Edith Davey

Edith Blanche Davey 

Born: 16 June 1884, Solihull 

Baptised: 25 July 1884, Lapworth 

Father: Alfred Horace Davey (b. 1851)

Mother: Jane Davey (b. 1854)

Marriage:        3 June 1911, Lapworth

Husband:         Alexander Llewellyn Robinson 

                        b. 11 April 1885

                        Surveyor 

                        d. 22 April 1944

Issue – 

#1 Alexander Neville Robinson (b. 28 July 1913)

In 1891 – 

She is at School House, Lapworth Brook, Warwickshire. Her father and mother are listed as ‘Teacher of Elementary School’. Edith and her grandmother, Jane Cruttenden (b. 1816), are unlisted. There is an unlisted visitor, Charles H Bebbington (b. 1883). There is a servant, Emily Neal (b. 1878)

In 1901 – 

She is at School House, Lapworth, Warwickshire. Her mother and father are listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Edith is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. There is a servant, Annie Hughes (b. 1886).

In 10/05 – 

PT at Lapworth Church.

In 10/07 – 

Appointed to Hockley Heath Church School, Birmingham.

In 04/09 – 

Address is Lapworth, Hockley Heath, near Birmingham. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Lapworth, Warwickshire. Her father is listed as ‘Head Teacher Church of England School’. Edith, her mother and a boarder, Ellen Hobday (b. 1863), are listed as ‘Assistant Teacher Church of England School’. 

In 04/12 –

Marries Alexander Robinson on 03.06.11 in Lapworth. Add: 90 Warwick Street, Daventry.

In 1921 – 

She is at Haywards Road, Cuckfield. Her husband is listed as ‘Sanitary Proprietor and Surveyor of Local Authority’. Edith and her son, Alexander, are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at 91 Haywards Road, Cuckfield. Her husband is listed as ‘Surveyor Retired’. Edith is unlisted. There is a servant, Kathleen A Fermar (b. 1915). 

Nothing more definitive found.