Blanche Bannister

Blanche Emily Bannister 

Born: 19 April 1893, Glanford Brigg

Father: Bamford Bannister (b. 1848)

Mother: Annie Bannister (b. 1850)

Brothers: Joseph Bannister (b. 1877), John Boynes Bannister (b. 1888)

Sisters: Mary Bannister (b. 1876) [LDTC 1901], Francis T Bannister (b. 1878), Sarah Ellen Bannister (b. 1881), Bertha Annie Bannister (b. 1883) [LDTC 1904], Hannah Elizabeth Bannister (b. 1885), Florence Isabel Bannister (b. 1890) [LDTC 1910]

In 1901 –

She is at 27 Wells Street, Scunthorpe. Her father is listed as ‘Clerk Blast Furnaces’. Her mother is unlisted. Her sister, Mary, is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her sister, Francis, is listed as ‘Milliner’. Her sister, Bertha, is listed as ‘Apprentice to School Teacher’. Blanche and her siblings; Hannah, John and Florence are unlisted. Frances Boynes (b. 1826), Mary’s grandmother, is unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. Her father is listed as ‘Clerk Blast Furnace’. Her mother and sister, Hannah, are unlisted. Her sisters, Mary, Bertha and Florence are listed as ‘School Teachers’. Her brother, John, is listed as ‘Analytical Chemist’. Blanche, is listed as ‘student’.

In 10/12 – 

PT at C. of E. Girls' School, Scunthorpe.

Prelim. Cert. Exam. 1912.

In 10/14 – 

Appointed to Courtney Street School, Hull.

In 1921 – 

She is at 27 Wells Street, Scunthorpe. Her mother and sister, Hannah, are unlisted. Her brother, John, is listed as ‘Shift Superintendent’. Blanche and her sisters, Florence and Mary, are listed as ‘Teacher Trained Certificated’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 27 Wells Street, Scunthorpe. Her brother, John, is listed as ‘Iron Workers Materials Superintendent’. Her sister, Hannah, is unlisted. Blanche and her sister, Florence, are unlisted. Edward B Clark (b. 1908) is listed as ‘Civil Engineering Assistant’. 

d.         29 March 1981, Scunthorpe

BANNISTER, Blanche Emily of 27 Wells Street, Scunthorpe died 29 March 1981. Probate Leeds 1 September £31,463