Miriam Walbank (o/w Wallbank)

Miriam Walbank 

Born: 17 August 1855, Keighley 

Father: John Walbank (b. 1826)

Mother: Sarah Walbank (b. 1826)

Sisters: Sarah A Walbank (b. 1850)

Marriage:        4 August 1891, Mayfield 

Husband:         Arthur William Pickering

                        b.  1856 

                        Manager Hosiery Factory

Issue – 

#1 Sidney Walbank Pickering (b. 1893)

#2 Victor Arthur Pickering (b. 1896)

In 1861 – 

She is at 6 Edward Street, Bingley, Keighley. Miriam, her mother and sister, Sarah,are unlisted. Sarah Shackleton (b. 1786) is an unlisted boarder. Mary Wood (b. 1844), a boarder, is listed as ‘Worsted Weaver’. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Lodge Gates, Mayfield, Derbyshire. Her father is listed as ‘Engineer at Cotton Factory’. Her mother and her niece, Mary A Ellison (b. 1869), are unlisted. Miriam is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at The Lodge, South View, Mayfield. Her father is listed as ‘Head Engineer in Factory’. Miriam is listed as ‘Head Mistress in Board School’. Her mother, her sister, now Sarah Ellison, and her nephew, John E Ellison (b. 1878), are unlisted. 

In 10/98 – 

Address is 135 Park Road Loughborough. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 135 Park Road, Loughborough. Her husband is listed as ‘Manager Hosiery Factory’. Miriam and her sons (Sidney and Victor) are unlisted.

In 1911 – 

She is at 7 Launder Terrace, Grantham. Mary Alice Travis (b. 1856) [LDTC 1876] and Miriam are listed as ‘Elementary School Teachers’. Her son, Arthur, is listed as ‘Hardware Dealer’.

d.         7 September 1938, New South Wales, Australia