Looking for teacher

[Gibby1968]

One of my ancestors, Martha Stell, was a teacher before she married in 1913.  I have looked at the Teacher Registrations on FindMyPast but they start in 1914.

Is there any other way I can find out where she worked prior to her marriage?

She was born about 1885 in Keighley, West Yorkshire so she would have worked at one of the schools in the area.

Thanks.

[Gibby1968]

Have just been looking at the census.

In 1901 she is a pupil teacher living at 35 Starkie Street, Keighley with her family.

In 1911 she is a qualified teacher and boarding in Nottinghamshire with another teacher.

Sorry about that.  That'll teach me to make assumptions

[Gibby1968]

I would still like to find out where she worked while in Nottinghamshire.

Please can someone move this thread to the correct board for me?

Thanks.

[GrahamSimons]

Have just been looking at the census.

In 1911 she is a qualified teacher and boarding in Nottinghamshire with another teacher.

Sorry about that.  That'll teach me to make assumptions

As she was employed by Notts County Council, it would be worth contacting the County Record Office. If you were ever so lucky, the relevant school log books might have survived.

Presumably she stopped work on marriage - my mother told me that teacher colleagues of hers were fired when they got married. (She avoided this fate by changing career to war work before she married.)

[Gibby1968]

She did not work after her marriage.

Can someone tell me how long it would have taken to qualify as a teacher back then?

I have been sent a picture of Martha with her class and I was trying to work out where it might have been.  Could be one in Keighley or one in Nottinghamshire.

I will contact Nottinghamshire county ro tomorrow to see if they can help me.