Hampson Family Hillside

[suesbj]

Hi Folks

I have just discovered your website whilst I was researching a Gateacre family - I have listed what I know & would love to hear from anyone who can help me further.

Daisy Hampson, Hillside, Gateacre
She raced cars alongside Dorothy Levitt & Victoria Godwin both at Brighton & at Southport Speed Trials in the early 1900s.
She bought her first racing car (Rolls-Royce) in 1911, her second in 1913 and further cars in the 1930s.

I would love to know who she & her family where, how did she afford the cars, was she any relation to the Hampson family who founded the Vulcan Motors?
HELP


Thanks


Sue

[ken]

Hi Sue,
Thanks for that interesting account of Daisy, I've never heard of her but she sounds quite a woman! especially in those times when it was very much a man's world.
I had a look at the 1901 Census, and found two possible Daisy Hampsons;
one was aged 9, born in L'pool and living as a boarder with the Gillespie family in Everton, and the other was aged 10, born in L'pool, daughter of William Henry & Mary Elizabeth, living in Toxteth Park.
I checked the 1911 Gore's, but there was no Hampson living at Hillside or nearby. Same with 1938 Gore's.

Not much to go on, I'm afraid, but best of luck!

Ken