Jessie West

Jessie West 

Born: 2 June 1884 

Father: William West (b. 1857)

Mother: Mary West nee Briars (b. 1854) [LDTC 1876]

Sisters: Louie West (b. 1889), Gladys West (b. 1893), Borge West (b. 1897)

Marriage:        30 November 1912, Goole

Husband:         Arthur Davis Blades

                        b. 26 May 1884 

                        Clerk

Issue – 

#1 Eileen Blades (b. 2 February 1915)

#2 Jack Blades (b. 25 April 1918)

In 1891 – 

She is at Argyle Street, Goole. Her father is listed as ‘Clerk Steam Ship Company’. Jessie, her mother and sister, Louie, are unlisted.

In 1901 – 

She is at 16 Marshfield, Goole. Her father is listed as ‘Clerk in Shipping’. Jessie is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her mother and sisters, Louie, Gladys and Borge, are unlisted.

In 10/04 – 

PT at Boothferry Road, Goole.

In 10/06 – 

Appointed to Leeds Council. £80.

In 10/08 – 

Address is Kingsway, Goole, Yorkshire. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 22 Coldcotes Avenue, Leeds as a boarder. Thomas Henry Hemsworth (b. 1858) is listed as ‘Tailors Cutter’. His wife, Margaret (b. 1861), and daughter, Ivy (b. 1899), are unlisted. His son, Thomas Henry (b. 1892), is listed as ‘Innion Draughtsman’. Jessie is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Arthur Davis Blades (b. 1885), her future husband and a boarder, is listed as ‘Clerk Statistical’.

In 1921 – 

She is at 40 Ventnor Street, Leeds. Her husband is listed as ‘Canal Agent’. Jessie and her children, Eileen and Jack, are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at Auckland Avenue, Kingston Upon Hull. Her husband is listed as ‘Canal Traffic Agent’. Jessie is unlisted. Her son, Jack, is listed as ‘Costing Accountant (Apprentice)’. 

d.         24 October 1958, Hull

BLADES, Jessie of 19 Auckland Avenue, Cottingham Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, widow dies 24 October 1958. Probate York 23 December to Jack Blades, accountant and Eileen Blades, spinster. Effects £2349, 7s, 1d.