Mary Mower

Mary Elizabeth Mower 

Born: 1848, Stamford 

Father: Richard Mower (b. 1794)

Mother: Mary Elizabeth Mower (b. 1812) 

Brother: George Mower (b. 1844)

In 1851 – 

She is at North Street, Saint Michael, Stamford. Her mother is listed as ‘Grinder’s Wife’. Mary and her brother, George (b. 1844), are unlisted. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Chapel Gate, Whaplode, Holbeach. Mary is listed as ‘Certificated School Mistress’.

In 1881 – 

She is Goodfellows School, Spalding Common, Spalding. Mary is listed as ‘Certificate Mistress Boys & Girls Elementary School’. Her mother is listed as a widow and ‘Housekeeper (Lodging)’. Her aunt, Ann Stanwell (b. 1822), is listed as ‘Housekeeper (Visitor)’. Margaret Wilson (b. 1852) is listed as boarder and ‘Assistant Mistress Certificated’. 

In 10/96 –

Address is Goodfellow's School, Spalding. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Goodfellows School, Spalding Common. Mary is listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. Pamela Bateman (b. 1878) and Lydia Pine (b. 1879) are listed as a boarders and ‘Elementary Teacher’. There is a servant, Mary Reynolds (b. 1876). 

In 1911 – 

She is at Goodfellows School, Spalding Common. Mary is listed as ‘Head Mistress’. Her great-niece, Doris Agnes Ethel Hogg (b. 1892), and Agnes Blanche Everdell (b. 1870), are unlisted. Lydia Pine (b. 1879) and Nora Olive Percival (b. 1891) are listed as visitors and ‘Assistant Teacher’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 65 London Road, Spalding. Mary is listed as ‘School Mistress’. Her niece, Doris Agnes Hogg (b. 1891), is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. Helen Getrude Dean (b. 1878) is unlisted. Rebecca Moore (b. 1852) is listed as visitor and ‘Dressmaker’. Louise Mabel Jones (b. 1881) and Mary Blount McPherson (b. 1893) are listed as visitors and ‘Teaching’. 

d.         11 August 1933, Hastings 

MOWER, Mary Elizabeth of 53 Alma-terrace Silverhill Street, Leonards-on-Sea, spinster died 11 August 1933. Probate Lincoln 1 September to Edith Katherine Curtois Howard, spinster. Effects £217 18s. 11d.