Annie Lucas was born in Yatesbury, Wiltshire, in 1871. Her employer at the vicarage was Reginald Peacock, a widower with three children. Annie had worked as a servant for several years. In 1901 she worked in Chippenham for solicitor George White. Ten years earlier, she was in Clevedon, Somerset. There, she worked for Alfred Pickering, a pianoforte tuner.
Annie's father, Thomas, was an agricultural labourer. With wife Jane Pictor, he had at least nine children. At least one son served in the First World War. George was killed in France in 1918.
I wasn't able to trace who sent Annie the card – I was hoping she would marry and the groom's name would fit the signature. Alas, she died a spinster in 1921, age 50.
