Katherine (o/w Katharine) Close

Katherine (o/w Katharine) Mary Close 

Born: 27 October 1883, Witney 

Father: Henry Edmonds Close (b. 1850)

Mother: Catherine Close (b. 1848)

Brothers: Wilmot Henry Close (b. 1880), Edmund Erskine Close (b. 1882), Alfred Close (b. 1886)

Sisters: Daisy Ellen S Close (b. 1879)

In 1891 – 

She is at School House, Church End, Standlake, Witney. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Her mother is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Katherine and her siblings (Daisy, Wilmot, Edmund and Alfred) are unlisted.

In 1901 – 

She is at Astrop Road, King’s Sutton. Her father and mother are listed as ‘National School Certificated Teacher’. Her brother, Edmund, is listed as ‘Cabinet Maker’. Katherine is listed as ‘Articled Pupil Teacher’. 

In 10/04 – 

PT at National School, King's Sutton.  

In 10/06 – 

Appointed to Croydon. £85.

In 10/08 – 

Address is 205 St. James' Road, Croydon.

In 04/11 – 

Appointed to Redhill, Surrey. Head.

In 1911 – 

She is at Heather Cotts, St John’s, Redhill, Reigate. Katherine is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Kathleen Charlotte Lovell (b. 1892) and Alice Marion Gutteridge (b. 1882) are listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 24 Kensington Gate, Kensington. The head of the household, Julia Greaves (b. 1861), and a visitor, Lilla West Blyth (b. 1876), are unlisted. Katherine is listed as ‘Housekeeper’.

In 1939 – 

She is at The Pines, Swains Lane, Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Dawson Miller (b. 1867) is listed as ‘Kings Counsel (Retired)’. Effie Miller (b. 1867) and Vera Miller (b. 1895) are unlisted. Frederick Schorr (b. 1901) is listed as ‘Sculptor’. Katherine is listed as ‘Cook’. There is another servant, Annie E McManus (b. 1916). 

Nothing more definitive found