Mary Jarvis

Mary Jarvis 

Born: 6 February 1851, Spalding  

Baptised: 28 February 1851, Spalding

Mother: Hannah Jarvis (b. 1825)

Father: Thomas Jarvis (b. 1827)

Brothers: Thomas Jarvis (b. 1859), Henry Jarvis (b. 1860)

Sisters: Maria Jarvis (b. 1852)

Niece: Hilda Morton Seymour (b. 1883) [LDTC 1905]

In 1851 – 

She is at Bourn Road, Spalding. Her father is listed as ‘Carpenter’. Mary and her mother are unlisted. 

In 1861 – 

She is at High Street, Spalding. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Dressmaker’. Mary and her brothers, Thomas and Henry, are unlisted. There is a servant, Millicent Pitts, (b. 1844). 

In 1871 – 

She is at LDTC as a ‘Student’. 

In 1881 – 

She is 3 River Terrace, St Neots, Huntingdonshire. The head of the house, Mary A Belcher (b. 1832), is listed as ‘Housekeeper (Lodging)’. Mary and Louisa Fisher (b. 1856) are listed as ‘Boarder’ and ‘Certificated Teacher’. Mary A Bennett (b. 1864) is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Waverley Villas, St Thomas Road, Brentwood, Essex. The head of the house is, Louisa Jalliffe (b. 1855), listed as ‘Certificated Elementary Teacher’. Louisa’s mother, Grace Jalliffe (b. 1811), is listed as ‘Living on her Own Means’. Mary and Kate Bedwell (b. 1865) are listed as ‘Boarder’ and ‘Certificated Elementary Teacher’. Marguerite Sewell (b. 1872) is listed as ‘Boarder’ and ‘Ex Pupil Teacher’. Kate Hoptroff (b. 1874) and Catherine Hill (b. 1875) are listed as ‘Boarder’ and ‘Pupil Teacher’. Lilian Hoptroff (b. 1877) is listed as ‘Boarder’ and ‘Monitress’. There is a servant, Ellen Cross (b. 1875). 

In 04/97 – 

Address is Bleak House, Brentwood.

In 1901 – 

She is at Black House, Queens Road, Brentwood, Essex. The head of the house is, Louisa Jolliffe (b. 1855), listed as ‘Head Certificated Teacher of Elementary National School’. Louisa’s mother, Grace Jalliffe (b. 1811), is listed as ‘Living on her Own Means’. Louisa’s niece, Grace J Jolliffe (b. 1876), is visiting. Mary is listed as ‘Boarder’ and ‘Head Certificated Teacher of Private School’. Catherine Hill (b. 1875), Charlotte Nettlingham (b. 1866), Julia E Searle (b. 1876) and Jessie B Larkin (b. 1880) are listed as ‘Boarders’ and ‘Assistant Mistresses in Elementary National Schools’. Fanny Kendall (b. 1862) is listed as ‘Head Certificated Teacher of Elementary National School’. There is also a servant, Agnes Eckett (b. 1884).

In 1911 –

She is at 17 Dyers Almshouses, Islington. She is listed as ‘Almswoman of Dyers Company’ and ‘Retired Schoolmistress’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 17 Dyers Buildings, Islington. Mary is listed as ‘Almsperson at Dyers Company’. 

In 1939 –

She is at 58 Riggindale Road, Wandsworth, London. She is listed as ‘School Mistress Retired’. 

d.         1942, Wandsworth