Ethel Marian Pritchard

[maudarby]

I've found the death of the mother Louisa Matilda in 1932 & Frank Herbert was her executor, but still struggling to find him after this.
Moggie

[margaretmarch]

Yes, and in that area it's not an uncommon name.

Margaret

[maudarby]

I'm not having much luck with the brothers. Nobody on GR has them listed. It's so difficult when you've only got an initial instead of the full middle name.
Moggie

[margaretmarch]

No nothing on GR so a bit stumped now. I suppose we could look for the brothers lines.
Margaret

[margaretmarch]

Yes, I had a quick look and found the same as you. I've checked for trees on ancestry but nothing coming up. I'll have a look on GR next.
Margaret

[maudarby]

Hi Margaret
You have been busy while I have been away. Thank you very much.The earliest possible marriage for her was in 1932 in Wolverhampton to a William H Hughes. 2 later ones in Staffordshire in 1941 & 1959 but of course it just says Ethel M & not the full second name so it could be any or none of them.
Moggie

[margaretmarch]

Father's death

William G Pritchard
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1904
Age at Death: 49
Registration district: West Bromwich Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b Page: 508

[margaretmarch]

and in 1911

PRITCHARD, Louisa Matilda Head Widow F 55 1856 Staffordshire Handsworth
PRITCHARD, William George Son Single M 31 1880 Draughtsman Engineers Staffordshire Handsworth
PRITCHARD, Frank Herbert Son Single M 29 1882 Bank Clerk Staffordshire Handsworth
PRITCHARD, Harold John Son Single M 25 1886 Bank Clerk Staffordshire Handsworth
PRITCHARD, Arthur Stanley Son Single M 20 1891 Diesinker Jewellers Staffordshire Handsworth

Looks like they were a wealthy family so the school was no doubt paid for by her brothers!

[margaretmarch]

Here's Ethel's family in 1901 http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...=&pid=35087561

Margaret

[margaretmarch]

Well Ethel M Pritchard is probably the daughter of these two

Louisa Matilda Partridge Apr-May-Jun 1878 West Bromwich Staffordshire
William Goodman Pritchard Apr-May-Jun 1878 West Bromwich Staffordshire

Louisa M is sister to Jane Baldwin nee Partridge

Here's the family in 1871 http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...c=&pid=2414783

The address for Ethel Marian in 1911 is The Crofts Boarding School for girls. Here's the existing school http://www.abbotsbromley.staffs.sch..../senior-school

Margaret

[maudarby]

Hi Everyone
I bought this little book some years ago (impulse buy) & this is what I have so far.
This edition was printed in 1887 & I think presented to Mabel Augusta Baldwin in 1888. This name is underneath the name Marian Pritchard September 1907.
In 1901 Ethel M Pritchard born c 1896 Handsworth Staffs is living with Mabel A Baldwin & parents listed as a niece. I have no idea who her parents were.
.http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...=&pid=35087790
In 1911 Ethel Marian Pritchard age 15 is in an Institution in district Uttoxeter,Staffs.
I am trying to work out what this institution was. Any ideas how to find this out without shelling out any money.

Moggie