Sylvia Allen (née Wingate-Saul)
(1908-1951), Wife of Peter AllenSitter in 2 portraits
Sylvia Allen (née Wingate-Saul)
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 11 March 1930
NPG x184448
Sylvia Allen (née Wingate-Saul)
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 11 March 1930
NPG x184449
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Julia Allen
17 July 2015, 15:45
This is my mother (1908-1951) Her real given names were Violet Sylvester, but she was always known as Sylvia. All her Wingate-Saul siblings had the middle name Sylvester which in her case was turned into Sylvia, perhaps because her mother's name was also Violet