937-1962.29|thesis: The Early Years (1937-1962)]]</ref> was Delia's mother, wife of [[Ted Derbyshire]] and very deeply catholic.<ref>Graham Harris, personal email.</ref>
  
Some say her given name was Emma<ref name=MorseCodeMusician>The 1970 newspaper article [[Morse code musician]]</ref> while others say it was Mary Amelia.<ref name=GB133BDD>[[GB 133 BDD]]: John Rylands Library catalogue of Delia's [[Juvenile Papers]].</ref>
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Some say her given name was Emma<ref name=MorseCodeMusician>The 1970 newspaper article [[Morse code musician]]</ref>, others say it was Mary Amelia.<ref name=GB133BDD>[[GB 133 BDD]]: John Rylands Library catalogue of Delia's [[Juvenile Papers]]</ref> and the Derbyshires' 1939 census entry lists her as "Mary E."<ref>[[:File:Derbyshire 1939 census detail.jpg|The Derbyshires' 1939 census entry]]</ref>
  
 
She died in 1994.<ref name=AboutDelia>[http://www.cblackburn.fslife.co.uk/about_delia.htm Clive Blackburn's ''About Delia'']</ref>
 
She died in 1994.<ref name=AboutDelia>[http://www.cblackburn.fslife.co.uk/about_delia.htm Clive Blackburn's ''About Delia'']</ref>

Latest revision as of 14:09, 20 August 2022

Young Delia's drawing of "Mummy" from her Juvenile Papers

Emmie Derbyshire née Dawson[1] was Delia's mother, wife of Ted Derbyshire and very deeply catholic.[2]

Some say her given name was Emma[3], others say it was Mary Amelia.[4] and the Derbyshires' 1939 census entry lists her as "Mary E."[5]

She died in 1994.[6]

References

  1. Breege Brennan's thesis: The Early Years (1937-1962)
  2. Graham Harris, personal email.
  3. The 1970 newspaper article Morse code musician
  4. GB 133 BDD: John Rylands Library catalogue of Delia's Juvenile Papers
  5. The Derbyshires' 1939 census entry
  6. Clive Blackburn's About Delia