Ethel Adcock

Ethel Violet Adcock 

Born: 30 October 1895, Boston 

Father: William Adcock (b. 1869)

Mother: Edith Gertrude Adcock (b. 1875)

Brothers: Isaac Arnold Adcock (b. 1901)

Sisters: Jane Gertrude Adcock (b. 1905)

In 1901 –

She is at 2 Spring Street, Spalding. Her aunt, Mary A Stapleton (b. 1856), is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her aunt, Martha M Stapleton (b. 1844), is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. Ethel is unlisted. There is a boarder, Emma Reynolds (b. 1877), listed as ‘Dressmaker’. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 2 Spring Street, Spalding. Her aunt, Mary A Stapleton (b. 1856) is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her aunt, Martha M Stapleton (b. 1856), is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. Ethel is unlisted. There are two boarders, Madge M Grecoes (b. 1887) and Daisy Maud Cowell (b. 1890), both are listed as ‘Assistant Dressmakers’. 

In 10/14 –

PT at National Infants, Spalding.

Camb. Senior Prelim. Cert.

In 10/16 – 

Appointed to Whitby Road Co. Senior Boys, Darnall, Sheffield.

In 1921 – 

She is at 73 Varna Road, Edgbaston as a boarder. The head of the house John Taylor (b. 1849) is listed as ‘Retired (Bakers)’. His wife, Amelia Edith Taylor (b. 1873) and children, Frederick James Taylor and Ernest George Taylor are unlisted. His other son, Francis John Taylor (b. 1904), is listed as ‘Science Student’. Harry Downing (b. 1871), a boarder, is listed as ‘Machine Tool Merchant’. Ethel and Dorothy Spinks (b. 1897) [LDTC 1918] are boarders and listed as ‘School Teachers’. 

In 1939 –

She is at 15 Crossways, Doncaster. Ethel and Dorothy Spinks (b. 1896) [LDTC 1918] are listed as ‘Headteacher Elementary School’. Winifred Halstead (b. 1903) is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher Elementary School’. 

d.         1982, Claro