Alice Buckle

Alice Buckle 

Born: 5 April 1872, Leeds 

Father: Thomas Buckle (b. 1834) – Listed as ‘Publican’ in 1871

Mother: Mary Buckle/Bairstow (b. 1834)

Brothers: John Henry Buckle (b. 1877)

Sisters: Anne Buckle (b. 1860), Mary Hannah Buckle (b. 1862), Sarah Eliza Buckle (b. 1864) [LDTC 1885], Martha Sallie Buckle (b. 1867), Elizabeth Buckle (b. 1870), Margaret Buckle (b. 1875)

In 1881 – 

She is at Skyrack Inn, Otley Road, Leeds. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Inn Keeper’. Her sister, Sarah, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Alice, her siblings (Annie, Mary, Martha, Elizabeth, Margaret and John), her uncle, Thomas H Wilkinson (b. 1843) and a visitor, Annie M Crosley (b. 1840), are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Skyrack Inn, St Michaels Road, Leeds. Alice and her sister, Sarah, is listed as ‘Teacher in Elementary School’. Her siblings (Mary, Martha, Margaret and John), her aunt, Hannah Williamson (b. 1824) and uncle, Thomas Henry Williamson (b. 1843), are unlisted.

In 1901 – 

She is at 18 Park Mount, Kirkstall. Her mother, now Mary Bairstow, is listed as ‘Retired Publican’. Her sister, Sallie, is listed as ‘Teacher of Dressmaker’. Alice is listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. Her brother, John, is listed as ‘Tailor’s Cutter’. Her aunt, Hannah Wilkinson (b. 1827), is listed as ‘Retired Confectioner’. 

In 10/02 – 

Address is 78 Park Mount, Kirkstall, Leeds.

In 1911 – 

She is at Granby Road, Headingley, Leeds. Her mother, now Mary Bairstow (b. 1833), is listed as ‘Retired Publican’. Her sister, Martha, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Alice is listed as ‘Assistant Elementary Teacher’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 5 Claremont, Leeds. Alice is listed as ‘Assistant Elementary School Teacher’. Her mother is listed as ‘Retired Publican’. Her sister, Martha, is unlisted.

In 1939 –

She is at Heselwood, Breary Lane, Leeds. Wilmot M Wade (b. 1915) is unlisted. There is a closed record. Alice is listed as ‘Elementary School Mistress’. 

d.         7 January 1961, Leeds

BUCKLE, Alice of 21 Cumberland Court, Headingley, Leeds, spinster died 7 January 1961. Probate Wakefield 29 March to Philip Heselwood Wade, pipe maker. Effecrs £458, 13s, 1d.