Jane Stokoe

Jane Stokoe 

Born: 1850, Wandsworth 

Baptised: 27 October 1850, Herne Hill

Father: William Robert Stokoe, a House Stewart.

Mother: Jane Stokoe (b. 1821) – Record Card states she is in Australia with friends and relatives. ‘Curious History’. 

In 1851 – 

She is at Croxted Mews, Streatham. Her mother is listed as ‘Charwoman Footman’s Wife’. Jane is unlisted. 

In 1881 – 

She is at the School House, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Jane and Eliza Ann Bailey (b. 1857) are listed as ‘Board Schoolmistress’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at the School Board House, South End, Wisbech. Eliza and Eliza J Hayes (b. 1861) are listed as ‘Board Schoolmistress’. 

In 04/97 – 

Address is Elm Road, Wisbech.

In 1901 – 

She is at 48 South End, Cambridgeshire. Jane and Elizabeth S Clayden (b. 1860) are listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Emily A Parker (b. 1884) is listed as ‘pupil teacher’. Margaret J Johnson (b. 1851) is listed as visitor and ‘Schoolmistress’.

In 10/04 – 

Provided help from 'Church Teachers' Benevolent Fund' as 'paralysed and helpless'.

In 1911 – 

She is at 7 Elms Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. The head of the house is, Christiana Pemelia Rands (b. 1851), listed as ‘Boarding House Keeper’. Her daughter, Ellie Rands (b. 1892) is unlisted. Jane is listed as ‘Private Means’ and ‘Boarder’. There is three other boarders: Alice Jane Courcha (b. 1886), Constance Mary Higson (b. 1885) and Frederick Herbert Flanders (b. 1883). 

Nothing more definitive found.