Maud Pitcher

Maud Pitcher 

Born: 10 August 1892, Boston 

Father: George Pitcher (b. 1844)

Mother: Sarah Jane Pitcher (b. 1854)

Brothers: Fred Pitcher (b. 1878), William Pitcher (b. 1881), George Pitcher (b. 1883), Frank Pitcher (b. 1890)

Sisters: Alice Pitcher (b. 1884), Kate Pitcher (b. 1887), Ethel Pitcher (b. 1888)

Marriage:        29 June 1935, Boston 

Husband:         Sydney Merritt

                        b. 26 May 1887

                        Railway Inspector Maintenance Engineers Department

In 1901 – 

She is at East Toft, Wrange. Her father is listed as ‘Farmer Highway Surveyor’. Maud, her mother and siblings (Ethel and Frank) are unlisted. Her brothers, Fred and George, are listed as ‘Farmer’s Sons’. Her sisters, Alice and Kate, are listed as ‘Farmer’s Daughters’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Clerk Fish’. There is a farm servant, Arthur Ingamells (b. 1882), listed as ‘Waggoner on Farm’.  

In 1911 – 

She is at Homers Lane, Freiston. Her father is listed as ‘Highway Surveyor Rural District Council’. Her sister, Kate, is listed as ‘Teacher’. Her brother, Frank, is listed as ‘Farmer’. Maus is listed as ‘Student Part-Time’. Her mother and sister, Ethel, are unlisted. Her grandfather, Edward East (b. 1833), is listed as ‘Retired Wool Merchant’. 

In 10/12 – 

PT at Girls' School, Butterwick, nr. Boston (Infants' Department).

Prelim. Cert. 1909 and 1911.

In 10/14 – 

Appointed to Paradise Council School, Coventry.

In 00/36 –

Marries Sydney Merritt on 29.06.1935 at Wyberton Church, Boston. Add: Goulceby, London Road, Boston. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 193 Goulceby, London Road, Boston. Her husband is listed as ‘Railway Inspector Maintenance Engineers Department’. Maud is unlisted.

d.         7 January 1953, Boston

MERRITT, Maud of Goulceby, 186 London Road, Boston, Lincolnshire (wife of Sydney Merritt) died 7 January 1953 at 66 Willoughby Road, Boston. Probate London 25 March to the said Sydney Merritt, retired railway inspector and Alan Bannister, farmer. Effects £2015, 10s, 8d.