Edith Sheckell

Edith Sheckell 

Born: 14 February 1882, Caistor 

Father: Joseph Sheckell (b. 1837) (d. 1890) – listed as ‘Marine at Sea’ 

Mother: Ann Sheckell (b. 1842)

Brothers: John Sheckell (b. 1875), Nathaniel Sheckell (b. 1877), Henry Sheckell (b. 1879), Sidney Sheckell (b. 1888)

Sisters: Minnie/Maria Sheckell (b. 1864), Annie Sheckell (b. 1869), Gertrude Sheckell (b. 1870), Elsie Sheckell (b. 1885)

Marriage:        4 September 1909, Grimsby 

Husband:         William Francis Frith 

                        b. 7 January 1881

                        Builders Merchant 

Issue – 

#1 William Denzil Frith (b. 2 May 1911)

#2 Hilda Constance Frith (b. 14 March 1920)

In 1891 – 

Family is listed as ‘Shickell’. Her mother is listed as a widow and ‘Grocer’. Her sister, Minnie, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her sister, Annie, is listed as ‘Grocers Assistant’. Her brother, John and Nathaniel, are listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Edith and her siblings (Henry, Elsie and Sidney) are unlisted. There is a boarder, James E Jubb (b. 1871), listed as ‘School Masters Assistant’. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 35 Clayton Street, Grimsby. Her mother is listed as a widow and ‘Grocer’. Her sister, Minnie, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her brothers, John and Nathaniel, are listed as ‘Assistant Schoolmaster’. Her sister, Elsie, is listed as ‘Shop Assistant’. Her siblings, Annie and Sidney, are unlisted. Edith is listed as ‘Assistant Schoolmistress’. 

In 10/02 – 

PT at Garden St. Mixed, Grimsby. 

In 10/04 – 

Appointed to Grimsby. £65.

In 10/07 – 

Address is 49 Clayton Street, Grimsby.  

In 10/09 – 

Marries William Firth on 04.09.09 in Grimsby. Add: Hazelemere, Monmouth Road, Watford, Herts.

In 1911 – 

She is at Wilmhurst Manor Road, Aylesbury. Her husband is listed as ‘Builder’s Merchant’. Edith is unlisted. 

In 10/11 – 

Birth to William Denzil on 02.05.1911, 'Wimhurst' Manor Road, Aylesbury.

In 10/16 – 

Retires as Correspondent for her year.

In 1921 – 

She is at Wilmhurst, Manor Road, Aylesbury. Her husband is listed as ‘Timber and Builders Merchant’. Edith and her children, William and Hilda, are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at 35 Vale Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Her husband is listed as ‘Company Director Builders Merchants’. Edith is unlisted. Her son, William, is listed as ‘Company Director & Secretary – Incapacitated Accountant’. Her daughter, Hilda, is listed as ‘Secretary to Building Merchant’. 

d.         16 May 1964, Oxford 

FRITH Edith of 88 Hurst Rise Road, Cumnor, Berkshire (wife of William Francis Frith) died 16 May 1964 at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. Probate Oxford 28 June to the said William Francis Frith, retired company chairman, William Denzil Frith, company director and Hilda Constance Hickman (wife of Arthur William Hickman). £41, 354.