Lilian Dickinson

Lilian Dickinson 

Born: 7 December 1879, Ormskirk 

Father: George Dickinson (b. 1846)

Mother: Susannah Dickinson (b. 1845)

Brothers: Percy Dickinson (b. 1876)

Sisters: Harriett Dickinson (b. 1874), Dora Evelyn Dickinson (b. 1887)

In 1881 –

She is at 47 Portland Street, North Meols. Her father is listed as ‘Nursery Man and Florist’. Lilian, her mother and siblings (Harriett and Percy) are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 101 Portland Street, Southport. Her father and brother, Percy, are listed as ‘Nurseryman’. Her mother and sister, Dora, are unlisted. Lilian and her sister, Harriett, are listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. 

In 10/02 – 

Not a P.T. 

In 10/04 – 

Appointed to London Council. £80.

In 04/05 – 

Appointed to Pupil Teachers' Centre, Long Sutton. Assistant.

In 10/07 – 

Address is P.T. Centre, Long Sutton. 

In 04/08 – 

Appointed to Chester Wesleyan Girls'. Assistant.

In 1911 – 

She is at 13 Ermine Road, Newton by Chester as a boarder. Thomas Blake (b. 1827), head of the house, is listed as ‘Shipwright Pensioner’. His wife, Anne Blake (b. 1827), and daughter, Emily Blake (b. 1865), are unlisted. His daughter, Kate Blake (b. 1869), is listed as ‘Coat Hand’. Louisa Clevesly (b. 1884) and Lilian are both boarders and listed as ‘Elementary Assistant Teacher’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Fir Tree Lane, Littleton. Lilian is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her father is listed as ‘Nurseryman & Florist (Retired)’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at ‘The Hollies’, Littleton, Chester. Lilian is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Dora Reynolds (b. 1886) is listed as ‘Widowed’ and ‘Incapacitated’. 

d.         19 March 1959, Littleton

DICKINSON, Lilian of The Hollies, Littleton, Cheshire, spinster, died 19 March 1959 at Heath Lane Hospital, Great Boughton, Chester. Probate Chester 21 August to George Cuthbert Davenport, electrical repairer. Effects £6773, 11s, 9d.