Elinor (o/w Eleanor) Taylor

Elinor (o/w Eleanor) Dorothy Taylor 

Born: 6 October 1888, Huddersfield 

Baptised: 3 November 1888, Marsden 

Father: George Washington Taylor (b. 1857)

Mother: Marianne Taylor (b. 1859) 

Brothers: Maurice Taylor (b. 1887), Edward Taylor (b. 1892)

Sisters: Mary Emmeline Taylor (b. 1882), Marguerite Taylor (b. 1892), Clarice Taylor (b. 1899)

Marriage:        1918, Woolwich

Husband:         Francis Owen Smith 

                        b. 1897

                        General Engineer 

In 1891 – 

She is at Amberly Villa, Upper Grove, Margate. Her father is listed as ‘Traveller for Iron Foundry’. Dorothy, her mother and siblings (Mary and Maurice) are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 6 Springwood Avenue, Huddersfield. Her father is listed as ‘Gas Engineers Traveller’. Dorothy, her mother and siblings (Mary, Maurice, Edward, Marguerite and Clarice) are unlisted. 

In 10/07 – 

PT at Oakes Council School, Huddersfield.

Qualification: Pass. 

In 10/09 – 

Appointed to Crosland Moor, C. of E. Infants', Huddersfield. £75.

In 04/10 – 

Address is 21 Fitzwilliam Street West, Huddersfield, N.

In 1911 – 

She is at 21 Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield. Her father is listed as ‘Engineer Retired’. Her mother and sister, Clarice, are unlisted. Her brother, Edward, is listed as ‘Scribbling Engineer’. There is two boarders, John Spittle (b. 1861), a ‘Supt of Drawing and Hand Work’, and Thomas Arthur Spittle (b. 1896), a ‘Wholesale Clothier Apprentice’. Dorothy is listed as ‘Teacher Certificated Assistant Teaching’. There is a servant, Elizabeth Hottson (b. 1894). 

In 1921 – 

She is at 44 Earlshall Road, Eltham. Her husband is listed as ‘General Engineer’. Elinor is listed as ‘Teacher’. 

d.         9 May 1949, Huddersfield 

SMITH, Elinor Dorothy of 55 New North Road, Huddersfield, widow died 9 May 1949 at 2 Highfields Road, Huddersfield. Administration (with Will) Wakefield 16 September to Marguerite Holliday (Wife of Lionel Brook Holliday) Effects £1562, 10s. (Former Grant D.R. Wakefield 22 October 1949).