Emma Bestwick

Emma Bestwick 

Born: 13 August 1844, Heanor

Baptised: 26 February 1860, Derbyshire  

Father: Thomas Bestwick (b. 1788)

Mother: Sarah Bestwick (b. 1813)

Brothers: Robert Henry Bestwick (b. 1839)

Sisters: Sarah Ann Bestwick (b. 1841), Fanny Bestwick (b. 1848), Jane Bestwick (b. 1851)

Sister-in-law: Ann Jackson [LDTC 1868]

Marriage:        17 May 1869, Heanor 

Husband:         Joseph Hand Jackson 

                        Brother of Anne Jackson [LDTC 1868]

                        b. 1847

                        Schoolmaster 

                        d. 1900

Issue – 

#1 Joseph Charles Jackson (b. 1871)

#2 Emma Jane Jackson (b. 1812) [LDTC 1893]          

#3 Margaret Bestwick Jackson (b. 1874)

In 1851 – 

She is at Heanor, Basford. Her father is listed as ‘Framework Knitter’. Her mother is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Emma and her siblings (Henry, Sarah, Fanny and Jane) are unlisted. Stephen Shaw (b. 1827) is listed as ‘Tailor’. 

In 1861 – 

She is at Heanor, Basford. Her father is listed as ‘Framework Knitter Cotton’. Her mother is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her brother, Robert, is listed as ‘Lace Maker’. Her sister, Sarah, is listed as ‘House Maid’. Emma is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her sister, Fanny, is listed as ‘Imbecile’. Her sister, Jane, is unlisted. There is an unlisted boarder, Anne R Simpson (b. 1860). 

In 1871 –

She is at Coven School House, Brenwood, Penkridge. Her husband is listed as ‘National Schoolmaster’. Emma is listed as ‘Scripture Reader’. Her son, Joseph, is unlisted. There is a servant, Sarah Ann Shotton (b. 1856). 

In 1881 – 

She is at High Street, March, Cambridgeshire. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Board School’. Emma is listed as ‘Schoolmistress Board Schools South District Schools’. Her children, Joseph, Emma and Margaret, are unlisted. 

In 10/95 – 

Address is March. 

In 1891 –

She is at High Street, March, North Witchford. Her husband is listed as ‘Certificated School Master’. Emma is listed as ‘Certificated School Mistress’. Her son, Joseph, is unlisted. Her daughter, Emma, is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher School’. Her daughter, Margaret, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 1901 –

She is at The Avenue, March. Emma is listed as widow and ‘Schoolmistress under Board of Education’. Her son-in-law, George H Grange (b. 1874), is listed as ‘Post Office Clerk’. Her daughter, Margaret, now married, and her grandson, Joseph Grange (b. 1901) are unlisted.  

In 1911 – 

She is at The Avenue, March. Emma is listed as widow and ‘Retired Schoolmistress’. Her son-in-law, George H Grange (b. 1874), is listed as ‘Clerk’. Her daughter, Margaret, now married, and her 3 grandchildren, Joseph Cyril Grange (b. 1900), Ronald Grange (b. 1908) and Kenneth Grange (b. 1910) are unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 29 The Avenue, March. Emma is listed as widow and ‘Independent’. Her son-in-law, George H Grange (b. 1874), is listed as ‘Clerk’. Her grandson, Joseph Grange (b. 1900), is listed as ‘Poultry Keeper & Forest Grower’. Her daughter, Margaret, now married, and her grandchildren, Ronald Grange (b. 1908), Kenneth Grange (b. 1910) and Winifred Grange (b. 1913) are unlisted.

d.         23 January 1929, North Witchford  

JACKSON, Emma of Stretton 29 The Avenue, March, Cambridgeshire, widow died 23 January 1929. Probate London 7 March to Joseph Charles Jackson M.A., and Margaret Bestwick Grange, widow. Effects £2411, 4s, 4d. Resworn £2524, 9s, 3d.