Mildred Sykes

Mildred Helen Sykes 

Born: 21 May 1898, Grantham

Father: Edgar Sykes (b. 1857)

Mother: Emily Frances Sykes (b. 1888)

Sisters: Emily Florence Sykes (b. 1888), Beatrice Alice Sykes (b. 1890), Winifred Edith Sykes (b. 1897)

Marriage:        1925, Grantham

Husband:         Howard Clayton Cooper

                        b. 10 June 1897

                        Newsagent & Stationer (Shop Keeper) 

Issue – 

#1 Male Cooper 

In 1901 – 

She is at The School, Lenton Road, Ingoldsby. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Board School’. Her mother is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher School’. Mildred, her mother and siblings, Emily, Beatrice and Winifred, are unlisted. There is a servant, Charlotte Barkes (b. 1885). 

In 1911 –  

She is at The School, Lenton Road, Ingoldsby. Her father is listed as ‘Elementary Schoolmaster’. Her mother and sister, Beatrice, are listed as ‘Elementary Assistant Mistress’. Her sister, Emily, is listed as ‘Daily Governess’. Mildred and her sister, Winifred, are unlisted. 

In 10/17 – 

At Billingborough Council.

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. 1916, Distinction in Maths..

In 05/20 –

Appointed to Hallam Fields C. of E., Ilkeston.

In 1921 – 

She is at 39 Little Hallam Lane, Ilkeston as a boarder. The head of the household, Charles Victor Moore (b. 1889), is listed as ‘Wages Clerk’. His wife, Margaret Ellen Moore (b. 1886), is unlisted. Charles’ sister, Vera Alice Moore (b. 1900), is listed as ‘Shop Assistant’. Mildred is listed as a boarder and ‘School Teacher’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 135 Bath Street, Ilkeston. Howard is listed as ‘Newsagent & Stationer (Shop Keeper)’. Mildred is listed as ‘Assist Husband’. Dorothy A Kingsbury (b. 1918) is listed as ‘Housekeeper to Above’. There is a closed record. 

d.         1994, Ilkeston