Mary Grundy

Mary Jane Grundy 

Born: 25 October 1857, Lincoln 

Baptised: 29 November 1857, Lincoln 

Father: William Grundy (b. 1817) 

Mother: Sarah Grundy (b. 1816)

Brothers: John Grundy (b. 1841), George Grundy (b. 1848), William Grundy (b. 1853)

Sisters: Emma Grundy (b. 1846), Sarah Ann Grundy (b. 1850), Susan Grundy (b. 1855) 

In 1861 – 

She is at 11 Lark Lane, Lincoln. Her father and brother, George, are listed as ‘Agricultural Labourer’. Her brother, John, is listed as ‘Miller’. Her sister, Emma, is listed as ‘Servant’. Mary, her mother and siblings (Sarah, William, Susan and Emma) are unlisted.

In 1871 – 

She is at Newport, Lincoln. Her father and brother, John, are listed as ‘Agricultural Labourer’. Her mother, sister, Sarah, and her nephew, Walter Grundy (b. 1867), are unlisted. Mary and her siblings (William and Susan) are listed as ‘Teacher at Diocesan School’. 

In 1881 – 

She is at 61 Newport, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Labourer’. Her brother, John, is listed as ‘Grocer’. Mary is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmistress’. Her nephew, Walter Grundy (b. 1867), is listed as ‘Errand Boy’. Her mother, sister, Sarah, and niece, Alice Grundy (b. 1876), are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Newport, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Agricultual Labourer Retired’. Mary is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmistress’. Her sister, Sarah, is listed as ‘Laundress’. Her nephew, Walter Grundy (b. 1867), is listed as ‘Shaper Machinery’. Her mother is unlisted.

In 10/98 – 

Address is Eastgate Infant School, Lincoln. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 163 Newport, Lincoln. Her mother is an unlisted widow. Her sister, Sarah, is unlisted. Mary is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 68 Newport, Lincoln. Her sister, Sarah, is unlisted. Mary is listed as ‘Elementary School Mistress’. Her nephew, Frank Grundy (b. 1896), is listed as ‘Apprentice Joiner’. Richard Rollinson (b. 1846), a lodger, is listed as ‘Gardener Labourer’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 68 Newport, Lincoln. Mary is listed as ‘Elementary School Mistress Retired’. There is an unlisted boarder, Richard Rollinson (b. 1845). 

d.         7 February 1939, Lincoln 

GRUNDY, Mary Jane of 90 Yarborough Road, Lincoln, spinster died 07 February 1939. Probate Lincoln 02 September to Elsie Saunders (wife of Harry Saunders) and the said Harry Saunders, tailor. Effects £1565, 2s, 9d.