May Fish

May Fish

Born: 21 May 1893, Salford 

Father: John Fish (b. 1855) (d. 1896) – in 1891 listed as ‘Traveller Paper Stationery’ 

Mother: Sarah Ellen Fish (b. 1859)

Marriage:        1940, Blackpool         

Husband:         Joseph Summerfield 

In 1901 – 

She is at 32 Edmund Street, Pendleton. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Draper ad Confectioner’. May and her grandparents, William Blackshaw (b. 1824) and Sarah Blackshaw (b. 1823) are unlisted. Her aunt, Ada Blackshaw (b. 1866) is listed as ‘Clerk in Stationery Printing Works’. Her aunt, Mary A Blackshaw (b. 1869) is listed as ‘Maker Up In Bleachworks’. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 32 Edmund Street, Pendleton. Her mother is listed as a widow and ‘Shopkeeper’. Mary is listed as ‘School and Teaching’. Her grandmother, Sarah Blackshaw (b. 1823) is an unlisted widow. Her aunt, Ada Blackshaw (b. 1863) is listed as ‘Puncher’. Her aunt, Mary Ann Blackshaw (b. 1867) is listed as ‘Maker Up’.

In 10/11 – 

PT at Langworthy Road Council, Seedley, Manchester.

Matric., Class II.

In 10/13 – 

Appointed to Langworthy Road Council, Seedley, Manchester. £75.

In 1921 – 

She is at 32 Edmund Street, Pendleton. Her mother is listed as ‘Mixed Shopkeeper’. Mary is listed as ‘School Day Teacher’. aunt, Mary Ann Blackshaw (b. 1867), and a visitor, Alice Hodgson (b. 1889), are unlisted. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 24 Kingsway Avenue, Manchester. Her mother is listed as an ‘Invalid’. Her aunt, Mary, is unlisted. May is listed as ‘School Teacher’. 

d.         1982, Manchester