Ethel Radford

Ethel Radford  

Born: 20 March 1880, Mansfield 

Father: John Radford (b. 1836) (d. 1879) – In 1871 ‘Solicitors Managing Clerk’.

Mother: Eliza Radford (b. 1839) 

Brothers: Louis Bostock Radford (b. 1869)

Sisters: Emily Gertrude Radford (b. 1870) [LDTC 1893],Agnes Radford (b. 1872) [LDTC 1892]

In 1881 – 

She is at 26 St John’s Place, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Her mother is listed as ‘Annuitant Funded Property’. Ethel and her siblings (Louis, Emily and Agnes) are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is St John Terrace, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Her mother is listed as ‘Living on Own Means’. Her brother, Louis, is listed as ‘Student in Classics’. Her sister, Emily, is listed as ‘Assistant in Elementary School’. Her sister, Agnes, is listed as ‘Student’. Ethel is unlisted. Charles D Powell (b. 1859), a boarder, is listed as ‘Clerk in Holy Orders’. There is a servant, Annie Seoame (b. 1876). 

In 10/00 – 

PT at Nottingham Board.

In 1901 – 

She is at 82 Stratford Road, West Bridgford. Her mother is listed as ‘Living on Own Means’. Her sister, Emily, is listed as ‘Teacher Elementary’. Ethel is listed as ‘Student for Elementary Teaching’. There is a servant, Nellie Chamberlain (b. 1886). 

In 10/02 – 

Appointed to Nottingham Board. Assistant. £65.

In 04/05 – 

Address is 248 Gladstone Street, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham. 

In 10/07 – 

Passed the Froebel Examination in July last.

In 1911 – 

She is at 248 Gladstone Street, Nottingham. Her mother is unlisted. Ethel and her sister, Emily, are listed as ‘Assistant Teachers’. There is a servant, Ruth Thorpe (b. 1890). 

In 1921 – 

She is at 248 Gladstone Street, Nottingham. Ethel and her sister, Emily, are listed as ‘Teacher in Elementary School’. There is a servant, Ruth Thorpe (b. 1890). 

In 1939 – 

She is at 9 Coverdale Road, Nottingham. She is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Ada Slack (b. 1905) is listed as ‘Paid Domestic’. 

d.         2 November 1942, Nottingham 

RADFORD Ethel of 9 Coverdale Road, Sherwood, Nottingham, spinster died 02 November 1942. Probate Nottingham 19 December to Barbara Joyce Hobson, spinster and George Henry Page, headmaster. Effects £3,608, 3s, 1d.