Eleanor Wareing

Eleanor Wareing 

Born: 6 February 1872, Oldham 

Father: James Wareing (b. 1828) 

Mother: Mary Wareing (b. 1832)

Brothers: Alfred Henry Wareing (b. 1859), Herbert Hines Wareing (b. 1865), James William Wareing (b. 1867), Arthur Dronsfield Wareing (b. 1868)

Sisters: Alice Wareing (b. 1854) [LDTC 1874], Mary Beatrice Wareing (b. 1870), Edith Marian Wareing (b 1874)

Marriage:        20 April 1897, Oldham 

Husband:         Harry Grimshaw

                        b. 1872

                        Schoolmaster

Issue – 

#1 Edith Mary Grimshaw (b. 1898) (d. 1903)

#2 Dorothy Grimshaw (b. 1901) (d. 1904)

#3 Margaret Eleanor Grimshaw (b. 17 January 1905) – 1939R listed as ‘Lecturer in Mathematics’ at Cambridge 

#4 William Wynter Grimshaw (b. 1908) (d. 1912)

In 1881 – 

She is at 1 Clarksfield Street, Oldham. Her father is listed as ‘Rate Collector’. Her sister, Alice, is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her brother, Alfred, is listed as ‘Joiner’. Her brother, Herbert, is listed as ‘Gas Metre Inspector’. Her brother, James and Arthur, are listed as ‘Monitor’. Eleanor, her mother and siblings (Mary and Edith) are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Clarksfield Street, Oldham. Her mother is an unlisted widow. Her brothers, James and Arthur, are listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Her sister, Mary, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Eleanor is listed as ‘Assistant Schoolmistress’. Her sister, Edith, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’.

In 10/97 – 

Marries Harry Grimshaw 20.04.97 near Oldham

In 1901 – 

She is at 123 Langdale Street, Elland, Halifax. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Eleanor and her children (Edith and Dorothy) are unlisted.

In 10/02 – 

Address is Upper Langdale Street, Elland, York.

In 04/05 – 

Birth to Margaret Eleanor on 17.01.05 in 74 Catherine Street, Elland, Yorks.

In 1911 – 

She is at Adelaide Street, Hedden Bridge, Yorkshire. Her husband is listed as ‘Head Teacher Elementary School’. Eleanor and her children, Margaret and William, are unlisted.

In 1921 – 

She is at 3 St. Anne’s Road, Skircoat Green, Halifax. Her husband is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Eleanor and her daughter, Margaret, are unlisted.

In 00/27 – 

Her daughter, Margaret, secured a first in Part II in the Mathematical Tripos 'we believe no woman has previously gained this distinction'.

In 1939 – 

She is at Clifton, Hangingbridge, Derbyshire. Eleanor is an unlisted widow. Her sister, Mary, is listed as ‘Private Means’. There is a servant, Alice Milward (b. 1891).

d.         31 July 1954, Ashbourne 

GRIMSHAW, Eleanor of The Royd, Clifton, Ashbourne, Derbyshire widow died 31 July 1954. Probate Birmingham 12 October to Margaret Eleanor Grimshaw, spinster. Effects £3225, 9s, 3d.