Lily Argent | |
|---|---|
 Lily Bumster in Swansea Prison, 18 November 1905, aged 19 | |
| Born | 8 October 1886 Swansea, Wales |
| Died | 13 December 1916 (aged 30) |
| Resting place | Danygraig cemetery |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Other names | Lily Bumster |
| Occupation(s) | Petty criminal, prostitute |
| Spouse | Michael John Bumster |
Lily Bumster (10 August 1886 – 13 December 1916), Lily Bumster from November 1913, was a woman from Swansea, Wales.
Lily Bumster was born on 10 August 1886 in Swansea. [1] Her parents were William Bumster, a local stonemason, and Margaret Bumster née Webb, a servant in an eating house in Cross Street, Swansea; [1] the family lived in Madoc Street, Swansea. [2] Lily was the second of the Bumster' six children. [2] [3] [upper-alpha 1]
The young Lily Bumster grew up in an environment in which drunkenness, crime and violence was commonplace. [5]
In 1913 she married Michael John Bumster. The relationship was to be brief, as less than a year later her husband enlisted in the army on the outbreak of the First World War. Lily Bumster, by this time suffering severe tuberculosis, died in late 1916.
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