Violet Brown

Violet Elizabeth Brown 

Day Student 

Born: 16 December 1881

Baptised: 26 February 1882, Purston-Cum-South Featherstone

Father: Robert Brown (b. 1852)

Mother: Louisa Brown (b. 1853)

Brothers: Harold Brown (b. 1879), William M Brown (b. 1885)

Sisters: Edith Brown (b. 1877)

In 1891 –

She is at Hatfield Street, Wakefield. Her father is listed as ‘Manager Cement Works’. Her mother is listed as ‘Soprano Vocalist’. Violet and her siblings (Edith, Harold and William) are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 11 Hatfield Street, Wakefield. Her father is listed as ‘Secretary to Portland Cement Company’. Her mother and siblings (Edith and William) are unlisted. Her brother, Harold, is listed as ‘Banker’s Clerk’. Violet is listed as ‘National Day School Teacher’. 

In 10/02 – 

PT at Cathedral Infants', Wakefield

In 10/04 – 

Appointed to Wakefield. £75.

In 10/07 – 

Address is 11 Hatfield Street, Wakefield. 

In 10/10 – 

Appointed to Pontefract Road Council School, Cudworth. Head.

In 1911 – 

She is at 12 St Johns Avenue, Wakefield. Her father is listed as ‘Colliery Traveller’. Her mother is unlisted. Her sister, Edith, is listed as ‘Assisting at Home’. Violet is listed as ‘Head Teacher’.  

In 04/13 – 

Appointed to Wakefield Cathedral Infants. Head.

In 1921 – 

She is at 12 St Johns Avenue, Wakefield. Her father is listed as ‘Coal Factory Manager’. Her sister, Edith, is unlisted. Violet is listed as ‘Head Mistress’.  

In 00/33 – 

Appointed to Head Mistress at Alverthorpe Council Infants' School, Wakefield. 

In 1939 – 

She is at Little Planting Ash Grove, Whitby. Her sister, Edith, is unlisted. Violet is listed as ‘Teacher (Retired)’. 

d.         1979, Whitby