Margaret Polwarth

Margaret Jane (o/w Jean) Speek Polwarth

Born: 12 July 1889, Michigan 

Father: William Polwarth (b. 1849) – on 1911 Census ‘Timbering in Coal Mine’.

Mother: Elizabeth Polwarth (b. 1849)

Brothers: Robert Polwarth (b. 1880), Joseph Tiplady Polwarth (b. 1886)

Sisters: Ann Polwarth (b. 1874), Elizabeth Polwarth (b. 1883) [LDTC 1905]

Marriage:        1918, Tynemouth 

Husband:         Richard Percy Lee

                        b. 22 May 1891

                        Electrical Communications Laboratory Telephone Wiring Shop 

Issue – 

#1 Jean Lee (b. 1919)

#2 William Henry Lee (b. 1921)

#3 Bessie Lee (b. 1922)

#4 Mary Lee (b. 1922)

In 1901 – 

She is at 40 East View Avenue, Cramlington, Northumberland. Margaret, her mother and sister, Ann, are unlisted. Her brother, Robert, is listed as ‘Coal Miner Hewer’. Her brother, Joseph, is listed as ‘Apprentice to Blacksmith’. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 10/09 – 

PT at Seghill Co. School, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Qualification: Prelim. Cert., 1908.

In 1911 – 

She is at LDTC as a Student.

In 10/11 – 

Appointed to Chatburn National School, Clitheroe. £70.

In 1921 – 

She is at 30 Hasting Street, Cramlington. Her father is listed as ‘Coal Miner Stoneman’. Her husband is listed as ‘Miner Coal Hewer’. Margaret and her children, Jean and William, are unlisted. There is a servant, Alice Ternent (b. 1895).

In 1939 – 

She is at Old Clee, Brinklow Road, Coventry. Her husband is listed as ‘Electrical Communications Laboratory Telephone Wiring Shop’. Margaret is unlisted. Her daughter, Jean, is listed as ‘Telephone Operator General Post Office’. Her son, William, is listed as ‘Automatic Machine Operator’. 

d.         1976, Coventry