Nora Williams

Nora Leslie Williams 

Born: 18 April 1890, Dewsbury 

Father: James Williams (b. 1857)

Mother: Anna Gwen Katherine Williams (b. 1863)

Brothers: Robert James Williams (b. 1900), Sydney Walter Williams (b. 1902)

Sisters: Gwen Williams (b. 1892), Florence Mabel Williams (b. 1895)

In 1891 –

She is at L & Y Railway, Market Place, Dewsbury. Her father is listed as ‘Station Master’. Nora and her mother are unlisted. A relative, Eleanor C Evans (b. 1868), is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 65 Granville Road, Wavertree. Her father is listed as ‘Manager Forwarding Agents’. Nora, her mother and her siblings, Gwen and Robert, are unlisted.

In 1911 – 

She is at 73 Boardman Street, Eccles. Her father is listed as ‘Shipping Clerk’. Nora and her mother are listed as ‘Assistant School Teacher’. Her sister, Florence, is listed as ‘Student School Teacher’. Her brothers, Robert and Sydney, are unlisted.

In 10/13 – 

PT at St. Clement's Church Girls', Salford.

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. Exam. 1910. 

In 10/15 – 

Appointed to Salford.

In 05/19 – 

Appointed head of Caxton School, near Cambridge.

In 1921 – 

She is at 16 Half Edge Lane, Eccles. Her father is listed as ‘Wharfingers (Shipping)’. Nora, her mother and sister, Florence, are listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her brother, Robert, is listed as ‘Industrial Chemist Out of Work’. Her brother, Frank, is unlisted. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 21 King’s Road, Prestwich. Nora is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Her sister, Florence, is listed as ‘Head Teacher Secondary’. Her parents are listed as ‘Incapacitated’. 

d.         29 December 1965, Chester

WILLIAMS, Nora Leslie of Bryn Teg, Deganwy Road, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire died 29 December 1965 at City Hospital Chester. Probate Bangor 11 March to Sidney Walter Williams, retired technical college principal and Robert Edward Jones, legal executive. £7847.