Alice Shapley

Alice Maynard Shapley 

Born: 1 June 1885, West Derby 

Baptised: 5 July 1885, Walton-on-the-Hill 

Father: Edwin Shapley (b. 1858)

Mother: Annie Shapley (b. 1862)

Brothers: Alfred Shapley (b. 1889)

Sisters: Nellie G Shapley (b. 1887) 

Marriage:        1920, Newcastle-upon-Tyne  

Husband:         Frederick Thomas Gibbs

                        b. 1891

                        Civil Service Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist  

In 1891 – 

She is at Sew Tree Road, Walton-on-the-Hill. Her father is listed as ‘Cashier’. Alice, her mother and siblings (Nellie and Alfred) are unlisted. There is a servant, Florence Prince (b. 1873). 

In 1901 – 

She is at 33 Rothbury Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle. Her father is listed as ‘Accountant’. Alice and her sister, Nellie, are listed as ‘Schoolmistress Pupil Teacher’. Her mother and brother, Alfred, are unlisted. 

In 10/05 – 

PT at Victoria Jubliee, Newcastle. 

In 10/07 – 

Appointed to Usworth Colliery Council Inf. School. £80.

In 04/09 – 

Address is 33 Rothbury Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 33 Rothbury Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle. Her father is listed as ‘Accountant’. Her mother is unlisted. Alice and her sister, Nellie, are listed as ‘Assistant Teachers’. There is a servant, Maggie Steel (b. 1892). 

In 10/15 – 

Mentioned in Editors Notes that she is a VAD in Leicester.

In 1921 – 

She is at Callipoe, Balcombe. Alice and her mother-in-law, Naomi Gibbs (b. 1864), are unlisted. Her husband is listed as ‘Civil Service Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist ‘. Her sister-in-law, Naomi Gibbs (b. 1892), is listed as ‘School Teacher’.

d.         7 July 1979, Oxon 

GIBBS, Alice Maynard of Rush Court Brightwell cum Sotwell, Wallingford, Oxon died 07 July 1979. Probate Oxford 19 September £2525.