Emily Hooton

Emily Harriet Hooton 

Born: 22 March 1868, Glanford Brigg  

Baptised: 3 May 1868, Scawby 

Father: George Hooton (b. 1826) 

Mother: Frances Hooton (b. 1829) 

Brothers: Frederick Hooton (b. 1857), Walter Hooton (b. 1861)

Sisters: Florence Hooton (b. 1859)

1st Marriage:   20 August 1894, Scawby 

1st Husband:    Arthur Kelly

                        b. 1869

                        Fraction Engine Driver 

                        d. 13 May 1901

Issue – 

#1 Francis Arthur Kelly (b. 1896)

#2 Marjorie Florence Kelly (b. 1900)

2nd Marriage:  1904, Retford 

2nd Husband:   George Edward Roberts 

                        b. 11 February 1876

                        Steel Foundry Manager 

In 1871 – 

She is at Grocers Shop, Scawby. Her father is listed as ‘Grocer and Watchmaker’. Her brother, Fred, is listed as ‘Servant’. Emily, her mother and siblings (Florence and Walter) are unlisted. 

In 1881 – 

She is at Scawby, Lincolnshire. Her father is listed as ‘Grocer’. Her brother, Frederick, is listed as ‘Carpenter’. Emily and her mother are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Main Street, West Drayton, East Retford as a boarder. Joseph Headland (b. 1863) is listed as ‘Farmer’. His wife, Sarah Headland (b. 1858), and children (Lucy, Joseph and George) are unlisted. Emily is listed as boarder and ‘Schoolmistress’. There is a servant, Emma Browner (b. 1876). 

In 1901 – 

She is at Haughton School, West Drayton. Her husband is listed as ‘Fraction Engine Driver’. Emily and Lucy Richardson (b. 1874), a boarder, are listed as ‘Teacher Elementary’. Her children, Francis and Marjorie, are unlisted. There is a servant, Hannah Poet (b. 1874). 

In 10/01 – 

Address is Houghton School, Elkesley, Retford. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 306 Manchester Road, Warrington. Her husband is listed as ‘Steel Foundry Manager’. Emily and her daughter, Marjorie, are unlisted. There is a servant, Edith Dora Beech (b. 1894). 

In 1921 – 

She is at 149 Sharrow Vale Road, Sheffield. Her husband is listed as ‘Foreman Steel Melter’. Emily and a visitor, Priscilla H Trafford (b. 1882), are unlisted. Her daughter, Marjorie, is listed as ‘Short Hand Typist’. 

In 1939 –

She is at 149 Sharrow Vale Road, Sheffield. Her husband is listed as ‘Foreman Melting Deputy Steel’. Emily is unlisted. 

d.         10 January 1940, Sheffield

ROBERTS, Emily Harriet of 149 Sharrow Vale Road, Sheffield (wife of George Edward Roberts) died 10 January 1940. Administration Wakefield 8 April to the said George Edward Roberts, foreman steel smelter. Effects £299, 5s, 8d.