Christ's Hospital, House 3
1911
By Geoffrey Cordingley
Margaret Annie Fell, 42, was a ward matron from Cubbington in Warwickshire. In 1891 Margaret was a Junior Teacher in the private school run by Caroline, her sister, at 13, Primrose Bank, Oldham. In 1881 she was a pupil at a ladies’ school at Uffculme, Tiverton, Devon, run by Mary A. Glanville.
Florence Emily Pratt, 16, from Thundridge was a ward nurse. Edward, 44, her father was the blacksmith at Wadesmill or Thundridge and by 1911 William, 20, his eldest son was assisting him. Florence’s mother was Emily, 43, from Harpenden.
The girls in the house are listed in the table below:
Name | Forename(s) | age in 1911 | Where born | Father | age in 1911 | Mother | age in 1911 | Father’s occupation in 1911 | Notes |
Arnold | Mary | 14 | Mentone France | ||||||
Austin | Edith | 15 | Kentish Town London | ||||||
Aylett | Bessie | 14 | Kentish Town London | Frank | 39 | Elizabeth | 40 | insurance estate agent | wood engraver in 1901 |
Carey | Elsie | 11 | Nunhead, Peckham London | Eustace | 41 | Amy Beatrice | 40 | bank clerk | shipping baggage agent in 1901 |
Clerke | Gladys | 13 | Kelso Roxburgh | ||||||
Cook | Freda | 14 | Reading Berks | Napoleon | 41 | Emily | 40 | commercial clerk | |
Curtis | Dorothy Kathleen | 11 | Oswestry Salop | Samuel Alfred | 42 | Ada Kate | 36 | representative for GWR | superintendent’s clerk on railway in 1901 |
Deane | Eileen | 13 | Dulwich London | ||||||
Freeman | Beryl Alice | 11 | Catford Kent | Charles Robinson | died in 1910 aged 47 | Alice | solicitor in 1901 | ||
Giles | Elsie Beatrice | 13 | Newbury Berks | Note 1 | |||||
Gratwick | Kathleen | 15 | Maidstone Kent | Edward | 62 | Sarah Ann | 53 | railway station superintendent goods & passenger, Reading | |
Grey (spelt Gray in Census) | Elizabeth | 12 | Reading Berks | Walter Edmond | 43 | Caroline | died in 1907 aged 33 | police constable | |
Herrmann (spelt Heerman in Census) | Gertrude May | 13 | Limehouse London | Fritz | 46 in 1901 | Ada Alice | 36 in 1901 | mechanical engineer in 1901 | Note 2 |
Hicks | Alice Mary | 15 | Plumstead, Kent | Harry Thomas | 45 | Frances Louisa | 40 | engine fitter (hydraulic) | |
Hickton | Lois De C | 15 | Poplar London | John | 51 | Annie | 45 | engineer’s turner | |
Hillebrand | Rosa Frances | 15 | City of London | Theodore | 50 | Emma | 51 | tailor coat maker | German but naturalised British |
Holmes | Christine | 13 | Tooting London | Thomas | 37 | Annie | 36 | hairdresser barber | |
Hue | Florence | 12 | Poplar London | ||||||
Jones | Mabel | 17 | Westminster London | Walter | 46 | Emily Alice Lavinia Maud | 44 | district inspector London Omnibus Co | |
Mercer | Ruth | 14 | Philadelphia USA | Joseph S | 45 | Helena M | 37 | assistant secretary, Limerick Clothing Co Ltd | supplying army clothing |
Mercer | Helena | 11 | St George Hanover Square London | “ | “ | “ | “ | “ | |
Millard | Kitty | 14 | Newbury Berks | ||||||
Milner | Beatrice | 15 | Bradford Yorks | Joshua | 40 in 1901 | Clara | 34 in 1901 | stuff merchant’s cashier in 1901 | |
Munro | Edna | 11 | Bow London | Alexander | 41 | Ada Lucie | 40 | provision packer | |
Painton | Olga | 12 | Aldershot Hants | Mary Jane | 47 in 1901 | ||||
Skerton | Constance | 13 | Highbury London | Walter J | 46 | Jessie | 42 | clerk to public notaries | |
Symington | Mary | 13 | Andover Hants | Eric | 46 | Mary | 41 | stockbroker’s clerk | |
Tinkler | Mary | 14 | Shepherd’s Bush London | ||||||
Woods | Joyce | 14 | Letcombe Regis, Berks | Richard | 48 | Anna E | 48 | corporation worker, sewage outfall works |
Note 1: In 1901 Elsie Beatrice H. Giles, then 5, was living at 2, Kings Road, Gordon Terrace, Newbury with her widowed Grandmother, Sarah Ann, 58, son George, 22, clothier’s assistant and daughter Alice, 19, a dressmaker, and another son Harry, 16, an apprentcie cabinet maker along with two boarders.
Note 2: In 1911 there was a Fritz Hermann, aged 55, living as a (black)smith in the German Colony, Libury Hall, Little Munden, near Ware but he was described as single.
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