Edith Beecroft

Edith Beecroft 

Born: 1862, Basford 

Baptised: 22 June 1862, Ruddington 

Father: George Beecroft (b. 1824)

Mother: Sarah Beecroft (b. 1823)

Brothers: George Beecroft (b. 1853), Thomas Sadler Beecroft (b. 1861)

Sisters: Elizabeth Beecroft (b. 1851)

Marriage:        17 September 1889, Ruddington 

Husband:         Joseph Parker

                        b. 1862

                        Bookseller

In 1871 – 

She is at The Grange, Ruddington. Her father is listed as ‘Farm Labourer’. Edith, her mother and siblings (Elizabeth, George and Thomas) are unlisted.

In 1881 –

She is at Grange Farm, Ruddington. Her father is listed as ‘Farmer of 99 Acres Employing 2 Labourers and 2 Boys’. Edith is listed as ‘Teacher School’. Her mother is unlisted. Her brother, Thomas, is listed as ‘Farmers Boy’. There is a servant, Sarah Smithson (b. 1865). There are two farm servants, Ebenezer Clayton (b. 1860) and William Leeson (b. 1864). Her nephews, George Ernest Harpham (b. 1874) and Alfred Harpham (b. 1875), are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Sherwood Street, Nottingham. Her husband is listed as ‘Booksellers Assistant’. Edith is unlisted.

In 04/00 – 

Address is Educational Depot , Wheelergate, Nottingham. 

In 1901 –

She is at 39 Dryden Street, Nottingham. Her husband is listed as ‘Bookseller’. Edith is unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Manor Park, Ruddington. Her husband is listed as ‘Scholastic Stationer’. Edith and her nephew, George Beecroft (b. 1906), are unlisted. There is a servant, Sarah Ann Simpson (b. 1891). 

In 1921 – 

She is at Elmsdale, Avenue Road, Devon. Her husband is listed as ‘Book Seller Retired’. Edith and her niece, Ida Kate Hill (b. 1900), are unlisted.

d.         22 August 1926, Newton Abbott 

PARKER, Edith of Monksilver, Carey Crescent, Torquay (wife of Joseph Parker) died 22 August 1926. Probate Nottingham 21 September to the said Joseph Parker, retired bookseller. Effects £2055, 13s, 8d.