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Leonard Ralph's probate noted he was living Bury, so this could be the death of sister Elizabeth Augusta:-

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Elizabeth A Strangeways
Name: Elizabeth A Strangeways
Birth Date: abt 1865
Date of Registration: Sep 1928
Age at Death: 63
Registration District: Bury
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 406


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Elizabeth Augusta Strangeways
Name: Elizabeth Augusta Strangeways
Probate Date: 14 Sep 1928
Death Date: 23 Jul 1928
Death Place: Lancashire, England
Registry: Birmingham, England

...........................of 16 Heywood-street Bury Lancaster spinster Probate to Alice Mercer (wife of Philip Gordon Mercer)
Effects £2399 14s 1d


Address is the same as brother Leonard so they look to have either lived together or Leonard moved into her house after her death????

1851 England Census
about John Peachey Name: John Peachey
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1808
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth A Peachey
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Shoreditch, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Hackney
Ecclesiastical parish: Dalston
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration District: Hackney
Sub-registration District: Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel: 23
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 21
Piece: 1505
Folio: 544
Page Number: 7
Household Members: Name Age
John Peachey 43 (Managing Clerk to Solicitors Firm)
Elizabeth A Peachey 42
Ellen Peachey 19
Emma Peachey 13
Alice Peachey 11
Elizabeth A Peachey 7
Agnes L Peachey 4
Ava F Peachey 2
Margeret Reilly 18


1841 England Census
about John Peachey Name: John Peachey
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Gender: Male
Where born: Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: St John Hackney
Hundred: Ossulstone (Tower Division)
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View Image

Registration District: Hackney
Sub-registration District: West Hackney
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 700
Book: 8
Folio: 29
Page Number: 7
Household Members: Name Age
John Peachey 30 (Cl)
Elizabeth Peachey 30
Ellen Peachey 10
Caroline Peachey 6
Emma Peachey 3
Ellice Peachey 2
John Peachey 2 Mo
Sophia Day 20

Think they lived together with sister Annie. He was head of Bury GS 1919 to 1936 when he died.

Before that he was a teacher in Nottingham

It is possible that Grace travelled a bit as there is this one also which may be her:-

UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Grace E Strangeways
Name: Grace E Strangeways
Birth Date: abt 1887
Age: 49
Port of Departure: South Africa
Arrival Date: 13 Apr 1936
Port of Arrival: Plymouth, England
Ports of Voyage: Durban
[Port Elizabeth]
[Cape Town]
Ship Name: City of Paris
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Shipping Line: Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Company Ltd
Official Number: 146256

..........this person is noted as travelling 1st class
Proposed address in the UK:- 31 Parleview Court London S.W.6
Occupation:- Hospital Almoner

In 1933 Grace was living in Moreton Street, but she may have moved?

London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 about Grace Eveline Strangeways
Name: Grace Eveline Strangeways
Year: 1933
County or Borough: Westminster
Ward or Division/Constituency: City of Westminster
Street Address: 51 Moreton Street

If they had all that money, she could afford to travel!

This could be Grace coming back from USA:-

UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Grace Strangeways
Name: Grace Strangeways
Birth Date: abt 1887
Age: 38
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 1 Sep 1925
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Berengaria
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Shipping Line: Cunard Steamship Company Ltd
Official Number: 144301

Address:- 53 Moreton Street, St.Georges Square, London
Occupation: Hospital Almoner


So this does confirm that it is her as address is her address in the Electoral Registers and it also prooves that the other passenger list is also her as she has the same occupation.

Just a minuet, this would match with Incoming Passenger Lists above:-

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 about Grace Strangeways
Name: Grace Strangeways
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Birth Date: abt 1887
Departure Date: 25 Jul 1925
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Destination Port: New York, USA
Ship Name: Berengaria
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Shipping Line: Cunard Line
Address: 53 Moreton Street
Occupation: Att. Hospital

I have her on the ER for Westminster 1924-1929

Thank you so much for your help, Catherine and everyone. Some very useful info here.