Eleanor Castle

Eleanor Castle 

Born: 23 August 1868, 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: Laura Mary Castle (b. 1864) [LDTC 1885], Rose Castle (b. 1867)

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

Marriage:        12 August 1895, Kenilworth

Husband:         Arthur Frederick Yates

                        b. 1869

                        Life Insurance Superintendent 

                        d. 12 July 1898 

Issue –                       

#1 Dorothy Muriel Yates (b. 23 November 1896)

In 1871 – 

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

In 1881 – 

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

In 1901 – 

She is at 4 Dale Street, Rugby. Eleanor is listed as widow and ‘Certificated Teacher’. Her daughter, Dorothy, is unlisted. There is a boarder, Matilda Smith (b 1880), listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. There is a servant, Sarah O Whitehouse (b. 1888). 

In 10/01 – 

Address is Dale Street, Rugby.

In 1911 – 

She is at 40 York Street, Rugby. Her father is listed as widower and ‘Retired Schoolmaster’. Eleanor is listed as widow and ‘Schoolmistress’. Her daughter, Dorothy, is unlisted. There is a servant, Edith Emily Boswell (b. 1880). 

In 1921 – 

She is at 61 Lawford Road, Rugby. Eleanor is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Her daughter, Dorothy, is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. 

In 1939 –

She is at 44 Arthur Street, Loughborough. Her son-in-law, Ernest Foxon (b. 1896), is listed as ‘Assistant Schoolmaster’. Her daughter, Dorothy, and her grandson, David Foxon (b. 19 September 1923), are unlisted. Eleanor is an unlisted widow.

d.         6 January 1949, Loughborough 

YATES, Eleanor of 44 Arthur Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire widow died 6 January 1949. Probate Leicester 8 March to Dorothy Muriel Foxon (wife of Ernest Foxon). Effects £1098, 11s, 2d.