Fanny Wye

Fanny Wye 

Born: 9 September 1850, Peterborough 

Father: Robert Wye (b. 1818)

Mother: Elizabeth Wye (b. 1814)

Brothers: George Wye (b. 1841), Robert Wye (b. 1847)

In 1851 – 

She is at Werrington, Peterborough. Her father is listed as ‘Boot and Shoemaker’. Fanny, her mother and brothers, George and Robert, are unlisted. Joseph Wade (b. 1835), an apprentice is also present. 

In 1861 – 

She is at Town Street, Werrington, Peterborough. Her father is listed as ‘Shoemaker 1 Man & 1 Boy’. Fanny and her mother are unlisted. Her brother, George, is listed as ‘Shoemaker’. Her brother, Robert, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’.

In 1871 – 

She is at LDTC as ‘student’. 

In 1881 – 

She is at Patrixbourne, Bridge, Kent. Her brother, Robert, listed as ‘Certified Schoolmaster’. Her sister-in-law, Susan Emily Wye (b. 1845), and her nieces, Ethel Emmelina (b. 1873) and Gertrude Fanny (b. 1875), is unlisted. Fanny is listed as ‘Certified Schoolmistress’. There is a visitor, Mary Anne Ellis (b. 1833), a ‘Certified Schoolmistress’. There is a servant, Jane Murphy (b. 1865). 

In 1891 – 

She is at School House, Patrixbourne, Bridge, Kent. She is with her brother, Robert, listed as ‘Certified Schoolmaster’. Her sister-in-law, Susan Emily Wye (b. 1845), is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her niece, Ethel Emmelina (b. 1873), is listed as ‘Assistant Schoolmistress’. Her nieces/nephews, Gertrude Fanny (b. 1875), Reginald (b. 1883), Bertram (b. 1884) and Constance (b. 1890) are unlisted. Fanny is listed as ‘Certified Schoolmistress’. There is a servant, Ellen Patterson (b. 1872). 

In 04/97 – 

Address is School House, Shepton, Mallet.

In 1901 –

She is at 3 High Street, Portland Terrace, Kent. Her brother, Robert, is listed as ‘Ex Schoolmaster now Collector of Taxes’. Her sister-in-law, Susan, and her niece, Constance, are unlisted. Her nephew, Bertram, is listed as ‘student’. Fanny is listed as ‘Certified School Mistress’. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Weston Villas, Bridge, Kent. Her brother, Robert, is listed as ‘Ex Head Teacher – Assistant Overseer’. Her sister-in-law, Susan, is listed as ‘Head Teacher Pensioned’. Fanny is listed as ‘Head Teacher Infants’. There is a servant, Dorothy Minnie Fairbrass (b. 1893). 

In 1921 – 

She is at Western Villa, Bridge. Her brother, Robert, is listed as ‘Estate Office Clerk’. Fanny and her sister-in-law, Susan, are listed as ‘Ex Certificated Elementary Teacher’. Her niece, Constance, is listed as ‘Certificated Elementary Teacher (Head)’. Ethel Margaret Johnson (b. 1904) is listed as ‘Domestic Help’. There is a visitor, Harry Winch Jarvis (b. 1885), listed as ‘Miller and Corn Dealer’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at ‘The Mill House’ Bridge, Kent. Hr niece, Constance Jarvis, listed as ‘Husbands Secretary and Accountant’. Constance’s husband, Harry W Jarvis (b. 1885) is listed as ‘Miller and Corn Merchant, Hay and Straw Fodder’. Fanny is listed as ‘Schoolmistress Retired’.

d.         30 October 1944, Bridge, Kent.

WYE Fanny of 5 St. Augustine’s Road, Canterbury, spinster died 30 October 1944 at Hillview, Yorkletts, Whitstable, Kent. Probate Lewes 7 March to Constance Gwendolyn Jarvis (wife of Harry Winch Jarvis) and Gertrude Fanny Paren (wife of William Henry Paren). Effects £493, 14s, 7d.