Edith Wood

Edith Mary Wood 

Born: 4 December 1880, Louth 

Baptised: 9 January 1881, South Elkington 

Father: George Wood (b. 1856)

Mother: Annie Wood (b. 1855)

Brothers: Tom Wood (b. 1879), Harry Wood (b. 1891)

Sisters: Kate Wood (b. 1876), Annie Wood (b. 1886), Clara Elizabeth Wood (b. 1888)

Marriage:        29 August 1915, Ecclesall Bierlow 

Husband:         Francis J Hollway 

                        b. 15 October 1891

                        Civil Service Manager Ministry of Labour 

Issue – 

#1Michael Hollway (b. 1918)

#2 Bridget Mary Hollway (b. 16 January 1920)

#3 Steven J Hollway (b. 6 August 1921)

In 1881 – 

She is at South Elkington, Louth. Her father is listed as ‘Coachman’. Edith, her mother and her siblings (Kate and Tom) are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Main Street, South Elkington, Louth. Her father is listed as ‘Coachman Domestic Servant’. Her sister, Kate, is listed as ‘Domestic Servant’. Her brother, Tom, is listed as ‘Gardener Boy’. Edith, her mother and siblings (Annie, Clara and Harry) are unlisted. 

In 1901 –

She is at Main Street, South Elkington, Louth. Her father is listed ‘Coachman Domestic’. Her mother and siblings, Clara and Harry, are unlisted. Edith and her sister, Annie, are listed as ‘School Teacher’.  

In 10/01 – 

PT at Elkington Church.

In 10/03 – 

Appointed to Sheffield Board. £70.

In 10/05 – 

Address is 27 Poole Road, Darnall, Sheffield. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 40 Wilson Street, Sheffield as a boarder. Charles Ronald Southwick (b. 1853), the head of the house, is listed as ‘Plumber and Sanitary Engineer’. His wife, Florence Lizzie Southwick (b. 1881) is unlisted. Edith is listed as ‘Teacher Assistant’. There is a servant, Mary Hannah Wrath (b. 1893). 

In 1921 – 

She is at Crescent Boarding House, Scarborough. Edith and her children, Michael and Bridget, are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at 50 Kensington Road, Barnsley. Her husband is listed as ‘Civil Service Manager Ministry of Labour’. Edith is unlisted. Her daughter, Bridget, is listed as ‘Shorthand Typist’. Her son, Steven, is listed as ‘Student Electrical Engineering University’.

d.         23 April 1960, Solihull

HOLLWAY Edith Mary of 240 High Street, Solihull Lodge Shirley, Solihull, Warwickshire widow died 23 April 1960 at 169 Dove House Lane, Solihull. Probate Birmingham 23 May to Michael Hollway, bank manager. Effects £2,922, 12s, 7d.