Edith Meats

Edith Mary Meats 

One Year Student 

Born: 11 December 1874, Blaby 

Baptised: 4 April 1875, Narborough  

Father: Richard Meats (b. 1825)

Mother: Ann Meats (b. 1842)

Brothers: William Edward Meats (b. 1871), Richard Sharpe Meats (b. 1871), Harold Marrs Meats (b. 1876), Roland Herbert Meats (b. 1881)

Sisters: Alice Bertha Meats (b. 1873), Grace Mildred Meats (b. 1884)

Marriage:        1914, Lewisham 

Husband:         Morris Denson-Hobbs 

                        b. 13 November 1861

                        Teacher  

                        d. 5 April 1949

Issue – 

#1 Maurice Denson Hobbs (b. 1920)

In 1881 – 

She is at the School House, Narborough, Blaby. Her father is listed as ‘schoolmaster’. Edith, her mother and siblings (William, Richard, Alice and Harold) are unlisted. 

In 1891 –

She is at the School House, Narborough, Blaby. Her father is listed as ‘schoolmaster’. Her mother is listed as ‘Sewing Mistress’. Her sister, Alice, is listed as ‘Domestic Work at Home’. Edith is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her siblings, Harold, Roland and Grace, are unlisted. 

In 1901 –

She is at 199 Portobello Road, Kensington, London. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Chemists Manager’. Edith is listed as ‘Teacher’. Bulla(?) Meats (b. 1874) is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. 

In 10/01 – 

PT at Narborough C.E.. 

In 10/02 – 

Appointed to Fossdene Road Board, London. Assistant. £80.

In 04/05 – 

Address is 177 Charlton Lane, Old Charlton, S.E.

In 1911 – 

She is at 8 Eastbrook Road, Blackheath, Charlton and Kidbrooke, London. Morris Denson-Hobbs (her soon to be husband) is listed as ‘Elementary Assistant Teacher London County Council’. His wife, Susannah Denson-Hobbs (b. 1863), is also listed as ‘Elementary Assistant Teacher London County Council’. Edith is listed as a boarder and ‘Elementary Assistant Teacher London County Council’. There is a servant, Flossie Wise (b. 1879). 

In 1921 – 

She is at 60 Burnt Ash Hill, Lewisham. Edith and her husband are listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. Edith’s son, Maurice, and her sister, Alice, are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at Otium Marine Parade, Whitstable, Kent. Edith and her husband are listed as ‘Teacher (Retired)’. 

d.         19 May 1944, Bridge 

HOBBS, Edith Mary Denson of Otium Marine Parade, Whitstable, Kent (wife of Morris Denson Hobbs) died 19 May 1944. Probate Llandudno 28 October to Westminster Bank Limited and the said Morris Denson Hobbs, retired schoolmaster. Effects £2255, 18s, 4d.