Dorothy Staniforth

Dorothy Staniforth 

Born: 24 June 1889, Wortley 

Baptised: 31 July 1889, Owlerton  

Father: George Staniforth (b. 1863)

Mother: Edith Annie Staniforth (b. 1866)

Brothers: George Lennox Staniforth (b. 1893), William Stanniforth (b. 1897), John Noel Stanniforth (b. 1906)

Sisters: Margaret Staniforth (b. 1894)

Marriage:        26 August 1914, Owlerton 

Husband:         Sydney Garnet Ward

                        b. 9 September 1882 

                        Steel Works Manager 

Issue – 

#1 Joan Yvonne Ward (b. 5 August 1915)

#2 Sylvia Margaret Ward (b. 19 July 1917) 

In 1891 – 

She is at Broughton Road, Yorkshire. Her father is listed as ‘Solicitors Clerk’. Dorothy and her mother are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Forge Yard, Wadsley Bridge. Her father is listed as ‘Clerk in Estate Office’. Dorothy, her mother and siblings (Lennox, Margaret and William) are unlisted. There is a servant, Theresa Drabble (b. 1884). 

In 10/07 – 

PT at Hillsborough Council Infants, Sheffield.

Qualification: Pass. 

In 04/10 – 

Address is Niagara House, Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 5 Niagra House, Wadlsey Bridge, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Cashier’s Dukes of Norfolk’s Estates Office’. Her brother, George, is listed as ‘Clerk Duke of Norfolk’s Estates Office’. Her mother and siblings (Margaret, William and John) are unlisted. Dorothy is listed as ‘Certificated Elementary Teacher’. 

In 04/15 – 

Marries Sydney G. Ward on 26.08.14 at Sheffield. Add: Fern Villa, Birley Carr, Sheffield.

In 10/16 – 

Birth to Joan Yvonne on 04.08.15 at Fern Villa, Birley Carr, Nr. Sheffield.

In 1921 – 

She is at 6 Cross Street, Wadsley Bridge. Her husband is listed as ‘Forge Manager’. Dorothy and her daughters, Jane and Sylvia, are unlisted. There is a servant, Alice Whitworth (b. 1903).

d.         8 July 1939, Pembroke 

WARD, Dorothy of Springfield, Marsh Road, Tenby, Pembrokeshire (wife of Sydney Garnet Ward) died 08 July 1939. Administration Carmarthen 15 August to the said Sydney Garnet Ward, company director. Effects £159, 3s, 4d.