Edith Moss

Edith Annie Moss 

Born: 30 October 1870, Derby  

Father: Edward Moss (b. 1847)

Mother: Annie Mary Moss (b. 1848) 

In 1871 –

She is at Arboretum Street, Litchurch. Her father is listed as ‘Railway Clerk’. Her grandmother, Emma Hollingdale (b. 1814), is an unlisted widow. Edith is unlisted.

In 1881 –

She is at 5 Croft Cottage, Coventry. Her grandmother, Emma Hollingdale (b. 1814), is listed as widow and ‘Annuitant’. Her aunt, Emma Holligdale (b. 1846), is listed as ‘Assistant Schoolmistress’. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Housekeeper Unemployed’. Edith is unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Rothesay Terrace, Coventry as a boarder. Elizabeth Caroline Roe (b. 1842) is a widow and ‘Householder Letting Apartments’. Elizabeth Annie Roe (b. 1865) is listed as ‘Mothers Help’. George John Roe (b. 1866) is listed as ‘Telegraphist’. Walter Henry Roe (b. 1871) is listed as ‘Mechanic’. Edmund Roe (b. 1874) is listed as ‘Grocers Clerk’. Emma Hollingdale (b. 1846), Edith’s aunt, is listed as boarder and ‘Head Schoolmistress’. Edith is listed as boarder and ‘Student’. Walter Brown (b. 1855) is listed as boarder and ‘Trimming Manufacturer’.

In 04/95 – 

Appointed to Infant's School, Pilsale, Walsall. Head.

In 1901 – 

She is at Well House, The Street, Ruardean as a boarder. Sophia Trigg (b. 1839), Violet B Trigg (b. 1887) and Thomas R Eady (b. 1889) are unlisted. Edmund Trigg (b. 1884) is listed as ‘Painter’. Edith is listed as boarder and ‘Elementary Schoolmistress’. 

In 10/02 – 

Address is St. Clement's School House, Bournemouth.

In 1911 – 

She is at Cambria Cottage, Ruardean, Gloucestershire. Edith is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. 

In 04/21 – 

At Ruardean School, Gloucestershire. She writes from Birmingham of her success in election to Annuity from the Benevolent and Orphan Fund of the N.U.T.

In 00/35 – 

Death recorded as 16.12.1934 after 'many years of suffering'. Address 37 Howard Road East, King's Heath, Birmingham. 

d.         16 December 1934, Birmingham 

MOSS, Edith Annie of 66 Ivor Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, spinster died 16 December 1934 at 745 Alcester Road, South Birmingham. Probate Birmingham 7 February to the reverend Edward Lewis Blood, clerk and George Henry Meek, schoolmaster. Effects £892, 0s, 8d.