Ethel Ward

Ethel Ward 

One Year Student 

Born: 17 November 1876 

Father: Thomas Ward (b. 1846)

Mother: Kate Ward (b. 1847)

Brothers: William Edgar Ward (b. 1875), Cecil Walter Ward (b. 1885)

Sisters: Kate Ward (b. 1870), Alice Ward (b. 1873), Mabel Ward (b. 1879), Minnie Ward (b. 1882), Elsie Ward (b. 1891)

In 1881 – 

She is at Lidget Lane, Clarborough, Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Her mother is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Ethel and her siblings (Kate, Alice, Edgar and Mabel) are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Lidget Lane, Clarborough, Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Her mother is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her sister, Alice, is listed as ‘House Keeper for Parents’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Junior Clerk’. Her sister, Kate, is listed as ‘Student in Training College’. Her siblings (Mabel, Minnie, Cecil and Elsie) are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 7 Alma Road, Retford. Her father and her brother, Cecil, are listed as ‘Gas Engineers Clerk’. Her mother is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her sister, Elsie, is unlisted. Ethel and her sister, Mabel, are listed as ‘Assistant Teacher (Elementary)’. 

In 10/03 – 

PT at S. Saviour's Mixed, Retford. 

In 10/04 – 

Appointed to Worksop. £75.

In 10/07 – 

Address is 38 Ryton Street, Worksop. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 4 Alma Road, Retford. Her father is listed as ‘Commercial Clerk’. Her mother is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Ethel is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. Her brother, Cecil, is listed as ‘Draughtsman’. Her sister, Elsie, is listed as ‘Student’.

In 1921 – 

She is at Alma Road, Retford. Her father is listed as ‘Retired School Master to 1898 and Commercial Clerk’. Her mother is listed as ‘Retired School Mistress’. Ethel is listed as ‘School Mistress’. Her sister, Mabel, is listed as ‘Retired Missionary Formerly CMS Persia’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at Valesund Gonson Road, Bexhill. Her mother and Ethel are listed as ‘School Mistress (Retired)’. Her sister, Mabel, is listed as ‘Missionary (Retired)’. Her sister, Elsie, is listed as ‘Language Teacher Abroad’. Florence E Hickery (b. 1891) is listed as ‘Incapacitated Blind’. 

d.         1973, Hastings