Florence Dickens

Florence Emma Dickens 

Born: 10 March 1887, Sculcoates

Baptised: 14 July 1889, Hull 

Father: James Jabez Dickens (b. 1845) 

Mother: Jane Dickens (b. 1847)

Brothers: Bonhan Laun Dickens (b. 1875), Frederick Thomas Dickens (b. 1878), Arthur J Dickens (b. 1884), Charles Edward Dickens (b. 1891)

Sisters: Sarah Annie Dickens (b. 1865), Edith Mary Dickens (b. 1877), Bertha Ethel Dickens (b. 1882) [LDTC 1905], Beatrice Minnie Dickens (b. 1885)

Marriage:        10 October 1914, Londesborough 

Husband:         John Foster

                        b. 6 May 1880

                        Architect and Surveyor 

Issue –

#1 Jane Cynthia Amanda Foster (b. 1919)  

#2 Annie Prudence Ursula Foster (b. 17 April 1921)

#3 Elizabeth Veronica Rosemary Foster (b. 1924)

In 1891 – 

She is at Durham Street, Hull, Yorkshire. Her father is listed as ‘Dock Works Inspector’. Her brother, Bonhan, is listed as ‘Engine Makers Apprentice’. Her cousin, Walter Thomas Leonard (b. 1869), is listed as ‘Stationary Engine Driver’. Florence, her mother and siblings (Sarah, Edith, Frederick, Bertha, Arthur, Beatrice and Charles) are unlisted.

In 1901 – 

She is at 110 Durham Street, Hull. Her father is listed as ‘Inspector Engine Department Railway’. Her brother, Arthur, is listed as ‘Railway Clerk’. Her sister, Ethel, is listed as ‘Board School Teacher’. Florence, her mother and siblings (Edith, Minnie and Charles) are unlisted.

In 10/07 - 

PT at Buckingham Street Junior School, Hull.

Qualification: Pass in 1905. 

In 10/09 – 

Appointed to St. Mark's-in-the-Groves Girls', Hull. £70.

In 04/10 – 

Address is 110 Durham Street, Hull.

In 1911 –

She is at 110 Durham Street, Hull. Her father is listed as ‘C E Engineers Inspector of Works’. Her sister, Beatrice, is listed as ‘Shorthand Writer and Typist’. Florence is listed as ‘Certificated School Teacher’. Her mother, her sister (Edith) and nephew Eric Dickens (b. 1904) are unlisted. 

In 10/14 – 

Marries John Foster on 10.10.14 at Londesborough Church.

In 1921 – 

She is at 4 Westfield Terrace, Wakefield. Her husband is listed as ‘Architect’. Florence and her children, Jane and Anne, are unlisted. There are two servants, Rose Emma Booth (b. 1881) and Dora Frear (b. 1903).  

In 1939 – 

She is at 1 Belmont Villas, Devizes Road, Salisbury. Her husband is listed as ‘Architect and Surveyor’. Florence and her daughter, Annie, are unlisted. There is a closed record. 

d.         1969, Salisbury