Rosa Gouldthorpe

Rosa Maud Gouldthorpe 

Born: 9 March 1881

Baptised: 5 March 1898, Barrow on Humber 

Father: Robert William Gouldthorpe (b. 1856)

Mother: Elizabeth Gouldthorpe (b. 1854)

Sisters: Ada Lily Gouldthorpe (b. 1883) [LDTC 1905]

Marriage:        31 August 1919, Goxhill

Husband:         John Charles Gripper 

                        b. 31 December 1861 

                        Schoolmaster 

                        d. 25 October 1942 

In 1881 – 

She is at Redbourne Road, Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire. Her father is listed as ‘Agr Labourer’. Her mother and Rosa are unlisted. There is a visitor, Sarah Fidell (b. 1849), listed as ‘Domestic Servant’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Ferry Road, Barrow upon Humber, Lincolnshire. Her father is listed as ‘Dock Labourer’. Her mother, Rosa, and her sister, Ada, are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Redbourne Road, Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire as a boarder. The head of the house is George Wood (b. 1845), listed as ‘Fishmonger’. Susan Ann Wood (b. 1855), his wife, is unlisted. Rosa is listed as a boarder and ‘Teacher is Board School’. 

In 10/01 – 

PT at Barrow-on-Humber Church.

In 10/03 – 

Appointed to Hull Board. £70.

In 10/05 – 

Address is North End, Goxhill, near Hull.

In 1911 –

She is at Church House, Goudhurst, Kent as a boarder. The head of the house, John Nash (b. 1842), is listed as ‘Saddler’s Assistant’. Thomas Bathgate (b. 1855), a boarder, is listed as ‘Farm Baliffe’. Harry Blackman (b. 1877), a boarder, is listed as ‘Drapers Assistant’. Rosa is listed as a boarder and ‘School Teacher’. There are two servants, Sarah Colvin (b. 1892) and Matilda Colvin (b. 1890). 

In 1921 – 

She is at The School Housem Gouldhurst. Her husband is listed as ‘Elementary Schoolmaster’. Rosa is listed as ‘Elementary School Mistress’. Her stepdaughter, Ellen Gripper (b. 1895), is unlisted. There is a visitor, Harold George Richard Griffin (b. 1899), listed as ‘Military Officer’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 93 Boscombe Road, Southend-On-Sea, Essex. Her husband is listed as ‘Teacher Retired’. Rosa is unlisted. Her stepdaughter, Ellen Gripper (b. 1895) is listed as ‘Incapacitated’. 

In 00/43 – 

Death recorded as 07.06.1942 at Southend Municipal Hospital, Rochford, Essex. 

d.         7 June 1942, Rochford  

GRIPPER, Rosa Maud of 93 Boscombe Road, Southend-On-Sea, Essex (wife of John Charles Gripper) died 07 June 1942 at Southend Municipal Hospital, Rochford, Essex. Probate Llandudno 06 August to Sydney Bennet Andrew, solicitor. Effects £1067, 4s, 11d. Resworn £1537, 17s, 5d.