Laura Castle

Laura Mary Castle 

Born: 1864, Grantham 

Father: Jesse Castle (b. 1826)

Mother: Mary Castle (b. 1827)

Brothers: Alfred Castle (b. 1862), George Castle (b. 1866), Harry Gilbert Castle (b. 1870)

Half-brothers: Arthur Henry Castle (b. 1853), Charles E Castle (b. 1855)

Sisters: Rose Castle (b. 1867), Eleanor Castle (b. 1868) [LDTC 1889]

Half-sisters: Caroline Castle (b. 1847), Alice Castle (b. 1849), Jane Elizabeth Castle (b. 1859) [LDTC 1879]

Marriage:        3 September 1892, Newark on Trent

Husband:         Francis Robert White 

                        b. 1869

                        Schoolmaster

Issue – 

#1 Francis Reginald White (b. 1894) (d. 1917)

#2 Leonard Walter White (b. 1896)

#3 Doris Enid White (b. 1900)

#4 Leslie George White (b. 1905)

In 1871 – 

She is at School Cottage, Grantham. Her father is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmaster’. Her sister, Caroline, is listed as ‘Domestic Assistant’. Her brothers, Arthur and Charles, are listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Laura, her mother, her siblings (Jane, Alfred, George, Rose, Eleanor and Harry) and two boarders, John Eads (b. 1858) and Frederick Eads (b. 1860), are unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at School House, Village Street, Grantham. Her father is listed as ‘Elementary Schoolmaster’. Laura is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her brother, George, is listed as ‘Apprentice to Architect’. Her mother and sisters, Caroline and Eleanor, are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at School House, Portland Street, Newark upon Trent. Laura is listed as ‘Elementary School Mistress’.

In 10/00 – 

Address is Schoolhouse, Luton, near Chatham. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Rainham Road, Chatham, Medway Kent. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Elementary’. Laura and her children (Francis, Leonard and Doris) are unlisted. There is a servant, Caroline Mary Sutton (b. 1886). 

In 1911 – 

She is at 20 Rainham Road, Chatham. Her husband is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Laura and her children (Francis, Leonard, Doris and Leslie) are unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 8 End Street, Herne Bay. Laura and her son, Leslie, are unlisted. Her son, Leonard, is listed as ‘Agricultural Science Student’. 

d.         1930, Medway