Bertha Woods

Bertha Woods 

Born: 20 July 1869, Holbeach 

Baptised: 14 March 1886, Holbeach

Father: Ephraim Woods (b. 1845)

Mother: Charlotte Woods (b. 1846)

Sisters: Ada Lucy Woods (b. 1871), Ethel Woods (b. 1873), Mabel Woods (b. 1874), Charlotte Agnes Woods (b. 1875), Ida Annie Woods (b. 1879)

Marriage:        26 September 1894, Bengal 

Husband:         George Reynolds Waite

                        b. 1868/1871

                        Armourer Sergeant 2/3 Royal D Fusiliers

                        d. 1931

Issue – 

#1 Ida Georgina Waite (b. 1895)

#2 Enid Waite (b. 7 May 1897) (d. 1907)

#3 Bertha Patricia Waite (b. 1904)

In 1871 – 

She is at Wash Way Road, Holbeach. Her father is listed as ‘Carpenter and Blacksmith Employs 1 Man & 1 Boy’. Bertha and her mother are unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at Washway Road, Holbeach. Her father is listed as ‘Carpenter’. Bertha, her mother and siblings (Ada, Ethel, Mabel, Charlotte and Ida) are unlisted. There is a servant, Harriet Oldfield (b. 1867).

In 1891 – 

She is at New London Road, Chelmsford as a boarder. Anna Bird (b. 1842) is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Bertha is listed as ‘Teacher’ and boarder. Laura Woods (b. 1874), Annie E Reid (b. 1876) and May Page (b. 1882) are unlisted boarders. There is a servant, Ellen Porter (b. 1872).

In 1901 – 

She is in Rathasker Road, Naas Urban, Kildare, Ireland. Bertha is listed as ‘Army Schoolmistress’. Her children, Ida and Enid, are unlisted. There is a housekeeper, Eva Coy (b. 1879).

In 04/02 – 

Address is Army Schoolmistress, 102nd R. Dublin Fusiliers, Naas, Ireland. 

A letter she wrote during her travels to Bombay Harbour is published.  

In 1911 – 

She is at 1 Lavington Villas, Cross Street, Farnborough as a boarder. Catherine Dilley (b. 1860) is unlisted. Mary Dilley (b. 1884) is listed as ‘Confectioners Shop Assistant’. Bertha is listed as boarder and ‘Army Schoolmistress’. Her daughters, Ida and Bertha, are unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 88 St. Michael’s Road, Aldershot. Bertha and her daughters, Ida and Bertha, are unlisted.

d.         12 April 1953, Sussex 

WAITE, Bertha of 34 Woodland Drive, Hove, Sussex widow died 12 April 1953. Probate Lewes 26 June to Ida Georgina North, married woman. Effects £497, 13s, 3d.