Winifred Brown

Winifred Maxwell Brown 

Born: 29 August 1873, Ecclesall Bierlow 

Baptised: 30 September 1873, at Hanover Street Chapel United Methodist

Father: Samuel Brown (b. 1830)

Mother: Sarah Anne Brown (b. 1836)

Brothers: Kershaw George Brown (b. 1865), Walter Richmond Brown (b. 1868)

Sisters: Martha Florence Brown (b. 1859), Mary Zillah Brown (b. 1859)

Marriage:        1913, Lincoln 

Husband:         Angus William Gibson 

                        b. 1870 

                        Solicitors Clerk 

In 1881 –

She is at 11 Havelock Square. Her grandmother, Mary Brown (b. 1806), and her great-aunt, Martha W Stead (b. 1811), are unlisted widows. Winifred, her uncle, Herbert Brown (b. 1848), and her sister, Mary, are unlisted. 

In 1891 –

She is at Conduit Road, Sheffield. Her father and brother, Kershaw, are listed as ‘Commercial Clerk’. Her mother is unlisted. Her brother, Walter, is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Winifred and her sisters, Martha and Mary, are unlisted. There is a boarder, Wilhelm Manser (b. 1871), listed as ‘Commercial Clerk’. 

In 10/96 – 

PT at S. Paul's School, Sheffield. 

In 10/98 – 

Appointed to Continuation Girls' Church School, Lincoln. Salary £70.

In 1901 – 

She is at 30 Rasen Lane, Lincoln. She is listed as ‘Assistant Schoolmistress’. 

In 10/01 – 

Appointed to St. Swithin's Girls', Lincoln. Head.

In 04/04 – 

Address is 51 Bailgate, Lincoln. 

In 1911 – 

She is at ‘Opawa’ Monks Road, Lincoln. Winifred and her sisters, Martha and Mary, are all unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Bromhead Institution, Lincoln as a patient. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 243 Monks Road. She is listed as widow. Nora Gibson (b. 1900) is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Her sister, Mary, is unlisted.

d.         1960, Lincoln.