Violet Elizabeth Fordham née Potter (1897 – 1956) A couple of days ago I updated my chart and created a profile page for my Great Grandmother Violet Elizabeth Fordham nee Potter. Like my Fordham ancestors, my Potter ancestors spent at least a few generations living round the Islington area of London. I’d done some research on Violet before but trying to put together a profile page on her made me realise how hard it is to know something of the personality of our housewife ancestors. From certificates and census I can find no record of her having a profession (as was the norm) so much of her identity is derived from her father and later her husband. I understand that historically the status and identity of women was closely tied to their male relatives but she must have had opinions, personality and a brain of her own so if not surprising this is very frustrating! To understand her a little better I have started looking into other general topics in...