Military Board School, Northampton

[SueMe]

I am researching Mary Ann Sheppard born in Bucks in 1852 moved to Kingsthorpe in the 1860's. I can find no other information about her after 1871 where she is visiting family in Hull. I've hit a brick wall with the lady but I have a half clue in a cutting from the Northampton Mercury of 1884 which says “The Military Board School managers recommended that the salary of the caretaker be increased to 10s a week and that Mary Ann Sheppard be appointed monitress at a salary of 3s a week.” 

Can anyone help in identifying the school? Or tracking my elusive Mary Ann at all?

[ShaunJ]

The school seems to be more often referred to as the Military Road School, or the Military Road Board School.

[ShaunJ]

I think this Mary Ann Sheppard is probably the one in the 1891 census aged 20, an assistant school mistress.

The children taken on as monitors/monitresses to train as teachers were sometimes as young as 13.

See https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Victorian-Schools-and-the-training-of-Pupil-Teacher-Mary-Ann-Collingwood

[seahall]

It is most definitely Military Road School in Military Road Northampton.

FindMyPast has school registers which names it as such.

It was a very big school in the town a bit like Clare St and Barry Road schools.

Sandy

[seahall]

Are you able to say where exactly Mary Ann was on the 1871 census at all please

Sandy

[cath151]

I think this may be the family, or part of, in 1861.
I think Mary Ann was born Beachampton, Bucks. Another sibling Cassandra.
Cannot find her in 1871 or 1881 though

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7K4-X3V
Cathy

1881 no Mary Ann

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27H-51BR
Cathy

[cath151]

1871
As niece to William Sheppard living in Thisleton, Yorkshire.
Aged 16 born Beachampton, Bucks.
Cathy

[seahall]

Thanks cath151.

I can not find her after then either. Sandy