Ethel Dent

Ethel Jane Dent 

One Year Student 

Born: 7 September 1879, Stockton 

Father: Abraham Dent (b. 1856)

Mother: Mary Ann Dent (b. 1858)

Sisters: Lydia R Dent (b. 1882), Olive Annie Dent (b. 1885), Laura Elizabeth Dent (b. 1887), Vera Dorothea Dent (b. 1899)

In 1881 – 

She is at 24 Plantation Row, Trimdon, Durham. Her father is listed as ‘Colliery Joiner’. Ethel and her mother are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at South View, Easington, Durham. Her father is listed as ‘Fitter’. Ethel, her mother and sisters (Lydia, Olive and Laura) are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Isabella Colliery, Township Sturton Grange, Yorkshire. Her father is listed as ‘Head Colliery Engineer’. Ethel is listed as ‘Assistant School Teacher’. Her mother and sisters (Lydia, Olive, Laura and Vera) are unlisted. 

In 10/04 – 

Appointed to Leeds. £70.

In 10/07 – 

Address is East Garforth, near Leeds. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Isabella Colliery House, Garforth, Sturton Grange. Her father is listed as ‘Colliery Engineer Chief’. Her mother and sister, Vera, are unlisted. Ethel and her sister, Olive, are listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at The Villa, Church Garforth. Her mother and sisters, Vera and Laura, are unlisted. Ethel is listed as ‘School Mistress’.

d.         28 December 1961, Pontefract 

DENT, Ethel Jane of Rose Court 120 Church Lane, Garforth, Yorkshire, spinster died 28 December 1961 at Headlands Hospital, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Probate Wakefield 21 March to Vera Dorothea Francis (wife of Leslie Walter Francis). Effects £10258, 2s, 5d.