Alice Spencer

Alice Spencer 

Born: 1863, Glanford Brigg

Father: Edward Spencer (b. 1812)

Mother: Elizabeth Spencer (b. 1818)

Brothers: James Catley Spencer (b. 1843), Robert Spencer (b. 1845), Edward Spencer (b. 1852)

Sisters: Mary Jane Spencer (b. 1846), Sarah Spencer (b. 1849), Harriet Spencer (b. 1848), Fanny Spencer (b. 1857), Elizabeth Spencer (b. 1860)

In 1881 – 

She is at Scwby, Glanford Brigg. Her father is listed as ‘Shoemaker (Tax Collector) Employing 2 Men’. Her mother and nephew, William Spencer (b. 1869), are unlisted. Her sister, Mary, is listed as ‘Grocer and Draper Assistant Out of Employment’. Her sister, Sarah, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her sister, Harriet, is listed as ‘Out of Employment Handmaid’. Her brother, Edward, is listed as ‘Shoemaker Parish Clerk’. Alice is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 1891 –

She is at Burngrave House, Clun Road, Brightside. John Trickett Hague (b. 1828) is listed as ‘Out Of Business’. His wife, daughter and granddaughter are unlisted. Alice and Christina Stewart (b. 1863) are listed as boarders and ‘School Mistress’. John T Meakin (b. 1871) is listed as boarder and ‘Clerk’. William Standley (b. 1869) is listed as boarder and ‘Die Sinker’. William Marriner (b. 1868) is listed as boarder and ‘Foreign Buyer’.

In 04/00 – 

Address is Crookesmoor Board School, Sheffield.                      

In 1901 – 

She is at 267 School Road, Sheffield. Alice is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her sister, Fanny, are unlisted. There is a servant, Ethel Mary Fox (b. 1885). 

In 1911 – 

She is at 18 Scott Road, Sheffield. Alice is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Her sisters, Fanny and Elizabeth, are unlisted. There is a servant, Clara Foulstone (b. 1894). 

In 1921 – 

She is at 18 Scott Road, Sheffield. Alice is listed as ‘Mistress of an Elementary School’. Her sister, Fanny, is unlisted. There is a servant, Elsie Bagshawe (b. 1904).

d.         30 November 1931, Wharfedale

SPENCER, Alice of 8 Brooklands Crescent, Fulwood, Sheffield spinster died 30 November 1931 at Scalebor Park, Burley in Wharfedale, Yorkshire. Probate London 5 January to Fanny Spencer, spinster. Effects £1,551, 8s.