Ethel Craft

Ethel Ada Craft 

Born: 13 March 1877, Lincoln 

Father: Thomas Craft (b. 1837)

Mother: Mary Ann Craft (b. 1838)

Brothers: John Francis Craft (b. 1862), Arthur Redhead Craft (b. 1864), William H Craft (b. 1866), 

Sisters: Sarah Ann Craft (b. 1861), Agnes Emma Craft (b. 1870), Louisa Jessie Craft (b. 1872), Elizabeth Lily Craft (b. 1880)

Marriage:        1912, Birmingham 

Husband:         Cecil Joseph Currall

                        b. 4 March 1870

                        Tailor Master

                        d. 26 June 1940

In 1881 –

She is at 27 Melville Street, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Boot Maker’. Her brothers, John and Arthur, are listed as ‘Apprentice Bootmaker’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Tailors Bootmaker’. Ethel, her mother and siblings (Sarah Ann, Agnes, Louisa and Elizabeth) are unlisted. There is a boarder, Edwin Cattley (b. 1858), listed as ‘Bootmaker’. 

In 1891 –

She is at school in Battersea, London. 

In 10/96 – 

PT at S. Swithin's School, Lincoln. 

In 10/98 – 

Appointed to Leeds Board School. Salary £65.

In 04/99 – 

Appointed to S. Botolph's Girls' School, Lincoln. Assistant.

In 1901 – 

She is at 89 Monks Road, Lincoln. Her sister, Jessie and her niece, Mary Larder (b. 1888), are unlisted. Ethel is listed as ‘Trained Certificated Teacher’. Her sister, Lily, is listed as ‘Bootmaker’s Shop Assistant’. 

In 04/04 – 

Address is 21 Foster Street, Lincoln. 

In 1911 – 

She is a boarder at 23 Brighton Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham. The head of the house is Frances Hibburd (b. 1855) listed as ‘Boarding Housekeeper’. Her daughter, Marguerite F Hibburd (b. 1890), is listed as ‘Student’. Frances’ sister, Emma Wood (b. 1848), is unlisted. Another boarder, Frances Ellen Derry (b. 1886), is listed as ‘Assistant Mistress’. Ethel is listed as boarder and ‘Assistant Mistress’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 7 Mount Pleasant, King’s Heath. Her husband is listed as ‘Master Tailor’. Ethel is unlisted. There is a servant, Rebecca Kavanagh (b. 1853)

In 1939 – 

She is at Ridgemount Off Groveley Lane, Bromsgrove. Her husband is listed as ‘Private Means’. Ethel is unlisted. 

d.         4 January 1960, Thanet

CURALL Ethel Ada of Ridgemount Rednal, Birmingham, widow died 04 January 1960 at 35 King Edward Avenue, Broadstairs, Kent. Probate Birmingham 10 March to Edwin Herbert Clutterbuck and Edwin Trevor Clutterbuck, solicitors and William Larder, retired farmer. Effects £19,071, 2s, 7d.