Helen Edmeston

Helen Edmeston 

Born: 19 February 1870

Baptised: 29 December 1898, Manchester

Father: Charles Edmeston (b. 1847)

Mother: Mary A Edmeston (b. 1845)

Brothers: Archibald Edmeston (b. 1876), Charles Edmeston (b. 1878)

Sisters: Esther Edmeston (b. 1872), Ada Edmeston (b. 1874), Ruth Edmeston (b. 1881)

Uncle: Alfred Edmeston (b. 1852) dies 14 June 1937 with effects of £214, 394 and gifts Helen around a 1/3 of the estate

In 1871 – 

She is at Eglemont Terrace, Broughton, Salford. Her grandfather, Archibald Edmeston (b. 1808), is listed as ‘Machine Maker’. Her grandmother, Hannah Edmeston (b. 1812), is unlisted. Her aunt, Mary Edmeston (b. 1838), is listed as ‘Teacher of Music’.Her father is listed as ‘Manager to Machine Maker’. Helen and her mother are unlisted. Her uncle, Alfred Edmeston (b. 1852), is listed as ‘Apprentice to Machine Maker’. Her aunt, Helen Edmeston (b. 1853), is listed as ‘Teacher of Music and Drawing’. There is a servant, Ellen Prince (b. 1845).

In 1881 – 

She is at 10 Grecian Street, Broughton. Her father is listed as ‘Millwright and Engineers Manager Employing 60 Hands’. Helen, her mother and siblings (Esther, Ada, Archibald, Charles and Ruth) are unlisted. Her aunt, Hannah Gladwin (b. 1854), is listed as ‘Assistant Housekeeper’.

In 1891 – 

She is at Newport, Lincoln as a boarder. Mary C Brown (b. 1834) is listed as ‘Living on her Own Means’. Louisa Wright (b. 1869) and Helen are listed as boarders and ‘Teacher Elementary’. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Penrhyn Cottage, Hackney Lane End, Darley as a boarder. Elizabeth Jones (b. 1847) is listed as ‘Living on Own Means’. Margaret Jones (b. 1883) is listed as ‘Pupil teacher’. Lizzie Jane Williams (b. 1880) is listed as ‘General Servant’. Helen is listed as boarder and ‘Head Mistress Public Elementary School’. Edith Stone Beatrice Pratt (b. 1870) is listed as ‘Living on Own Means’. Ellen Violet Pratt (b. 1894) is unlisted. Susanna Burnett Bellamy (b. 1857) is listed as ‘Lady’s Maid’. 

In 04/02 – 

Address is Stafford House, Ellesmere Park, Eccles. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Claremont Park, Imperial Hydro Hotel. Helen, her father and her brother, Charles, are visitors at the hotel.

In 1921 – 

She is at The Croft, Brackley Avenue, Colwyn Bay. Her brother-in-law, James Robinson (b. 1868), is listed as ‘Director and Head of Textile Dept Warehouse Engineering Works’. Helen, her sister, now Ruth Robinson, and her sisters children (Phyllis Robinson (b. 1908), Helen Ruth Robinson (b. 1910), Kathleen Marion Robinson (b. 1911), Edith Ivan Robinson (b. 1915), James Clifton Edmeston Robinson (b. 1917)) are unlisted. There are four servnats, Sarah Fitchett (b. 1872), Margaret Anne Owen (b. 1895), Grace Pritchard (b. 1905) and Margaret Alice Potter (b. 1902). 

In 1927 – 

On 14th December 1927 she leaves for Natal in 1st Class. 

In 1928 – 

On 7th December 1928 she leaves for Cape Town.

In 1929 – 

On 20th December 1929 she leaves for Cape Town in 1st Class. 

In 1931 – 

On 20th January 1931 she leaves for Cape Town in 1st Class. 

In 1932 – 

On 20th January 1932 she leaves for Colombo in 1st Class. 

In 1933 – 

On 25th February 1933 she leaves for Rio de Janeiro in 1st Class. 

In 1934 – 

On 15th March 1934 she leaves for Bermuda in 1st Class. 

In 1935 – 

On 2nd March 1935 she leaves for Egypt in 1st Class. 

In 1936 – 

On 24th July 1936 she leaves for Quebec in 1st Class. 

d.         3 February 1939, Colwyn Bay

EDMESTON, Helen of The Croft, Brackley Avenue, Colwyn Bay, Denbigshire, spinster died 03 February 1939. Probate London 6 June to National Provincial Bank Limited. Effects £26, 430, 10s, 9d.