Edith Dobson

Edith Mary Graham Dobson 

Born: 10 April 1892, Halifax 

Father: Robert Armstrong Dobson (b. 1865)

Mother: Sarah Ellen Dobson (b. 1871)

Marriage:        1921, Lincoln

Husband:         John William Stanley

                        b. 19 November 1888

                        POW during WW1

                        Grocer owned Stores 

Issue –  

#1 Eileen Mary Stanley (b. 10 October 1922)

#2 Robert William Stanley (b. 25 March 1924) (d. 30 January 1925)

#3 Female Stanley

#4 Female Stanley

#5 Male Stanley

In 1901 – 

She is at 26 Altham Terrace, Lincoln. Edith, her mother and two visitors, Edith Ashley (b. 1867) and John A Ashley (b. 1896), are unlisted. There is a servant, Florence Scarbro (b. 1885). 

In 10/10 – 

PT at St. Botolph's Girls', Lincoln.

Qualification: P.C., 1910, Dist. in Geog.

In 1911 – 

She is at LDTC as a Student.

In 10/12 – 

Appointed to Worksop.

In 1921 – 

She is at 27 Altham Terrace, Lincoln. Edith is listed as ‘School Teacher’. There is a servant, Annie Askew (b. 1892).

In 00/25 – 

Birth to Robert William on 25.03.24 at Cooper Lane, Laceby. Husband is J.W. Stanley. States 'Died 30.01.25'.

In 1939 – 

She is at Roseville Grimsby Road, Laceby. Her husband is listed as ‘Grocer Own Account’. Edith and her daughter, Elizabeth, are unlisted. There are three closed records. There is a servant, Florence Halford (b. 1923).

d.         4 December 1960, Laceby

STANLEY, Edith Mary Graham of Roseville, Grimsby Road, Laceby, Lincolnshire (wife of John William Stanley) died 4 December 1960. Probate Lincoln 13 April to the said John William Stanley, grocer, Eileen Mary French (wife of Peter Paul French) and Leslie Albert Snelson, solicitor. Effects £5448, 16s, 1d.