Jane Banks

Jane Banks 

Born: 1847, Spalding

Father: Thomas Young Banks (b. 1821)

Mother: Charlotte Banks (b. 1823)

Brothers: George Thomas Banks (b.1855) 

Sisters: Eliza Banks (b.1849), Elizabeth Ann Banks (b. 1852) [LDTC 1873], Sarah Rowell Banks (b.1857)

Married:          8 April 1874, Spalding St. Mary and St. Nicholas’, Lincolnshire 

Husband:         Louis Beaumont Moore Hodges 

                         b.1848 in Sherborne, Dorset 

                        Schoolmaster

                        d. 13.07.1916 in Leicester 

Issue: 

#1 Edith Banks Hodges (b. 1875)

#2 Amy Gertrude Hodges (b. 1877)

#3 Harold Vincent Hodges (b. 1878) 

#4 Eveline Mabel Hodges (b. 1879)

#5 Cyril Evelyn Hodges (b. 1881) 

#6 Claude Vivian Hodges (b. 1884) 

#7 Elsie Doris Hodges (b. 1886) 

In 1861 – 

She is at Albion Street, Spalding. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Butcher’. Jane and her siblings (Eliza, Elizabeth, Thomas and Sarah) are unlisted. There is a boarder, Joseph Longfield (b. 1840), is listed as ‘Journeyman Butcher’. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Guthlaxton Street, St Margaret, Leicestershire as a lodger. The head of the household, Mary Searle (b. 1821), is an unlisted widow. Elizabeth Searle (b. 1849) is listed as ‘Bookseller’. Alfred A Searle (b. 1854) is listed as ‘Bookbinder’. Frank Searle (b. 1856) is listed as ‘Surveyor’s Clerk’. Jane and Eleanor Bocock [LDTC 1869] are listed as lodgers and ‘Schoolmistress’. 

In 1881 – 

She is at 109 Cobden Street, Leicester. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’, Jane and her sister, Sarah, are listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her children, Edith, Gertrude and Harold, are unlisted. Annie Everton (b.1863) is listed as a ‘General Servant’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Garendon Street, Leicester. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Church School’ Jane is listed as ‘Schoolmistress Board School’. Her children, Amy, Harold, Cyril, Claude and Elise are unlisted. Elizabeth Castledine (b.1868) is listed as a ‘General Domestic Servant’. 

In 10/96 – 

Address is 21 Garendon Street, Leicester.

In 1901 – 

She is at 70 Melbourne Road, Leicester. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Jane is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her daughter, Amy, is listed as ‘Certificated Assistant Mistress’. Her son, Cyril, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her son, Claude, is listed as ‘Architects Pupil’. Her daughter, Elise, is unlisted. Elizabeth Toplis (b.1872) is listed as ‘Domestic Servant’. 

In 1911 –

She is at 70 Melbourne Road, Leicester. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster, Head National Primary School’. Jane is listed as ‘Schoolmistress Head Council School Leicester’. Elizabeth Toplis (b. 1872) is listed as ‘Domestic Servant’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 70 Melbourne Road, Leicester. Jane is listed as ‘Schoolmistress Retired’. There is a servant, Elizabeth Toplis (b. 1872). 

d.         11 April 1925, Leicester 

HODGES, Jane of 70 Melbourne Road, Leicester widow died 11 April 1925. Probate London 25 June to Cyril Evelyn Hodges, director and George William Johnson, headmaster. Effects £9361, 11s, 6d.