Edith Pratt

Edith Mary Pratt

Born: 17 February 1891, Boston 

Father: Frank Pratt (b. 1863)

Mother: Jane Elizabeth Pratt (b. 1861)

Sisters: Mabel Elizabeth Pratt (b. 1889), Helen Gertrude Pratt (b. 1896), Doorthy Jennie Clarke Pratt (b. 1899) [LDTC 1919]

In 1891 – 

She is at Tower Road, Skirbeck. Her father is listed as ‘Solicitors Clerk’. Edith, her mother and sister, Mabel, are unlisted. There is a servant, Esther A Hardy (b. 1875). 

In 1901 – 

She is at Woodland Villa, Skirbeck. Her father is listed as ‘Solicitors Managing Clerk’. Edith, her mother and sisters, Mabel, Helen and Dorothy, are unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Tower Road, Skirbeck. Her father is listed as ‘Solicitors Managing Clerk’. Edith is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her mother and sisters, Mabel, Helen and Dorothy, are unlisted. 

In 10/13 – 

PT at Park Council Infants, Boston.

Qualification: Oxford Sen. Local 1909 & 1910.

In 10/15 – 

Appointed to Park Council, Boston.

In 05/19 –

Taken over as correspondent for her year.

In 1921 – 

She is at Tower Road, Skirbeck. Her father and sister, Helen, are listed as ‘Law Clerk’. Edith and her sister, Dorothy, are listed as ‘Certificated Assistant School Mistress’. Her mother is unlisted. There is a visitor, Eric George Sweet (b. 1902), listed as ‘Turner and Fitter’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 10 Tower Road, Boston. Her mother is a widow and listed as ‘Incapacitated’. Her sister, Mabel, is unlisted. Edith and her sister, Dorothy, are listed as ‘Certificated Assistant School Teacher’. 

d.         1 December 1955, Boston

PRATT, Edith Mary of 10 Tower Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, spinster, died 1 December 1955 at Beech House, Fishtoft Drove, Frithville, Lincolnshire. Probate Lincoln 23 May to Helen Gertrude Reeson (Wife of Harold Reeson). Effects £4621, 1s,7d.