Ethel Bellamy

Ethel Bellamy 

Day Student 

Born: 5 August 1889 

Baptised: 13 August 1889, Lincoln 

Father: Matthew Bellamy (b. 1856)

Mother: Sarah Ann Bellamy (b. 1857)

Brothers: Harry A Bellamy (b. 1876), William Bellamy (b. 1879), Frank Pask Bellamy (b. 1883)

Sisters:  Elizabeth E Bellamy (b. 1881), Edith Ellen Bellamy (b. 1887)

Marriage:        5 August 1911, Lincoln 

Husband:         Johannes Louis Franz Gromke 

                        b. 30 June 1881

                        Hairdresser 

                        Interned during WW1

Issue – 

#1 Hermann Gromke (b. 1912) (Bim) – ‘He lived with Ethel’s grandparents for his entire childhood after his father was interned’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Drury Lane, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Groom’. Her son, Harry, is listed as ‘Page Boy’. Ethel, her mother and siblings (William, Elizabeth, Frank and Edith) are unlisted. Her cousin, Elen M Kenwood (b. 1877), is unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 4 Drury Lane, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Labourer in Works’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Coachman not Domestic’. Her brother, Frank, is listed as ‘Shoemakers Assistant’. Her sister, Edith, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’.Ethel and her mother are unlisted. 

In 10/07 – 

PT at St. Nicholas' Girls' School, Lincoln.

Qualification: Cambridge Senior Local

In 10/09 – 

Appointed to Lumley Council School, Girls', Durham. £80.

In 04/10 – 

Address is Daisy Cottage, Dene Villas, Chester-le-Street, Durham. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 4 Dene Villas, Chester-le Street, Durham as a boarder. Joseph Winter Brydon (b. 1875) is listed as ‘Bricklayer’. His wife and son are unlisted. Ethel is a boarder and listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. 

In 10/11 – 

Marries Hans Gromke on 05.08.11 in Lincoln. Add: 23 North Parade, Lincoln.

Nothing more definitive found.