Ethel Fountain

Ethel Lilian Fountain 

Born: 17 January 1888, Wellingborough 

Father: George Fountain (b. 1856)

Mother: Jane Fountain (b. 1857)

Brothers: Frederick Fountain (b. 1882), George Fountain (b. 1901)

Sisters: Millicent Susan Fountain (b. 1875), Elizabeth Fountain (b. 1878), Kathrine Mary Fountain (b. 1879), Mabel Jane Fountain (b. 1883) [LDTC 1904], Ellse Sophia Foutain (b. 1890), Ellen Florence Fountain (b. 1893) [LDTC 1913]

Marriage:        1915, Wellingborough 

Husband:         Sydney Robinson 

                        b. 24 April 1886 

Shoe Manufacturer

Issue – 

#1 Frank Anthony Robinson (b. 16 August 1920)

In 1891 – 

She is at Crabb Street, Rushden. Her father is listed as ‘Plumber Glazier’. Her sister, Millicent, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Ethel, her mother and siblings (Elizabeth, Kathrine, Frederick, Mabel and Elsie) are unlisted.

In 1901 – 

She is at 42 Griffith Street, Rushden. Her father is listed as ‘Plumber Painter Glazier’. Her mother, Ethel and her siblings (Mabel, Elsie, Ellen and George) are unlisted. Her sister, Millicent, is listed as ‘Assistant Schoolmistress’. Her brother, Frederick, is listed as ‘Plumber’. Mabel is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. There is a servant, Mary Dix (b. 1887).

In 10/07 – 

PT at Rushden National Mixed School.

Qualification: Pass in 1905. 

In 10/09 – 

Appointed to St. Mary's, Kettering, Girls'. £70.

In 04/10 – 

Address is 73 Charles Street, Kettering. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 34 St. Peter’s Avenue, Kettering, Northamptonshire as a boarder. John Roberts (b. 1852) is listed as ‘House Painter’. His wife, Betsy Roberts (b. 1849), is unlisted. Ethel is listed as a boarder and ‘Elementary School Teacher’. 

In 04/16 – 

Marries Sydney Robinson on 29.06.15 at Rushden. Add: 60 Roberts Street, Rushden.

In 04/21 – 

Birth to Frank Anthony on 16.08.20 at Portland Road, Rushden.

In 1921 – 

She is at 93 Portland Road, Rushden. Her husband is listed as ‘Boot Manufacturer’. Ethel and her son, Frank, are unlisted. 

In 00/25 – 

Death recorded as 19.05.25 in Rushden.

d.         19 May 1925, Rushden 

ROBINSON, Ethel Lilian of 93 Portland Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire (wife of Sydney Robinson) died 19 May 1925. Probate London 19 November to Christopher John Newton and the said Sydney Robinson, shoe manufacturers. Effects £2053, 8s, 6d.