Edith Crosby

Edith Crosby 

Born: 11 July 1894, Lincoln 

Father: Benjamin Crosby (b. 1864)

Mother: Hannah Crosby (b. 1864)

Brothers: Frank Crosby (b. 1893)

Marriage:        14 November 1918, Lincoln 

Husband:         Harold Frederick English

                        b. 17 September 1892

                        School Teacher/Sales Clerk Electricity Supply Company 

Issue – 

#1 Harold David English (b. 10 December 1919)

#2 Philip Frank English (b. 18 May 1922)

#3 Geoffrey William English (b. 19 June 1923)

#4 Victor Alston English (b. 1925)

#5 Male English

In 1911 – 

She is at 49 Foster Street, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Insurance Agent’. Her brother, Frank, is listed as ‘Post Office Clerk’. Edith and her mother are unlisted.

In 10/12 – 

PT at St. Botolph's Infants' Church School, Lincoln.

Oxford Senior Exam 1910 and 1911.

In 10/14 – 

Appointed to Monks Road Infants, Lincoln.

In 05/19 – 

Marries Frederick English, Second Lieutenant, Lincoln Regiment (T.F.) on 14.11.18 in Lincoln. Add: 19 Bridge End Road, Grantham.

In 1921 – 

She is at School House, Billingborough. Her husband is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Edith, her mother and her son, Harold, are unlisted. Her father is listed as ‘Insurance Agent’.  

In 1939 – 

She is at 40 Dudley Road, Grantham. Her husband is listed as ‘Sales Clerk Electricity Supply Company’. Edith is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Her son, Harold, is listed as ‘Analytical Chemist Metallurgy’. Her son, Philip, is listed as ‘Apprentice Bread Baker’. Her son, Geoffrey, is unlisted. 

d.         23 November 1972, Melton Mowbray  

ENGLISH, Edith of 40 Dudley Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire died 23 November 1972. Probate Nottingham 19 December. £6951.