Lydia Oliver

Lydia Mary Oliver 

Born: 15 November 1860, Basford 

Baptised: 16 December 1860, Ruddington 

Father: Thomas Oliver (b. 1830)

Mother: Elizabeth Oliver (b. 1828)

Brothers: John Oliver (b. 1859), Thomas Oliver (b. 1864), Charles William Oliver (b. 1866), Alfred S Oliver (b. 1868)

Sisters: Sarah Oliver (b. 1853), Elizabeth Oliver (b. 1856)

Marriage:        20 December 1888, Wigan 

Husband:         William Henry Stansfield

                        b.  1865

                        His sister is Mary Ann Stansfield (b. 1868) [LDTC 1889]

                        Certificated Schoolmaster

Issue – 

#1 Hilda Mary Stansfield (b. 1891)

#2 Francis Oliver Stansfield (b. 1895)

In 1861 – 

She is at 12 High Street, Ruddington. Her father is listed as ‘Builder and Bricklayer’. Lydia, her mother and siblings (Sarah, Elizabeth and John) are unlisted.

In 1871 – 

She is at Little Town, Ruddington. Her father is listed as ‘Bricklayer’. Her sister, Elizabeth, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Lydia, her mother and siblings (Sarah, John, Thomas, Charles and Alfred) are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at St Mary’s Street, Warrington. Her husband is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmaster’. Lydia and her daughter, Hilda, is unlisted. There is a servant, Margaret Bailey (b. 1863).

In 10/99 – 

Address is The Fairfield School, Warrington. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 2 Sailsbury Street, Warrington. Her husband is listed as ‘Head Schoolmaster’. Lydia is listed as ‘Head Schoolmistress’. Her children, Hilda and Francis, are unlisted. There is a servant, Margaret Bailey (b. 1863).

In 1911 – 

She is at 26 Salisbury Street, Warrington. Lydia and her husband are listed as ‘Head Teacher of Primary School’. Her daughter, Hilda, is listed as ‘University Student’. Her sister, Sarah, is listed as ‘Private Means’. Edith Brookes (b. 1866), a boarder, is listed as ‘Certificated Assistant Teacher Primary School’. There are two servants, Margaret Brookes (b. 1863) and Mary Ellen Tickle (b. 1894).

In 1921 – 

She is at 26, Salisbury Street, Warrington. Lydia and her husband are listed as ‘head Teacher Public Elementary School’. Her son, Francis, is listed as ‘Solicitor’. There is a boarder, Edith Brookes (b. 1866), listed as ‘Class Teacher in Public Elementary School’. There is a servant, Margaret Bailey (b. 1863). 

In 1939 – 

She is at 26 Salisbury Street, Warrington. Lydia is listed as a widow. Lydia, Mary Stansfield (b. 1868) and Margaret Bailey (b. 1863) are listed as ‘Schoolmistress Retired’. Martha Phoenix (b. 1889) is a widowed ‘Housekeeper’. There is a closed record.

d.         23 May 1942, Warrington 

STANSFIELD, Lydia Mary of Sunnymede, 26 Salisbury Street, Warrington, widow died 23 May 1942. Probate Llandudno 20 July to Francis Oliver Stansfield, solicitor. Effects £1441, 11s, 9d