Daisy English

Daisy Mary English 

Born: 7 February 1899, Holbeach

Father: William English (b. 1866)

Mother: Mary English (b. 1864)

Brothers: Maurice English (b. 1888), Stanley English (b. 1891), Harold Frederick English (b. 1893), Ernest Charles English (b. 1898), Cyril Murray English (b. 1903)

Sisters: Ethel English (b. 1890), Margaret Isabel English (b. 1894), Winifred Alice English (b. 1896), Doris Alston English (b. 1901)

Marriage:        9 April 1928, Holbeach 

Husband:         Frank Johnson Whitton 

                        b. 5 July 1904 

                        Bakery Manger – Director 

Issue – 

#1 Male Whitton

#2 Male Whitton

In 1901 –

She is at School House, Wood Lane, Holbeach. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Her mother is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Daisy and her siblings, Maurice, Ethel, Stanley, Harold, Winifred, Ernest and Doris are unlisted. There is a servant, Mary Ann Butt (b. 1830).  

In 1911 –  

She is at School House, Wood Lane, Holbeach. Her father is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmaster Council School’. Her mother is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmistress Council School’. Her siblings, Harold and Margaret, are listed as ‘Pupil Teacher Council School’. Daisy and her siblings, Ethel, Winifred, Ernest, Doris and Cyril are unlisted. 

In 10/17 – 

At Spalding C. of E.

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. 1916.

In 05/20 –

Appointed to Gedney Drive End, Sutton-Long-Sutton, Lincs.

In 1921 – 

She is at Bull Lane, Long Sutton as a boarder. The head of the household, George Humphries (b. 1865), is listed as ‘Solicitors Clerk’. His wife, Mary Humphries (b. 1867), is unlisted. His son, Leonard George Humphries (b. 1902), is listed as ‘Ironmongers Assistant’. Daisy is listed as boarder and ‘Certificated Assistant in School’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 198 Yarborough Road, Lincoln. Her husband is listed as ‘Bakery Manger – Director’. Daisy and her sons, Stuart and Donald, are unlisted. Irene Sewell (b. 1922) is listed as ‘Paid Domestic’. There is a closed record. 

d.         27 May 1986, Sudbury

WHITTON, Daisy Mary of Lavenham Hall, Lavenham, Suffolk died 27 May 1986. Probate Ipswich 19 February £388,169