Elizabeth Pickering

Elizabeth Estill Pickering 

Born: 19 March 1897, Whitby

Father: Gowan Pickering (b. 1866)

Mother: Tamar Margaret Pickering (b. 1864)

Brothers: Reginald Pickering (b. 1891), John Clark Pickering (b. 1892), Ernest Harry Pickering (b. 1893), Gowan Pickering (b. 1894), Alfred Harold Pickering (b. 1900)

Sisters: Ethel Jane Pickering (b. 1898) 

In 1901 – 

She is at Brow Slide, Robin Hood’s Bay. Her father is listed as ‘Farm Labourer (General)’. Elizabeth, her mother and siblings (Reginald, John, Gowan, Ethel and Alfred) are unlisted. 

In 1911 –  

She is at Thorney Brow, Robin Hood’s Bay. Her paternal grandmother, Jane Pickering (b. 1832), is listed as widow and ‘Farmer’. Her aunt, Margaret Jane Newton (b. 1864), is listed as ‘Farmer’s Daughter Dairy Work’. Her uncle-in-law, Henry Newton (b. 1869), is listed as ‘Butcher’. Her brother, Reginald, is listed as ‘Waggoner on Farm’. Her brother, Ernest, is listed as ‘Cattle man on Farm’, Elizabeth is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Her siblings, Ethel and Alfred, are unlisted. There is a servant, Mary Ann Overfield (b. 1891). 

In 10/17 – 

At Thorpe C. of E., Robin Hood's Bay Wesleyan and Gt. Smeaton Council.

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. 1916.

In 05/20 –

Appointed to Loftus Carlin How Council, North Riding. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Hugh Hawsker, Whitby. Her paternal grandmother, Jane Pickering (b. 1832), is listed as widow and ‘Farming Retired’. Her uncle-in-law, Henry Newton (b. 1869), is listed as ‘Butchering & Farming’. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Teacher’. Her sister, Ethel, is unlisted. Her brother, Ernest, is listed as ‘Skinningrove Iron Company Steel Works’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at Gleneag Redcliffe Street, Sutton in Ashfield. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Teacher’. Lena Atkinson (b. 1912) is listed as ‘Paid Housekeeper’. 

d.         1970, Mansfield

PICKERING, Elizabeth Estill of 76 Redcliffe Street, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire died 16 April 1970. Probate Nottingham 26 May £3909