Beatrice May Poole (1895 - 1991)

Born 17 May 1895 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Died 15 Dec 1991 at age 96 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England

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Biography

Name: Beatrice May Poole.

Born 17 MAY 1895. Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Registration District ECCLESALL BIERLOW. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

1895 Births in the Sub District of ECCLESALL BIERLOW in the County of Sheffield. Entry 262. 17th May 1895 244 Fitzwilliam Street, Ecclesall Bierlow. Beatrice May, girl. Parents Charles Richard Poole, Confectioner (Master) and Ellen Poole formerly Margerrison of 244 Fitzwilliam Street, Ecclesall Bierlow. Registered 26th June 1895 Percy Smith Registrar.

Died 15 DEC 1991. Cobden House, 2 Cobden Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Cause: Bronco Pneumonia. ^{[4] [5]}

Note: DEATH entry No 268. Registration District Chesterfield. Sub-District Chesterfield Administrative Area County of Derbyshire. 15 December 1991. Cobden House, 2 Cobden Road, Chesterfield. Bartrice May Poole, Female (no maiden name - not married). Birth 17 May 1895, Sheffield. Occupation Assistant Matron(retired). Usual Address Cobden House, 2 Cobden Road, Chesterfield. Informant James Derek Poole of 188 Withernshaw Road, Northenden, Manchester. 1.a Bronchopneumonia. certified by A K Sharma MB. Registered 17 December 1991 by Jane Staten.

Baptism: 25 MAY 1897. Primitive Methodist Church, John Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. ^[6]

Born 17th May 1895 Beatrice May parents Charles Richard and Ellen Poole, Bakers of 244 Fitzwilliam Street.

Residence

• 31 MAR 1901. 244, Fitzwilliam Street, Town, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. ^[3]
• BET 1922 AND 1929. Holmesfield, Derbyshire. She probably lived with her mother in Holmesfield until the latter's death in 1929.
• BET 1960 AND 1988. 14 Woodside View, Holmesfield, Derbyshire. ^[7]

The dates given are approximate, based on the memories of relatives. Her Will made in 1980 specifies the above as her address.

• BET 1988 AND 1991. Cobden House, 2 Cobden Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Cobden House was a nursing home.

Derek Poole organised her accommodation there. Many of the residents suffered from dementia. Clothes supplied by Enid Womack and Dorothy Sadler often went missing. It was an unhappy time for May.

Census Returns UK

• 31 MAR 1901. Age 5 and the daughter of the head of the household. 244, Fitzwilliam Street, Town, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. ^[3]
• 2 APR 1911. age 15 and the daughter of the head of the household. 22 Thornsett Road, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. ^[8]
• 29 SEP 1939. May (Beatrice) Pool born 17 May 1895 Foster Mother Single. Grimstead household (Master builder) at Mendips, Elmdon , Saffron Walden R.D., Essex, England. ^[9]

Occupation:

• 2 APR 1911. Assistant in Business. 244 Fitzwilliam Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
• 29 SEP 1939. Foster Mother. Mendips, Elmdon , Saffron Walden R.D., Essex, England. ^[9]
• BET 1940 AND 1960. Assistant Matron. Fullwood Cottage Homes. ^[5]

Fulwood Cottage Homes were built on Blackbrook Road, Lodge Moor in Sheffield and opened in 1905. The complex comprised 20 large semi-detached houses on a remote hilltop beyond Fulwood. Each housed 14 boys or girls in two dormitories. There were also sewing and knitting rooms and an assembly hall and a school nearby. The homes closed in 1960 when the buildings were used as a girls' approved school called 'Moorside'. The buildings are still standing - now used as housing.

Will: 2 SEP 1980. Made while at 14 Woodside View, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7WX. Derbyshire. ^[7]

Narrative:

Beatrice May POOLE, daughter of Charles Richard POOLE (c. 1857-1915) and Ellen Poole nee MARGERRISON (1862-1929), was born on 17 May 1895 in Sheffield, Yorkshire.

She was baptised on 25 May 1897 at the Primitive Methodist Church, John Street in Sheffield and was normally known as May.

From 1895 she lived in her parents’ home until around 1905 when they moved to 22 Thornsett Road .

May worked as an assistant in the Poole bakery business. Around 1922 her mother Ellen Poole moved to 2 Valley View, Holmesfield, Derbyshire and it is likely that May lived with her until Ellen’s Death in 1929.

May pursued a career as a foster mother and Assistant Matron. [Barbara Poole] ‘May was foster mother to Doris Cadwallander at some point.’ (Doris was born in 1915 so it is likely that May had this position from around 1920 - 30). May was at her wedding in 1964.

[Enid Womack] ‘I believe that Auntie May was Assistant Matron at Fullwood Cottage Homes near Sheffield’. She was quite strict and this was true even when we were little.

The register of 1939 records her as being a Foster Mother in the Grimstead household at ‘the Mendips’, Elmdon , Saffron Walden R.D., Essex, England.

She made a will on 2 September 1980 in Holmesfield. The executors were Barbara M POOLE, James Derek POOLE, Enid WILSON and Olga Ellen WILSON. At this point she was living at 14 Woodside View in warden assisted housing.

Between 1988 and 1991 Auntie May lived at Cobden House in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Cobden House was a nursing home. Derek Poole organised her accommodation there. Many of the residents suffered from dementia and clothes supplied by Enid Womack and Dorothy Sadler often went missing. It was an unhappy time for May. She died of Bronco Pneumonia on 15 December 1991 at Cobden House.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2 Volume: 9C; Page: 471; Line Number: 259; Record set: England & Wales Births 1837-2006; Subcategory: Civil Births; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom, England; http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/B/1895/2/AZ/000468/259
2. ↑ Source: #S40 Birth Certificate Poole Beatrice May Q1 1895 Ecclesall Bierlow 1291/236 in the possession of John Richard Womack
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Source: #S6 Archive reference: RG13; Piece number: 4348; Folio: 92; Page: 4; HouseHoldID: 5865936; Record set: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Subcategory: Census; Category: Census, Land & Substitutes; Collections from: United Kingdom; http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1901/0027764325&source=GBC/1901/0027764323
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Source: #S3 Volume: 6; Page: 236; Register number: 1291; Record set: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007; Subcategory: Deaths & burials; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom; http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/D/1991/12/78641611
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Source: #S59 Poole, Beatrice May, Q4 1991 Chesterfield Volume: 6; 236/1291
6. ↑ Source: #S72 Baptism Certificate of Beatrice May Poole 1895 in the possession of John Richard Womack
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Source: #S105 Will of Beatrice Poole in the possession of John Richard Womack
8. ↑ Source: #S4 Archive reference: RG14; Piece number: 27830; HouseHoldID: 278300511; Record set: 1911 Census for England & Wales; Subcategory: Census; Category: Census, Land & Substitutes; Collections from: United Kingdom; http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1911/RG14/27830/0511/6&source=GBC/1911/RG14/27830/0511/2
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Source: #S78 Line number: 25; Schedule: 7; Schedule Sub Number: 3; TNA reference: RG101/1591C/002/25; Piece number: 1591C; Item number: 2; HouseHoldID: 10156313; Record set: 1939 Register; Subcategory: Census; Category: Census, Land & Substitutes; Collections from: United Kingdom, England; http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA/R39/1591/1591C/002/25