Martha Bird

Martha Ann Bird 

Day Student

Born: 26 July 1879, Rugby 

Father: John Bird (b. 1849)

Mother: Martha J Bird (b. 1851)

Brothers: William Bird (b. 1881)

Sisters: Elizabeth Jane Bird (b. 1883)

Marriage:        24 August 1910, Rugby 

Husband:         Frank Edwin Derry

                        b. 9 January 1869

                        Post Office Clerk/ Civil Servant

Issue – 

#1 Margaret Derry (b. 14 August 1913)

In 1881 – 

She is at 20 Railway Terrace, Rugby. Her father is listed as ‘Tailor’. Martha, her mother and brother, William, are unlisted. There is a boarder, Thomas C Mills (b. 1863), listed as ‘Printer Compositor’. 

In 1891 –

She is at Railway Terrace, Rugby. Her father is listed as ‘Tailor’. Martha, her mother and siblings, William and Elizabeth, are unlisted.

In 10/98 – 

PT at S. Andrew's, Rugby.

In 10/00 – 

Appointed to Higher Grade Continuation School, Lincoln Church House, Assistant.

In 1901 –

She is at 78 Rasen Lane, Lincoln as a boarder. Frederick Stewart (b. 1841) is listed as ‘House Painter’. Elizabeth Stewart (b. 1843) is unlisted. Martha and Alice Mackintosh (b. 1879) [LDTC 1900] are listed as boarders and ‘Assistant Schoolmistress’. 

In 10/04 – 

Address is 125 West Parade, Lincoln. 

In 10/10 – 

Marries Frank Derry on 24.08.10. Add: 5 North Parade, Lincoln.

In 1911 – 

She is at Faulkners Hotel, Villiers Street, Strand. Her husband is listed as ‘Post Office Clerk’. Martha is unlisted.

In 1921 –

She is at 5 North Parade, Lincoln. Her husband is listed as ‘Post Office Clerk’. Martha, her daughter, Margaret, and her mother-in-law, Sarah Derry (b. 1832), are unlisted. There is a servant, Louisa Judd (b. 1902).

In 00/26 – 

Death recorded as 26.11.25 of 87 West Parade, Lincoln. She is in 'St. Nicholas Cemetery in sight of the College she loved'.

d.         26 November 1925, Lincoln 

DERRY, Martha Ann of 87 West Parade, Lincoln (wife of Frank Edwin Derry) died 26 November 1925 at the Lawn Hospital, Lincoln. Administration Lincoln 25 March to the said Frank Edwin Derry, civil servant. Effects £140.