Ada Palin

Ada Palin 

Born: 1860, Southwell

Baptised: 3 June 1860, Thurgarton 

Father: William Palin (b. 1824)

Mother: Ann Palin (b. 1825)

Sisters: Charlotte Palin (b. 1855), Jane Palin (b. 1858)

Marriage:        1 December 1887, Thurgarton 

Husband:         Walter Fryer 

                        b. 1861 

                        Master of Workhouse 

Issue – 

#1 Harold Fryer (b. 1889)

#2 Gladys Palin Fryer (b. 1894)

In 1861 – 

She is at Thurgarton Hill, Southwell. Her father is listed as ‘Corwainer’. Ada, her mother and sisters, Charlotte and Jane, are unlisted. Isaac Jenkinson (b. 1833), a boarder, is listed as ‘Bootmaker’. Thomas Clark (b. 1845) is listed as ‘Apprentice’. 

In 1881 – 

She is at LDTC as a student. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Southwell Union Workhouse. Her husband is listed as ‘Master of Workhouse’. Ada is listed as ‘Mistress of Workhouse’. Her son, Harold, is unlisted.

In 10/99 – 

Address is Union House, Loughborough. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Loughborough, Leicester. Her husband is listed as ‘Workhouse Master’. Ada is listed as ‘Workhouse Matron’. Her children, Harold and Gladys, are unlisted.

In 1911 – 

She is at Union Workhouse with Casual Ward at Oxford Road, Reading. Her husband is listed as ‘Workhouse Master’. Ada is listed as ‘Workhouse Matron’. Her daughter, Gladys, is unlisted.

In 1921 –

She is at Woodcote Redhill, Southampton. Her husband is listed as ‘Master of Guardian Institutions Retired’. Ada is listed as ‘Matron of Guardian Institutions Retired’.

d.         1 July 1932, Southampton 

FRYER, Ada of Woodcote, 3 Red Hill, Bassett, Southampton (wife of Walter Fryer) died 01 July 1932. Administration Winchester 9 January to the said Walter Fryer, retired master of poor law institution. Effects £34, 7s.