Marion Grundy

Marion Sterland Grundy

Born: 27 November 1876, Loughborough 

Baptised: 4 February 1877, Loughborough 

Father: Frederick Grundy (b. 1847)

Mother: Harriett Grundy (b. 1845)

Brothers: Arthur A Grundy (b. 1868), Charles F Grundy (b. 1875), George Grundy (b. 1880)

Sisters: Helen Grundy (b. 1870), Amy B Grundy (b. 1878), Gertrude E Grundy (b. 1882) 

Marriage:        15 October 1906, Loughborough 

Husband:         Percy Watson 

                        b. 22 April 1878

                        Mill Manager 

                        d. 1955

Issue – 

#1 James Sterland Watson (b. 02 January 1908)

#2 Phyllis Mary Watson (b. 1910)

In 1881 –

She is 25 Baxter Gate, Loughborough. Her grandmother, Mary Grundy (b. 1819), is listed as a widow. Her aunt, Mary Grundy (b. 1855), is unlisted. Her father is listed as ‘Painter Master Employing 3 Men 2 Boys’. Marion, her mother and siblings (Arthur, Charles, Ann and George) are unlisted. There is a servant, Beatrice F Gee (b. 1865). 

In 1891 –

She is Baxter Gate, Loughborough. Her father is listed as ‘House Decorator’. Her mother is unlisted. Her brother, Arthur, is listed as ‘Bank Clerk’. Marion and her siblings (Helen, Charles, Amy and Gertrude) are unlisted. 

In 10/97 – 

PT at Churchgate National School, Loughborough. 

In 10/99 – 

Appointed to Hillsborough, Sheffield Board School. Salary £70.

In 1901 – 

She is at 249 Glossop Road, Sheffield as a Boarder. The household belongs to sisters Rosamond (b. 1870) and Constance Turner (b.1882) they are listed as ‘Let Apartments’. They have visitors; Alice Alcock (b. 1875) and Doris Alcock (b. 1897). Douglas GC Bailey (b. 1887)  is a boarder and listed as ‘Electrical Engineer’. Eliza Rooke (b. 1856) is an unlisted boarder. Marion is a boarder listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. 

In 04/02 – 

Appointed to Earby School. Head.

In 04/04 – 

Address is Earby School, via Colne.

In 10/06 – 

Marries Percy Watson on 15.10.06 in Longborough.

In 1911 – 

She is at 11 School Lane, Earby via Colne, Yorkshire. Her husband is listed as ‘Mill Manager’. Marion and her children (James and Phyllis) are unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 34 Skipton Road, Earby. Her husband is listed as ‘Cotton Manager’. Marion and her children, James and Phyllis, are unlisted. There is a boarder, Annie Dorothea Heap (b. 1897), listed as ‘Corresponding Clerk’.

In 1939 – 

She is at 22 Skipton Road, Earby. Her husband is listed as ‘Cotton Clerk Looker Textile’. Marion is unlisted. Her son, James, is listed as ‘Cotton Clerk Manufacturer’. There is another person in the home but they are a closed record. 

d.         14 April 1965, Earby.  

WATSON Marion Sterland otherwise Marion Sterling of 36 Skipton Road, Earby, Yorkshire died 14 April 1965 at Middleton Hospital, Ilkley. Probate Wakefield 14 May to Phyllis Mary Watson, spinster. £1,927.