Bessie Corfield

Bessie Corfield 

Born: 7 February 1885, West Indies

Baptised: 4 June 1885

Father: Thomas Corfield (b. 1845) (d. 1885)

Mother: Mary Emma Corfield (b. 1847)

Brothers: Thomas Joseph Corfield (b. 1878), Richard Cecil Corfield (b. 1880)

Sisters: Emmeline Corfield (b. 1870), Dora Corfield (b. 1884)

In 1891 – 

She is at Harriet Place, Pemberton, Lancashire. Her mother is listed as a widow and ‘Living on Own Means’. Bessie and her siblings (Emmeline, Cecil and Dora) are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 8 Eccleston Street, Wigan. Her mother is an unlisted widow. Her brother, Thomas, is listed as ‘Bankers Clerk’. Her brother, Richard, is listed as ‘Commission Agents Clerk’. Bessie and her sister, Dora, are unlisted. 

In 10/04 – 

Examination: London Matriculation.

In 10/06 – 

Appointed to Abraham Colliery School. £75.

In 10/08 – 

Address is 8 Eccleston Road, Wigan. 

In 04/10 – 

Appointed to The Broad Heath, Tenbury National. Head.

In 1911 – 

She is at Park View, Hanley Child, Worcestershire. Bessie and her sister, Dora, are listed as ‘Teacher’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at The Promised Lane, St. Just, Cornwall. Bessie is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Her sister, Dora, is unlisted. There is a visitor, Hilda Keen (b. 1889), listed as ‘Teacher for English Folk Dane Society’.      

In 1939 – 

She is at South Tehidy, Camborne, Cornwall. She is listed as ‘Schoolmistress Elementary’. Edith Tobb (b. 1906) is listed as ‘Domestic Servant’.    

d.         18 April 1951, Redruth

CORFIELD, Bessie pf Windyridge, South Tehidy, Camborne, Cornwall, spinster died 18 April 1951. Probate Bodmin 20 July to Thomas Joseph Corfield, retired bank manager and Dora Corfield, spinster. Effects £2369, 5s, 11d.