Eileen Teresa McNicholas

1910 - 1987  (77 years)

• Name	Eileen Teresa McNicholas
  Born	18 Apr 1910	Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Film Extra
  Occupation	Headmistress
  Occupation	Interpreter
  Occupation	School Teacher
  Died	12 Sep 1987	Ealing, Middlesex, England, UK
  	Eileen Teresa McNicholas was born on 18 April 1910 in Chester, England, eighth of nine children to Bridget and John McNicholas, a chandler. After leaving school, she went to New York in 1929 during Prohibition and studied composition under American composer Aaron Copland at the Juillard. She returned to London and studied Drama at RADA. During that time she worked as a film extra at Denham Studios. Subsequently, she trained to be a Montossori teacher in Hampstead. She then worked for the British council in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War. After leaving Spain, she became a travelling companion and interpreter for Dr Montossori before taking up headship at Victoria College during the Second World War. Subsequently, she married naval commander and civil engineer Franc Stewart Gumley and they lived in Bombay, Calcutta and Karachi. At the time of partition, she survived the murder trains between India and the newly formed Pakistan under the pseudonym of "Amiti Mulobhoy". In 1954, she returned to England where she later gave birth to her daughter Frances. Finally she worked as a teacher at St Augustine's Priory teaching Music, English and History. Eileen McNicholas died on 12 September 1987 aged 77.
  Buried	22 Sep 1987	Ealing, Middlesex, England, UK
  Probate	27 Sep 1987	Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  Person ID	I98944	Lasbury Family
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John McNicholas           b. 1866, Kiltimagh, Mayo, Ireland           d. 1935  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Bridget M. McNicholas           b. 1872, Sligo, Ireland           d. 1964  (Age 92 years)
  Married	1893	Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
  Family ID	F41105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband	Franc Stewart Gumley           b. 8 Oct 1900, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK           d. 8 Aug 1981, Ealing, Middlesex, England, UK  (Age 80 years)
  Married	5 Feb 1946	Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
  Children	1. Frances J. Gumley
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F41084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 18 Apr 1910 - Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK Married - 5 Feb 1946 - Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Died - 12 Sep 1987 - Ealing, Middlesex, England, UK Buried - 22 Sep 1987 - Ealing, Middlesex, England, UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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