Bertha Wright

Bertha Maria Wright 

Born: 18 March 1855, Flegg 

Father: William Wright (b. 1832)

Mother: Sarah Wright (b. 1839)

Marriage:        24 February 1880, Burgh, Norwich 

Husband:         George Crapper 

                        b. 1855

                        Wholesale Manager

Issue – 

#1 Bertha Crapper (b. 1883) (d. 1913)

#2 Edith Bertha Crapper (b. 27 March 1892)

In 1861 – 

She is at Town Road, Fleggburgh, Norwich. Her father is listed as ‘Shoemaker’. Bertha and her mother are unlisted. There is a lodger, Daniel Sewell (b. 1846), listed as ‘Apprentice’. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Burgh, Norfolk. Her father is listed as ‘Shoe Maker Employs 3 Men’. Bertha and her mother are unlisted.  

In 1891 – 

She is at Gorst Road, Battersea. Her husband is listed as ‘Brass Founders Manager’. Bertha and her daughter, Bertha, are unlisted. There is a servant, Elizabeth Shipp (b. 1867). 

In 10/98 – 

Address is 19 Gorst Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W.

In 1901 – 

She is at 19 Gorst Road, Battersea. Her husband is listed as ‘Manager Wholesale Sanitary Works’. Bertha and her daughters, Bertha and Edith, are unlisted. There is a servant, Georgina C Rogers (b. 1880). 

In 1911 – 

She is at 19 Gorst Road, Battersea. Her husband is listed as ‘Sanitary Engineer and Beer Caters Merchants’. Bertha and her daughters, Bertha and Edith, are unlisted.

In 04/13 – 

Her daughter Bertha dies on 25.01.13 at 27 Bolingbroke Grove, Wandsworth Common, S.W.

In 1921 – 

She is at 27 Bolingbroke Grove, Battersea. Bertha is unlisted. Her daughter, Edith, is listed as ‘Artist’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 11 Sandford View, Lynch. Bertha is listed as ‘Private Means’. Her daughter, Edith, is listed as ‘Artist Part Time Art Mistress’. Edward Hewitt (b. 1908) is listed as ‘Chauffer Gardener’. Marjorie Hewitt (b. 1906) is unlisted.

d.         27 October 1943, Battersea 

CRAPPER, Bertha Maria of 27 Bolingbroke Grove, Wandsworth Common, London SW11 widow died 27 October 1943 at Bolingbroke Hospital, London, SW11. Probate Llandudno 31 March to Edith Bertha Crapper, spinster. Effects £566, 11s, 6d.