Helen (o/w Ellen) Crowther

Helen (o/w Ellen) Crowther 

Born: 24 September 1854, Huddersfield 

Father: Robert Crowther   

Mother: Mary Crowther 

Marriage:        13 November 1880, Sowerby 

Husband:         Joel Ralphs

                        b. 1854 

                        Schoolmaster  

Issue – 

#1 Frank Gerald Ralphs (b. 1881)

#2 Mabel Helen Ralphs (b. 1882)

#3 Walter Joel Ralphs (b. 1884)

#4 Dorothy Mary Ralphs (b. 1886)

In 1891 – 

She is at Higher King Street, Dukinfield. Her husband is listed as ‘Elementary Schoolmaster’. Helen and her children (Frank, Mabel, Walter and Dorothy) are unlisted. There is a servant, Eliza Walker (b. 1872).

In 04/98 – 

Address is Blenheim Place, Dukinfield, Cheshire. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 181 King Street, Dukinfield. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Her son, Frank, is listed as ‘Medical Student’. Her daughter, Mabel, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her son, Walter, is listed as ‘Bank Clerk’. Helen and her daughter, Dorothy, are unlisted.

In 1911 – 

She is at 181 King Street, Dunkinfield. Her husband is listed as ‘Headmaster St. Marks School’. Helen, her daughter, Mabel, and her sister-in-law, Lavinia Ralphs (b. 1863) are unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 4 Lingan Avenue, Sale. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Retired’. Helen and her daughter, Dorothy, are unlisted. There is a servant, Agnes Corr (b. 1898).

In 1939 – 

She is at The Lakes Boyd’s Walk, Dukinfield. Helen is a widow and unlisted. Her daughter, Dorothy, is unlisted. Her son, Frank, is listed as ‘Consulting Surgeon HM Coroner’.  There are two servants: Clarice Micklethwaite (b. 1819) and May Bailey (b. 1894). 

In 00/42 – 

Death recorded as 07.07.1941 at Duckinfield, Cheshire. 

d.         7 July 1941, Cheshire 

RALPHS, Helen of The Lakes, Dukinfield, Cheshire, widow died 7 July 1941. Probate Llandudno 14 November to Dorothy Mary Ralphs, spinster. Effects £1110, 6s, 5d.