Edith Whitehead

Edith Fanny Whitehead 

Born: 29 May 1887, Basford 

Baptised: 29 June 1887, Greasley 

Father: William Alfred Whitehead (b. 1862)

Mother: Frances Maria Whitehead (b. 1861)

Sisters: Winifred May Whitehead (b. 1898)

Aunt: Ada Mary Whitehead (b. 1864) [LDTC 1886]

In 1891 – 

She is at School House, Penn Lane, Melbourne. Her father is listed as ‘National School Master’. Edith and her mother are unlisted.

In 1901 – 

She is at School House, Penn Lane, Derbyshire. Her father is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmaster’. Edith, her mother and sister, Winifred, are unlisted. 

In 10/06 – 

PT at Shipley and Cotmanhay National. 

In 10/08 – 

Appointed to Middleton C. of E. Mixed School. £75.

In 04/09 – 

Appointed to Chaucer Street Council School, Ilkeston. £75.

In 10/09 – 

Address is Shipley Schools, Ilkeston. 

In 1911 – 

She is at School House, Shipley, Derbyshire. Her father and Edith are listed as ‘Elementary Schoolmaster’. Her mother and sister, Winifred, are unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 22 Cromwell Street, Lincoln as a boarder. The head of the household, Ada Taylor (b. 1867), and her mother, Maria Drury (b. 1836), are unlisted. Edith is listed as boarder and ‘Elementary School Teacher’. 

In 00/23 – 

Appointed to Northfield C.E. (Girls') School, under Birmingham Education Authority. Head.

In 1939 – 

She is at 2 Hawthorne Road, Birmingham. Pearl Gumbley (b. 1874) is a widowed ‘Private Secretary’. Howard WW Gumbley (b. 1909) is listed as ‘Chartered Accountant’. Edith is listed as ‘Headmistress Public Elementary’. 

d.         23 September 1976, Birmingham 

WHITEHEAD, Edith Fanny of 14 Somerdale Road, Northfield, Birmingham died 23 September 1976. Probate Birmingham 13 December £7571.