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Birth4 Feb 1884, Anmer Hall, Norfolk
Baptism1 Apr 1884, Anmer parish, Norfolk
Death12 Jul 1970, Hope House Nursing Home, Brooklands Av, Cambridge
General5th dau. Reported to have married in Kenya. dsp.
FatherHenry James Coldham (ca1840-1887)
MotherAgatha Geraldine Hamilton (1851-1932)
Notes for Lucy Maud Coldham
Her birth:

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1884   (>99%)
Coldham Female Docking 4b 332   
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Her baptism transcription:

First name(s) Lucy Maud
Last name Coldham
Sex Female
Birth year -
Baptism year 1884
Baptism date 04 Apr 1884
Father's first name(s) Henry James
Mother's first name(s) Agatha Geraldine
Parish Anmer
Diocese Norwich
County Norfolk
Country England
Archive Norfolk Record Office
Archive reference PD 498/22
Page 46
Record set Norfolk Baptisms
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No marriage or death found on FindMyPast World site.  The Coldham site reports that she married a Kenyan, but no records are available to confirm this.  See her brother Philip’s Notes.
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It is possible that this is her death index and giving her birth date:

First name(s) LUCY MAUD
Last name LANGRIDGE
Gender Female
Birth day 4
Birth month 2
Birth year 1884
Death quarter 3
Death year 1970
District Cambridge
County Cambridgeshire
Volume 4A
Page 495
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

If this was her, a probate entry is to be found for this death.  It might be worth getting the will to see if there are any firmer clues as to her identity.  Done on 22 Feb 2017.
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Will notes for Lucy Maud Coldham
Her probate index:

LANGRIDGE Lucy Maud of Hope House Nursing Home Brooklands Av Cambridge died 12 July 1970 Probate Ipswich 15 September.  £5335.

Her will make it absolutely clear that she was born Lucy Maud Coldham and was the daughter of Henry James and Agatha Geraldine Coldham and was the widow of George Lewis Langridge who died in Kenya and is buried at St Bartholomew’s Kenya.  So all this is to be entered up.
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In her will and three codicils she leaves legacies to or mentions many people including relations and the latter are:

1. William Hugh Edward Leacham, her gt-nephew, third executor
2. Her sister Alice Rachel Coldham,
3. Her cousin William Leachman
4. Her great neice Sara Coldham, second dau. of her nephew Doctor Henry Seccombe Coldham,
5. Heself, Lucy Maud Langridge née Coldham,
6. Her late father Henry James Coldham,
7. Her late mother Agatha Geraldine Coldham (née Hamilton),
8. Her great neice Janet Ramsbottom.
9. Her late husband George Lewis Langridge of Mua park, Athi River, Kenya Colony.
10. Her great neice Mrs Ruth Rhoda Gover

The will copy provided is undoubtedly of the original will and not a transcribed will and it has Lucy M Langridge’s signature on it and the codicils.
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Last Modified 2 Mar 2017Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220