Biography:
Emma Gates
1861 –1926
Emma Gates
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Unmarked grave Emma Gates (1861-1926)
Emma was born in Berkhamsted in 1861to Ellen (née Brooks) and Henry Gates. He father was a labourer/wood turner.
In 1871 the family were living in Mill Street next to The Fish public house. Her older brother Alfred was a “scholar in charity school” – probably the Bourne School – and nine year old Emma was a straw plaiter making plait for the Luton and Dunstable hat industry. It was a common occupation for children and women in labouring families but it had health hazards.
Emma never married and in 1881 she was a live-in domestic servant in the household of John Hatton, a coal merchant, in Castle Street.
Ten years later, aged 29, she was back at home with her parents and her younger sister Ellen. No occupation is given in the census for the two young women, but her father and brother were both labourers in the timber yards.
In 1901 Emma was living at 4, Bridge Street with her parents and taking in washing. Ten years later she was still at the same address with no occupation, but a lodger, a timber carter her own age. They were still there together ten years later.
Emma died at home in February 1926 aged 64.
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Unmarked grave Emma Gates (1861-1926)
Emma was born in Berkhamsted in 1861to Ellen (née Brooks) and Henry Gates. He father was a labourer/wood turner.
In 1871 the family were living in Mill Street next to The Fish public house. Her older brother Alfred was a “scholar in charity school” – probably the Bourne School – and nine year old Emma was a straw plaiter making plait for the Luton and Dunstable hat industry. It was a common occupation for children and women in labouring families but it had health hazards.
Emma never married and in 1881 she was a live-in domestic servant in the household of John Hatton, a coal merchant, in Castle Street.
Ten years later, aged 29, she was back at home with her parents and her younger sister Ellen. No occupation is given in the census for the two young women, but her father and brother were both labourers in the timber yards.
In 1901 Emma was living at 4, Bridge Street with her parents and taking in washing. Ten years later she was still at the same address with no occupation, but a lodger, a timber carter her own age. They were still there together ten years later.
Emma died at home in February 1926 aged 64.
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