Adela Smeeton

Adela Hildred Smeeton

Born: 26 June 1878, Lincoln 

Baptised: 30 October 1879, Lincoln 

Father: James Smeeton (b. 1852)

Mother: Annie Mary Elizabeth Smeeton (b. 1857)

Brothers: James Lionel G Smeeton (b. 1885)

Sisters: Maria Eveline Smeeton (b. 1877), Beatrice Fannie Smeeton (b. 1879), Mabel Ethel Smeeton (b. 1881), Gladys Irene M Smeeton (b. 1889), Vivienne Inex G Smeeton (b. 1893)

In 1881 – 

She is at 17 Motherby Lane, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Adela, her mother and her sisters (Marie and Beatrice) are unlisted. There is a servant, Charlotte Ostler (b. 1868). 

In 1891 – 

She is at The Park, St Martin, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Adela, her mother and her siblings (Marie, Beatrice, Mabel, James and Gladys) are unlisted. 

In 10/99 – 

PT at St. Martin's, Lincoln. 

In 1901 –

She is at 34 The Park, St Martin, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Her sister, Marie, is listed as ‘School Assistant’. Adela is listed as ‘College Student’. Her brother, James, is listed as ‘Foreign Clerk’. Her mother, sisters (Mabel and Vivienne) and her grandmother, Mary Godfrey (b. 1821), are unlisted. 

In 10/01 – 

Appointed to Cleasby Nat. Head. £68 and House and Gas.

In 10/02 – 

Appointed to Edmonton Board, London. Assistant.

In 10/04 – 

Address is 16 Victoria Road, Upper Edmonton, London, N.

In 1911 –

She is at 78 West Hill, Hanley On Thames. She is a patient, listed as ‘School Teacher’. She is listed as ‘Lunatic’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Melden Buntingford, Meesden as a lodger. The head of household, Charles Wilson (b. 1857), is listed as ‘Farm Labourer Now Invalid’. His wife, Seilna Wilson (b. 1863), his daughter-in-law, Elsie May Wilson (b. 1898), and grandson, Ernest Wilson (b. 1921), are unlisted. His son, Graham Wilson (b. 1896), is listed as ‘Wheelwright’. Adela is listed as lodger and ‘School Mistress Elementary School’. 

d.         17 April 1957, Lincoln

SMEETON Adela Hildred of Davys Lane, Bracebridge Heath, Lincolnshire, spinster died 17 April 1958 at St. George’s Hospital, Long Leys Road, Lincoln. Probate Lincoln 15 May to the reverend, Clifford Clubley, clerk. Effects £469, 11s, 11d.