Tattersall Family Tree
Edith POTTS

Edith POTTS

1868 – 1937 · Oldham, Lancashire
Father: Edward POTTS · Mother: Sarah ACKROYD
👶 Birth01 Dec 1868Oldham, Lancashire 📍 1901 Census
🏠 Lived1871 (3)82 Windsor Road, Oldham, Lancashire 📍 📎 View
🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced
🏠 Lived1881 (13)The Gorse, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon, Cheshire 📍 📎 View
💼 Occupation1881 (13)Scholar 1881 Census
💒 Marriage08 Oct 1891 (23)William TATTERSALL
Barton Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Barton Road, Eccles, Lancashire 📍 Marriage Civil Registration Index 📎 View 📎 View
Geoffrey Whitworth and Lucy Potts were the witnesses when William and Edith married
🏛️ Free elementary education
🏠 Lived1891 (23)The Gorse, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon, Cheshire 📍 1891 Census 📎 View
🏠 LivedOct 1891 (23)Highfield, Cavendish Road, Ellesmere Park, Eccles, Lancashire 📍 Marriage Civil Registration Index
🏠 Lived1893 (25)Hazelwood, 1 Hazelwood Road, Hale, Cheshire 📍
with William TATTERSALL
🏠 Lived1896 (28)Melbrook, 10 Cambridge Road, Hale, Cheshire 📍
with William TATTERSALL Slaters Directory
📌 Event1896 (28)Letters in press to Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery & Lord Salisbury 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View
🏠 Lived1901 (33)Melbrook, 10 Cambridge Road, Hale, Cheshire 📍
with William TATTERSALL 1901 Census 📎 View
The 1901 Census records three servants living with the family. Eunice Smart, Mothers Domestic Help aged 25 born Ingewick, Buckinghamshire; Kate V. Connor, Domestic Cook aged 16 born Leftwick, Chester and Alice M. Balls, Housemaid aged 19 born Norwich, Norfolk.
🏛️ Second Boer War · Death of Queen Victoria — Edward VII accedes
💼 Occupation1901 (33)Writer for the press 1901 Census
💼 Occupation1907 (39)Secretary of Women's Protest Committee 📎 View 📎 View
💼 Occupation1907 (39)Poor Law Guardian 📎 View 📎 View
💼 Occupation1908 (40)President Liberal Women's Suffrage League 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View
🏛️ Old Age Pensions introduced
🏠 Lived1911 (43)Melbrook, 10 Cambridge Road, Hale, Cheshire 📍 📎 View
🏛️ National Insurance Act
🏠 Lived1914 (46)Melbrook, 10 Cambridge Road, Hale, Cheshire 📍
with William TATTERSALL Death Civil Registration Index
🏛️ First World War
🏠 Lived1916 (48)Gleadale, Warwick Road, Hale, Cheshire 📍 Slaters Directory 📎 View
No trace of William anywhere for 1911 Census
🏛️ Battle of the Somme
🏠 Lived1930 (62)Glenartley Hotel, Mayish Road, Brodick, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, KA27 8BX 📍 📎 View 📎 View
🏛️ Great Depression
✝️ Death11 May 1937 (69)85 Lonsdale Avenue, Wembley, London, Middlesex 📍 Jamie Guest
Death Notice:
The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald
Friday May 14th 1937

TATTERSALL - At 85 Lonsdale Avenue, Wembley, on 11th May, Mrs Edith Tattersall, late of Brodick, Arran, in her 70th year.
🪦 Burial14 May 1937 (69)Alperton Cemetery, Clifford Road, Alperton, Wembley, Middlesex, HA0 1AF 📍
Grave Number 171 Section: O
Grave purchased by Edward William Tattersall
Records: cemeteries@brent.gov.uk
⚖️ Probate15 Jun 1937 (69)London, Middlesex 📍
Effects: £1291 18s 11d 📎 View
Children with William TATTERSALL
F
b. 1892, Bowdon, Cheshire · d. 1892, Broomfield Lane, Hale, Cheshire
M
b. 1893, Hazelwood, 1 Hazelwood Road, Hale, Cheshire · d. 1987, 39 King Harry Lane, St. Albans, Hertfordshire · m. Marta FLUBACHER
F
b. 1895, Melbrook, 10 Cambridge Road, Hale, Cheshire · d. 1895, Melbrook, 10 Cambridge Road, Hale, Cheshire
M
b. 1897, Bowdon, Cheshire · d. 1897, Melbrook, 10 Cambridge Road, Hale, Cheshire
Notes
Letters written by Edith Tattersall on 9th and 10th November 1909 from Melbrook, Hale on behalf of the Liberal Woman's Suffrage League to W. Scott. (Obtained from John Ryland University Library, Manchester).

Poss lived in 1921 at Leigh Road, Hale (needs checking)
The Methodist Who's Who 1915

TATTERSALL, Edith; d. of Edward Potts; m. William Tattersall, of Hale. Educ. Privately. Class-leader, S.S. Teacher, and active member of Wesley Guild; has been Poor Law Guardian for six years; formed Liberal Women's Suffrage League, and was its first Pres. Publications: Has written serial stories for weekly papers. Address: Melbrook, Hale, Cheshire. W.
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