Gwendoline Clapp

Gwendoline Anna Clapp 

Day Student 

Born: 12 October 1881, King’s Norton 

Father: Charles Clapp (b. 1850)

Mother: Sarah Ann Clapp (b. 1850)

Brothers: Reginald John Clapp (b. 1878), Thomas Pester Clapp (b. 1879), Alonzo Henry Clapp (b. 1883)

Sisters: Charlotte Mary Clapp (b. 1876), Ethel Maud Clapp (b. 1884), Amy May Clapp (b. 1886)

Marriage:        1941, Surrey North Eastern

Husband:         Charles William Hough

In 1891 – 

She is at Great Arthur Street, Smethwick. Her father is listed as ‘Accountant Clerk’. Gwendoline, her mother and siblings (Charlotte, Reginald, Thomas, Alonzo, Ethel and Amy) are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 150 City Road, Birmingham. Her father is listed as ‘Manufacturers Clerk’. Her mother and sisters, Charlotte and Amy, are unlisted. Her brother, Alonzo, is listed as ‘Grocer’. Her sister, Ethel, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Gwendoline is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. 

In 10/02 – 

PT at St. Paul's National, Birmingham

In 10/04 – 

Appointed to Birmingham Council. £70.

In 10/07 – 

Address is c/o Mrs. Grove, 117 City Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 

In 10/10 – 

Appointed to Hawthorn Road Council School, Kettering. Head.

In 1911 – 

She is at 48 Garfield Street, Kettering as a boarder. Charles Wlliam Smith (b. 1877), head of the house, is listed as ‘Railway Clerk’. His wife, Florence Edith Smith (b. 1877), and his two daughters, Edith Mary Smith (b. 1904) and Winifred May Smith (b. 1905), are unlisted. Gwendoline is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. 

In 04/14 – 

Appointed to Hamlet Lane Council School, South Normanton, Derbyshire. Head.  

In 1921 – 

She is at 33 Ampthill Road, Bedford. Gwendoline is listed as ‘Head Mistress’.

In 1939 – 

She is at Graynor Stockbridge Road, Chichester. Charles J Norris (b. 1889) is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Bessie M Norris (b. 1892) is unlisted. James G Norris (b. 1922) is listed as ‘Architect Pupil’. Gwendoline is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. 

d.         8 February 1964, Newton Abbot 

HOUGH, Gwendoline Anna of St. Michaels 13 Horseshoe Bend, Three Beaches, Paignton, Devon, widow, died 08 February 1964 at Torbay Clinic, St. Luke’s Road, Torquay. Probate London 14 April to Cyrill John Holberton Wollen, solicitor. £10708.