Helena Samuels

Helena May Samuels 

Born: 2 May 1888, Wigan 

Father: William Frederick Samuels (b. 1864)

Mother: Helena Samuels (b. 1867)

Brothers: Wilfred Templeton Samuels (b. 1892), Arthur Pennigton Samuels (b. 1893), Percival Hutchinson Samuels (b. 1897)

Sisters: Eva Mary Samuels (b. 1890) 

Marriage:        15 August 1923, Sutton-St-James

Husband:         George Frederick Dakin 

                        b. 29 April 1891

                        Military/Teacher/Inspector 

Issue – 

#1 Peter Frederick Dakin (b. 3 January 1927)

#2 Christopher John Dakin (b. 1931)

In 1891 – 

She is at School House, Chapel Gate, Sutton. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Helena, her mother and sister, Eva, are unlisted. Her aunt, Rose Samuels (b. 1873), is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. There is a boarder, Frances A Kirk (b. 1871), is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Chapel Gate, Sutton, Holbeach. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Helena, her mother and siblings (Eva, Wilfred, Arthur and Percival) are unlisted. There is a boarder, Gertrude G Yorke (b. 1879), is listed as ‘School Teacher Article 68’. 

In 10/06 – 

PT at Sutton St. James. 

In 04/09 – 

Appointed to Arlington School, Sussex. £80.

In 10/09 – 

Address is Arlington School House, Berwick Station, Sussex. 

In 04/10 – 

Appointed to Holbeach St. John's Mixed. Assistant.

In 10/10 – 

Appointed to Holbeach St. John's. Head.

In 1911 – 

She is at Sutton St James, Lincolnshire. Helena and her father are listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher Head’. Her siblings (Eva and Wilfred) are listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher Assistant’. Her brother, Arthur, is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher Pupil Teacher’. Her mother and brother, Percival, are unlisted. 

In 10/11 – 

Appointed to Infants' School, Sutton Bridge, Wisbech.

In 1921 – 

She is at Sutton St James, Lincolnshire. Her mother is unlisted. Helena, her siblings, Eva and Arthur, and a visitor, Alice Rose Beven (b. 1873), are listed as ‘School Teacher (Elementary)’. 

In 00/24 – 

Marries Captain G. F. Dakin, M.C., B.A., of 8th Yorks. & Lancs. Regiment and Keble College, Oxford on 15.08.23.

In 00/27 – 

Birth to Peter Frederick on 03.01.27 at 50 Bouverie Street, Chester.

In 1939 – 

She is at Bordersted Moorhouse Road, Carlisle. Her husband is listed as ‘Board of Education HM Inspector of Schools’. Helena and her son, Peter, are unlisted. There is a closed record. There is a servant, Ella Edward (b. 1915). 

d.         4 January 1973, Peterborough 

DAKIN, Helena May of 82 Oxney Road, Newark, Peterborough died 04 January 1973. Probate Ipswich 5 March £12,483.