Jenny: a governess in Georgia, a headmaster, and two soldiers

My Great Aunt Ethel (maternal side of my family) was born in Strabane, Northern Ireland, before moving to Galway at the age of 7. 

She spoke Russian, and was working as a midwife and governess in Russia during the Russian revolution in Georgia. She returned to Russia before her aristocratic employers were murdered.

Her fiance was killed in WW1 and as there was a man shortage, she never married. She later worked in India, South Africa and Belgium and lived to 101 years. 

Her brother, Henry Cox, was the eldest of 12 children, 8 of whom survived to adulthood.  Henry gained a triple first at Trinity College Dublin and supported his widowed mother and siblings through grammar school, becoming headmaster of Arundle School. Later, in WW2, he was a lecturer for the RAF. 

Ethel's other brother, Arthur, died in WW1.

Edwin Cossey (paternal side) was in a Scottish Army regiment in WW1. He met his future wife while training in Scotland. He married Janet after the war and moved to India to work for the American Cynamid Company.

Edwin died at work in his office, with the secretary wondering why he had stopped dictating.

~ Jenny Cossey