Alice Thompson

Alice Thompson 

Born: 1861, Glanford Brigg 

Father: Edmund Thompson (b. 1824)

Mother: Frances Elizabeth Thompson (b. 1829) 

Brothers: Marten E Thompson (b. 1864), Thomas Thompson (b. 1869)

Sisters: Charlotte Thompson (b. 1852), Kate Thompson (b. 1855), Mary Elizabeth Thompson (b. 1858), Edith Thompson (b. 1860), Julie (Ada) Thompson (b. 1866) [LDTC 1886]

In 1871 – 

She is at Bigby Street, Brigg. Her father is listed as ‘School Master’. Alice, her mother and siblings (Charlotte, Kate, Mary, Edith, Marten, Julia and Thomas) are unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at LDTC as a Student. 

In 1891 – 

She is at The Street, Hepworth, Suffolk. Alice is listed as ‘School Mistress’. Her sister, Charlotte, is unlisted. There is a servant, Frances J Battrum (b. 1874).

In 04/00 – 

Address is School House, Hepworth, Diss. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Manor Road, Woodford St Mary, West Ham. Alice and her sister, Edith, are listed as ‘Head Schoolmistress’. Her sister, now Kate Howard, and her nephews, Cecil Howard (b. 1892) and Christian Howard (b. 1893), and her niece, Edith Howard (b. 1895), are unlisted. There is a boarder, Mary E Watson (b. 1877), listed as ‘Teacher in High School For Girls’. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Loxley Higham Road, Woodford Green. Alice and her sister, Edith, are listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Her sister, now Kate Howard, and her niece, Edith Howard (b. 1895), are unlisted. There is a servant, Kathleen Martin (b. 1897). 

In 1921 – 

She is at 5 Glebe Avenue, Woodford Green. Alice and her sister, Edith, are listed as ‘Head Teacher Girl’s Elementary School’. There is a servant, Edith Mary Patrick (b. 1895).

Nothing more definitive found.