Elsie Butcher

Elsie Jane Butcher 

Born: 26 November 1893, Ormskirk 

Father: James Butcher (b. 1846)

Mother: Agnes Butcher (b. 1854)

Brothers: James Butcher (b. 1885), Stanley Butcher (b. 1890)

Sisters: Mabel Agnes Butcher (b. 1888)

In 1901 –

She is at 109 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Her father is listed as ‘Draper and Shop Keeper’. Her mother is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. Her brother, James, is listed as ‘Apprentice Shipping Clerk’. Elsie and her siblings (Mabel and Stanley) are unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 22 The Crescent, St. Anne’s on the Sea. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Draper Shop Keeper’. Her sister, Mabel, and a boarder, Gertrude Hudson (b. 1890), are listed as ‘Milliner’. Elsie is listed as ‘Student’. There is servant, Maggie Fishwick (b. 1892). There is a boarder, George Frederick Spence (b. 1884), listed as ‘Fruiterer’. 

In 10/12 – 

PT at Keyhouses End. Schools, St. Anne's-on-Sea.

Matric. Victoria Class II.

In 10/14 – 

Appointed to Salford.

In 1921 – 

She is at 50 Rochdale Road, North Manchetser. Her mother, her sister-in-law, Emily Butcher (b. 1886), her nieces, Mary Agnes Butcher (b. 1911) and Joan Butcher (b. 1913), and nephew, Stanley James Butcher (b. 1919), are unlisted. Elsie is listed as ‘School Mistress’. Her sister, Mabel, is listed as ‘Ledger Clerk’.

In 1939 – 

She is at 35 Willoughby Avenue, Cleveleys. Florence M Whittaker (b. 1871) is listed as ‘Retired Elementary School Teacher’. Elsie is listed as ‘Elementary School Head Teacher’.

d.         29 September 1967, Aled 

BUTCHER, Elsie Jane of Tan-yr-Ywen, Lalnaddulas, Denbigshire died 29 September 1967 at Tandderwen Nursing Home, Holyrod Avenue, Old Colwyn, Denbighshire. Probate London 29 December to Mary Agnes Lord, married woman.