Martha Shotbolt

Martha Edith Shotbolt

Born: 27 May 1860, Ampthill

Baptised: 1 July 1860, Maulden 

Father: James Shotbolt (b. 1831)

Mother: Hannah Shotbolt (b. 1828)

Marriage:        30 October 1884, Cherry Burton 

Husband:         Albert Edward Dove

                        b. 1863

                        Schoolmaster

Issue – 

#1 Albert Henry Dove (b. 1886)

#2 Vincent Eustace James Dove (b. 1889)

#3 Vera Constance Dove (b. 28 February 1891)

#4 Irene Doris Dove (b. 4 June 1893)

In 1861 – 

She is at Limmersy Lane, Maulden. Her father is listed as ‘Agricultural Labourer’. Martha and her mother are unlisted. Susannah Day (b. 1790) is listed as ‘Retired Servant’.

In 1871 – 

She is at Clophill Road, Maulden.Her father is listed as ‘Agricultural Labourer’. Her mother is listed as ‘Plaiter’. Martha is unlisted.

In 1881 –

She is at Wing Road, Cublington. Aylesbury. Martha and her cousin, Clara Summerfield (b. 1864), are listed as ‘Certificated Teacher’.

In 1891 – 

She is at Cherry Burton, Beverley. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Martha and her children (Albert, Vincent and Vera) are unlisted.

In 10/99 – 

Address is Denton School, Grantham. 

In 1901 –

She is at School House, Denton. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Elementary School’. Martha is listed as ‘Schoolmistress Elementary School’. Her son, Albert, is listed as ‘Cadet on HMS Conway’. Rose E Sandy (b. 1872) is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher in Elementary School’. Her children (Vincent, Vera and Irene) are unlisted. There is a servant, Jane Baker (b. 1886). 

In 1911 –

She is at Denton, Grantham. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Mattha is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her son, Vincent, is listed as ‘Assistant Schoolmaster’. Her daughter, Irene, is unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at School House, Denton, Grantham. Martha and her husband are listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Her daughter, Irene, is unlisted. 

In 1939 –

She is at The Rectory, Fenstanton, Huntingdon. Her son-in-law, Percival Green (b. 1877), is listed as ‘Clergyman’. Her daughter, now Irene Green, her daughter, now Vera Rivett, and her granddaughter, Beryl Green (b. 1922), are unlisted. Martha is listed as widow and ‘Private Means’.  

d.         1940, Kent