Elsie Spencer

Elsie Spencer 

Born: 7 November 1897, Wakefield 

Father: Walter Spencer (b. 1875)

Mother: Emily Spencer (b. 1877)

Brothers: Walter Spencer (b. 1899), Leonard Spencer (b. 1902), James Spencer (b. 1908)

Sisters: Ethel Spencer (b. 1908)

Marriage:        14 August 1922, Wakefield 

Husband:         Harold Abbott 

                        b. 10 January 1898

                        Motor Driver and Mechanic 

Issue – 

#1 Eileen Abbott (b. 13 June 1924)

In 1901 – 

She is at 112 Pontefract Road, Normanton. Her father and maternal uncle, Aaron Lowe (b. 1875), are listed as ‘Coal Miner Hewer’. Elsie, her mother, her brother (Walter), and maternal grandmother, Hannah Lowe (b. 1836), are unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 330 Castleford Road, Normanton. Her father and maternal uncle, Aaron Lowe (b. 1875), are listed as ‘Coal Miner Hewer’. Elsie, her mother, her siblings (Walter, Leonard, James and Ethel), and maternal grandmother, Hannah Lowe (b. 1836), are unlisted. Her cousin, James Clarene Hindley (b. 1897), is listed as ‘Pony Driver Below Ground’. 

In 10/16 – 

School: Council Girls, Normanton.

Qualification: Oxford Senior 1914-1915.

In 11/18 – 

Appointed to Wheldon Lane Council Infants, Castleford.

In 1921 – 

She is at 15 Castleford Road, Normanton. Her father and her cousin, James Clarence Hindley (b. 1896) are listed as ‘Miner Hewer’. Elsie is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Her brother, Walter, is listed as 'Soldier’. Her mother and sister, Ethel, are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at Goose Hill, Normanton. Her husband is listed as ‘Motor Driver and Mechanic’. Elsie and her daughter, Eileen, are unlisted.

d.         1985, Pontefract