May Buttery

May Buttery 

Born: 1 May 1898, Horncastle

Father: Ernest Arthur Buttery (b. 1867)

Mother: Alice Buttery (b. 1866)

Sisters: Minnie Buttery (b. 1888), Katie Buttery (b. 1890), Frances Buttery (b. 1892)

Marriage:        1930, Horncastle

Husband:         Francis William Burgess 

                        b. 2 May 1897

                        Grocers Warehouse Delivery 

In 1901 – 

She is at 30 South Street, Horncastle. Her father is listed as ‘Rural Postman’. Her sister, Minnie, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. May, her mother and her sisters, Katie and Frances, are unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 30 South Street, Horncastle. Her father is listed as ‘Postman’. Her sister, Minnie, is listed as ‘School Teacher’. May and her mother are unlisted. There is a lodger, William Howis (b. 1872), is listed as ‘Bricklayer’. 

In 10/16 – 

School: Horncastle Wesleyan Mixed.

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. 1916, and Senior Oxford.

In 11/18 – 

Appointed to Frodingham Church of England Boys. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 20 Sparrow Lane, Lincoln. Her mother is unlisted. May is listed as ‘Certificated Trained Teacher’. There is a boarder, George Thomas Belston (b. 1903), listed as ‘Clerk Local Education Authority’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 56 Spilsby Road, Horncastle. Her husband is listed as ‘Grocers Warehouse Delivery’. May is listed as ‘Unpaid Domestic Duties and Supply Teacher’. 

d.         21 April 1946, Horncastle 

BURGESS, May of Hagworthingham, Lincolnshire (wife of Francis William Burgess) died 21 April 1946 at The War Memorial Hospital, Horncastle, Lincolnshire. Administration Lincoln 19 October to the said Francis William Burgess, grocers assistant and Frances Sarah Houlden (Wife of Amos Houlden). Effects £1616, 5s, 11d.