Esther Roberts

Esther Annie Roberts

Day Student

Born: 20 August 1878, Salford 

Father: George Roberts (b. 1840)

Mother: Esther Sarah Roberts (b. 1844)

Brothers: Thomas Roberts (b. 1869)

Sisters: Emma Roberts (b. 1866), Edith Roberts (b. 1867), Elizabeth Roberts (b. 1871), Hannah Roberts (b. 1881), Mary A Roberts (b. 1884), Martha Roberts (b. 1886), Grace Roberts (b. 1888). 

In 1881 – 

She is at 11 Knowles Square off Bolton Road, Pendlebury. Her father is listed as ‘Coal Miner’. Esther Annie, her mother and her siblings (Thomas, Elizabeth and Hannah) are unlisted. her sister, Emma, is listed as ‘Cotton Worker’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Bridge Street, Pendlebury, Salford. Her father is listed as ‘Coal Miner’. Esther Annie, her mother and her siblings (Hannah, Mary, Marth and Grace) are unlisted. Her sister, Emma, is listed as ‘Weaver Cotton’. Her brother, Thomas, is listed as ‘Coal Miner’. 

In 10/00 – 

PT at Chester Church.

In 1901 – 

She is at 3 Faulkners Street, Hoole. Her grandfather, Richard Franklin Brooker (b. 1821) is listed as ‘Retired Railway Inspector’. Her mother and sister, Edith,  are unlisted. Esther Annie is listed as ‘Student at Lincoln Diocesan Training College’.

In 10/02 – 

Appointed to Sheffield Board. Assistant. £70.

In 04/05 – 

Address is 50 Bower Road, Sheffield. 

In 04/07 – 

Appointed to St. Peter's Infant School, West Bromwich. Head.

In 1911 – 

She is at 118 Albany Road, Earlsdon, Coventry. Her mother is an unlisted widow. Esther is listed as ‘Teacher Coventry Education Committee’. There is a boarder, Charles Armstrong Irwin (b. 1883), listed as ‘Chemist and Mettallergist Automobile Manufacturer’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 118 Albany Road, Earlsdon, Coventry. Her mother is an unlisted widow. Esther is listed as ‘Trained Certificated Assistant Teacher’.

In 1939 – 

She is at 25 Abercorn Road, Coventry. Esther Annie is listed as ‘Schoolmistress (Retired)’.

d.         27 August 1964, Coventry 

ROBERTS Esther Annie of 25 Abercorn Road, Coventry, spinster died 27 August 1964 at Gulson Hospital, Coventry. Probate Birmingham 05 October to Barabara Millicent Hewitt (wife of Robert James Hewitt). £2,973.