Agnes Braden

Agnes Julia Braden

Born: 1863, Newington 

Father: Alexander Edwin Braden (b. 1833)

Mother: Julia Gertrude Braden (b. 1835)

Brothers: Arthur E Braden (b. 1850)

Sisters: Mary Frances Braden (b. 1858) [LDTC 1879], Laura Winifred Braden (b. 1867)

Marriage:        1911, Chichester 

Husband:         Herbert Douglas Kerr

                        b. 1870 

                        Journalist

In 1881 – 

She is at 16 Dryden Street, Nottingham. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Cashier Bookeeper’. Her brother, Arthur, is listed as ‘Foreign Correspondent’. Agnes is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher Government School’. Her sister, Laura, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher Private School’. There is a servant, Elizabeth Thorpe (b. 1861).

In 1891 – 

She is at Little London Street, Chichester. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Living on Her Own Means’. Agnes is listed as ‘National School Teacher’. Her nephew, Will Humphrey (b. 1888), is unlisted.

In 1911 – 

She is at 55 West Gate, Chichester. Agnes is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Her sister, Laura, is listed as ‘Post Office Pensioner – Typist’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 16 Westgate, Chichester. Her husband is listed as ‘Accountant without Diploma’. Agnes is listed as ‘Teacher’.

d.         24 February 1947, Chichester 

KERR, Agnes Julia of 16 Westgate, Chichester (wife of Herbert Douglas Kerr) died 24 February 1947 at St. Richards Hospital, Chichester. Administration Winchester, 6 June to the said Herbert Douglas Kerr, retired journalist. Effects £457, 17s, 8d.