Minnie Sellers

Minnie Sellers 

This student did not finish their course. 

Born: 1 November 1896, Spalding 

Baptised: 29 November 1896, Gosberton 

Father: Joseph Sellers (b. 1858)

Mother: Kate Sellers (b. 1861)

Brothers: Eric L Sellers (b. 1893), Cecil L Sellers (b. 1899), Robert Sellers (b. 1904)

Sisters: Kate Ethel Sellers (b. 1884), Marion Sellers (b. 1885), Victoria Sellers (b. 1887)

Marriage 1:     30 April 1924, Spalding

Husband:         Gilbert Garner 

                        b. 1895

                        d. 23 March 1938 with £10,854, 10s, 2d 

Issue – 

#1 Pauline A Garner (b. 1925)

#2 Female Garner 

#3 Male Garner

Marriage 2:     1941, Spalding

Husband:         Henry Brocklehurst 

                        b. 1879

                        Milk Roundsman 

In 1901 – 

She is at High Street, Gosberton. Her father is listed as ‘Baker and Confectioner’. Minnie, her mother and siblings (Marion, Victoria, Eric and Cecil) are unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at High Street, Gosberton. Her father is listed as ‘Master Baker’. Minnie, her mother and siblings (Kate, Victoria and Robert) are unlisted. There are two boarders, George Coxell (b. 1889) and Henry Thimbleby (b. 1888), are listed as ‘Baker and Carter’. 

In 10/16 – 

School: Gosberton Council School, Spalding.

Qualification: Camb. Senior 1914

In 1921 – 

She is at High Street, Gosberton. Her father is listed as ‘Baker & Confectioner’. Minnie is listed as ‘Bakers Delivery Cart’. Her brother, Robert, is listed as ‘Assembler as Baker and Confectioner’. Her mother, her sister, Victoria Johnson, and her nephew, Joseph Albert Johnson (b. 1915), are unlisted. 

In 1939 – 

She is at The Westthorpe School, Gosberton, Spalding. Minnie is listed as widow and ‘Private Means’. There are three closed records.  

d.         7 April 1984, Boston 

BROCKLEHURST, Minnie of Felton, Salem Street, Gosberton, Spalding, Lincolnshire died 7 April 1984. Probate Ipswich 6 June £30,262