Agnes Radford

Agnes Radford 

Born: 20 June 1872, Mansfield 

Father: John Radford (b. 1836) (d. 1879) – In 1871 ‘Solicitors Managing Clerk’.

Mother: Eliza Radford (b. 1839)

Brothers: Lewis Bostock Radford (b. 1869)

Sisters: Emily Gertrude Radford (b. 1870) [LDTC 1893], Ethel Radford (b. 1880) [LDTC 1902]

Marriage:        10 April 1909, Nottingham 

Husband:         Joshua Crowther Hobson

                        b. 1875

                        Accountant 

Issue – 

#1 Elsa Mary Hobson (b. 18 August 1910) (d. 1912)

#2 Barbara Joyce Hobson (b. 1 March 1912)

#3 Kathleen Radford Hobson (b. 9 January 1918)

In 1881 –

She is at 26 St. John Place, Mansfield. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Annuitant Funded Property’. Agnes and her siblings (Lewis, Emily and Ethel) are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at St. John Terrace, Mansfield. Her mother is a widow and listed as ‘Living on her own means’. Her brother, Lewis, is listed as ‘Student in Classics’. Her sister, Emily, is listed as ‘Assistant Mistress in Elementary Schools’. Agnes is listed as ‘Student’. Her sister, Ethel, is unlisted. Charles D Powell (b. 1859) is listed as boarder and ‘Clerk in Holy Orders’. There is a servant, Annie Seoame (b. 1876).

In 04/99 – 

Appointed to Girl's Practising School, Lincoln. Head.

In 04/01 – 

Appointed to Pupil Teachers' Centre, Middlesbrough. Assistant.

In 1901 – 

She is at 28 Chester Street, Middlesbrough as a boarder. Fanny Strike (b. 1854) and Kate Strike (b. 1800) are listed as ‘Florist’. Eliza Strike (b. 1860) is unlisted. Agnes is listed as boarder and ‘Teacher’.

In 10/02 – 

Address is c/o Miss Strike, 28 Chester Street, Middlesborough.

In 10/09 – 

Marries Joshua Hobson on 10.04.09 in Nottingham.

In 10/10 – 

Birth to Elsa Mary on 18.08.10 in 'Sherwood', Windsor Road, Middlesborough.

In 1911 – 

She is at Sherwood House, Windsor Road, Middlesbrough. Her husband is listed as ‘Accountant’. Agnes and her daughter, Elsa, are unlisted. There is a servant, Sarah Elizabeth Ayres (b. 1890).

In 1921 – 

She is at 49 Newcomen Street, Redcar. Her husband is listed as ‘Municipal Accountant’. Agnes and her daughters, Barbara and Kathleen, are unlisted. There is a visitor, Lydia Crompton Hobson (b. 1878), listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. There is a servant, Esther Cole (b. 1904).

In 00/26 – 

Her sister Gertrude [LDTC 1893] dies at her house on 09.01.26 at Redcar.

d.         19 June 1934, Redcar 

RADFORD, Agnes of 7 Hornleigh Grove, Redcar, Yorkshire widow died 19 June 1936. Probate London 3 November to Barbara Joyce Hobson and Ethel Radford, spinsters and Arthur Hill Askew, solicitor. Effects £2965, 2s, 6d.