Maud (Brown) Etches (1878 - 1931)

Born 1878 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 1931 at about age 53 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Born 1878 Holme on Spalding Moor

Maud Brown was born in 1878, in Tollingham Farm, over 800 acres and close to the Market Weighton Canal midway between the village of Holme on Spalding Moor to the west and Market Weighton to the northeast. ^[1]

Maud(e) is the daughter of John Brown a farmer and his wife Sarah Horsley.

Infant 1881 Holme

In 1881 John Brown has a huge 838 acre farm, near Holme on Spalding Moor, with 33 workers. His wife, Sarah, is away visiting her parents, but six children down from Elizabeth age 11 to infant Maude age 3 all born in Holme parish, are at home on the farm. ^[2]

Schoolgirl 1891 Leeds

John and Sarah Brown have retired. Their eldest son present, illegible but clearly Herbert, is a butcher's apprentice. The next three children, Maud 12, John William 6 and an otherwise unknown Illa 5, are at school. Pattie, also known as Gertrude is a child at home.^[3]

Marriage 1901 Leeds

Arthur Etches marries Maud Brown in All Hallows with St Simon, Leeds early in 1901. ^{[4] [5]}

Newly Married 1901 Burley, Leeds

Arthur and Maud Etches, soon after their marriage, are in Burley, a northern suburb of Leeds. Arthur has something to do with Steam Engines but the last word is heavily crossed in pencil. ^[6]

Fitter 1911 Kirkstall, Leeds

Arthur and Maude Etches have moved to Kirkstall in west Leeds. Arthur is now clearly described as an engineer's fitter in a steel wagon works. Steel wagons in 1911 would be for the railways. Maude has borne three children, one dead as well as the two with them. ^[7]

Death 1931 Leeds

Maud Etches dies in Leeds early in 1931, perhaps the hardship of the Great Depression had weakened her. This was an early death even then. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑

   freebmd Births Sep 1878

   BROWN Maud @@Howden 9d 81

2. ↑

   1881 Census @@ Tollingham Farm, Holme on Spaldingmoor

   GRO RG11 /4735 page 4

   Farmer 838 Acres Employing 18 Men & 11 Boys

   Head John Brown mar 55 farmer b N Newbald

   Daughter Elizabeth W Brown 11 scholar b Holme

   Daughter Esther Brown 10 scholar b Holme

   Daughter Beatrice Brown 8 scholar b Holme

   Daughter Blanche M Brown 7 scholar b Holme

   Son Herbert H Brown 5 scholar b Holme

   Daughter Maude Brown 3 infant b Holme

   Servant Blanch Skipwith 21 Governess b Moortown Lincs

   Visitor Sarah Cole 55 Nurse domestic b Kilham

   'plus 12 male farm servants living in and 4 female domestic servants

3. ↑

   1891 Census @@ 37 Grosvenor Place, Leeds, Yorkshire

   GRO RG12 /3700 page 71

   Head John Brown 45 ret farmer b Newbold

   Wife Sarah Brown 46 b Skerne

   Son  ??? Brown 15 Butchers Appr b Holme

   Daughter Maud Brown 12 scholar b Holme

   Son John Wm Brown 6 scholar b Huggate

   Daughter Illa Brown 5 scholar b Huggate

   Daughter Pattie Brown 3 b Huggate

4. ↑

   freebmd Marriages Mar 1901

   Brown Maud Leeds 9b 456

   Etches Arthur Williamson Leeds 9b 456

5. ↑

   Yorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1901

   ETCHES Arthur W

   BROWN Maude

   All Hallows with St Simon, Leeds CE41/329

6. ↑

   10 Beamsley Place, Burley, Headingley With Burley, Yorks,

   GRO RG13 /4244 page 82

   Head Arthur W Etches 27 Steam Engine Fitter? b Helperby

   Wife Maud Etches 22 b Holme on Spalding Moor

7. ↑

   1911 Census @@ 16. Talbot Avenue, Leeds, Yorkshire

   GRO RG14 piece 27071

   Head Arthur W Etches 36 Engineer's Fitter b Helperby

   Wife Maude Etches 32 b Holme on Spalding Moor

   Son Arthur Cecil Etches 8 b Leeds

   Son Williamson Etches 5 b Leeds

8. ↑

   freebmd Deaths Mar 1931

   Etches, Maud age 52 @@Leeds North 9b 557