Bertha Robertson

Bertha Robertson 

Born: 1872, Rochdale 

Father: William Robertson (b. 1835)

Mother: Elizabeth Robertson (b. 1841)

Brothers: Albert William Robertson (b. 1870)

Sisters: Maria Maud Robertson (b. 1876)

Marriage:        22 April 1905, Milnrow 

Husband:         Robert Hargreaves Entwistle

                        b. 1871

                        Schoolmaster Certificated Assistant 

                        d. 1922

Issue –  

#1 Muriel Robertson Entwistle (b. 11 March 1908)

#2 Ronald Entwistle (b. 26 April 1911)

#3 Kenneth Entwistle (b. 26 June 1917)

In 1881 – 

She is at Mereside House, Castleton. Her father is listed as ‘Reporter and Author’. Her mother is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Berth and her siblings (Albert and Maude) are unlisted. Elizabeth Thomas (b. 1831), a relative, is listed as ‘Household Assistant’. Alfred Thomas (b. 1863), a relative, is listed as ‘Reporters Apprentice’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Manchester Road, Castleton, Rochdale. Her father is listed as ‘Journalist’. Her mother is unlisted. Her brother, Albert, is listed as ‘Reporter’. Bertha is listed as ‘Schoolteacher’. Her sister, Maria, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’.

In 1901 – 

She is at 30 Manchester Road, Rochdale. Her father is listed as ‘Journalist’. Her mother is unlisted. Her brother, Albert, is listed as ‘Journalist Reporter’. Bertha is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her sister, Maria, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’.

In 04/02 – 

Address is 30 Manchester Road, Rochdale. 

In 10/05 – 

Marries Robert Entwistle on 22.04.05 in Milnrow. Address is 25 Langham St., Blackburn.

In 04/08 – 

Birth to Muriel on 11.03.08 in 51 Lynwood Road, Blackburn.

In 1911 – 

She is at 51 Lynwood Road, Blackburn. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Certificated Assistant’. Bertha and her daughter, Muriel, are unlisted.

In 10/11 – 

Birth of Ronald on 26.04.11 in 51 Lynwood Road, Blackburn.

In 10/17 – 

Birth to Kenneth on 26.06.17 at Greta Bank, Ramsey Road, Blackburn.

In 1921 – 

She is at 24 Ramsey Road, Blackburn. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Elementary’. Bertha and her children, Muriel, Ronald and Kenneth, are unlisted.

In 00/23 –

Asks for students to vote for her son Kenneth Entwistle for a home allowance in the NUT Benevolent Orphan Fund.

In 1939 – 

She is at 24 Ramsey Road, Blackburn. Bertha is unlisted. There is a closed record. 

d.         5 March 1952, Blackburn

ENTWISTLE, Bertha of 24 Ramsey Road, Blackburn, widow died 5 March 1952. Probate Lancaster 22 May to Muriel Robertson Higham (wife of Herbert Spencer Higham), Ronald Entwistle, surveyor and Kenneth Entwistle, schoolmaster. Effects £3478,10s, 4d.