Emily Thompson

Emily Howard Thompson 

Born: 2 January 1873, Sheffield 

Baptised: 30 November 1873, Sheffield

Father: John Drabble Thompson (b. 1837)

Mother: Annie Thompson (b. 1838)

Brothers: William Rose Thompson (b. 1864), John Howard Thompson (b. 1868)

Sisters: Ellen Thompson (b. 1869), Kate Rose Thompson (b. 1871) [LDTC 1895], Mary Rose Thompson (b. 1874) [LDTC 1895], Rhoda Penelope Thompson (b. 1879)

In 1881 –

She is at 58 Woodside Lane, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Manager in File Factory’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Clerk in Solicitors Office’. Emily, her mother, her siblings (John, Kate, Mary and Rhoda) and a visitor, Georgina Wilson (b. 1876), are unlisted. There is a servant, Jane E Blackwell (b. 1864). 

In 1891 – 

She is at Burngreave Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘File Manager’. Her mother, her sister, Ellen, and Florence Blackwell (b. 1878), are unlisted. Emily and her sisters, Kate and Mary, are listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 50 Burngreave Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘File Work Managers’. Her mother and sister, Ellen, are unlisted. Emily and her sisters, Kate and Rhoda, are listed as ‘School Board Teacher’.

In 10/02 – 

Address is 50 Burngreave Road, Sheffield. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 105 Burngreave Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘File Manager’. Her mother and sister, Ellen, are unlisted. Emily and her sisters, Kate and Mary, are listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Her sister, Rhoda, is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’.

In 1921 – 

She is at 105 Burngreave Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Retired File Manager’. Emily and her sisters, Ellen, Kate, Mary and Rhoda are listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 51 Sutherland Avenue, Bexhill. Emily, her sisters (Kate and Mary), Florence Morlock (b. 1871) and Emma H Edwards (b. 1849) are listed as ‘School Teacher Retired’. 

d.         6 May 1958, Battle  

THOMPSON, Emily Howard of 51 Sutherland Avenue, Bexhill, Sussex, spinster died 6 May 1958. Probate London 18 July to Mary Rose Thompson and Rhoda Penelope Thompson, spinsters. Effects £7663, 8s, 5d.