Individual Details

Constance Marie EGAN

(23 Dec 1891 - 31 Dec 1975)

Constance was a children's author. Her works include several books about Epaminondas, a character from folk tales of the southern states of the U.S., and stories about Jummy, the Baby Elephant. Constance also worked as editor of the women's magazine Home Chat in the 1920s, and from the 1950s until 1965 she was managing editor of The Coat of Arms, the quarterly journal of the Heraldry Society, founded by her son, John. The 1939 Register gives her occupation as journalist. She and her husband, Raymond, were living at the time at 54 Bayswater Road, Paddington, London.

Events

Birth23 Dec 189147 Cotleigh Road, West End Lane, Hampstead, London
Marriage22 Dec 1924Church of Our Lady of Grace, Grove Road, Marylebone, London - Raymond BROOKE-LITTLE
Death31 Dec 1975Oxfordshire
BurialLower Heyford, Oxfordshire

Families

SpouseRaymond BROOKE-LITTLE (1884 - 1961)
ChildJohn Philip BROOKE-LITTLE (1927 - 2006)
FatherAlfred Joseph EGAN (1852 - 1908)
MotherHermine Catherine Caroline SANG (1848 - 1943)
SiblingEileen Cecilia Hermine EGAN (1888 - 1972)
SiblingDoris Maud M. EGAN (1889 - )