Born: 23 December 1887

Birth Certificate:

Died: 1 April 1973

Death Certificate:

Father: William Charles Read

Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Stevens

5-generation pedigree

Siblings: (For dates, etc, see the extended family)

1. Edward James Read
2. Annie Marian Read
3. William Charles Read
4. Amy Lydia Read
5. Ruth Rosamund Read
6.   Mabel Eleanor Read

circa 1910

Married: William Edwin Stanier 7 April 1917

Marriage Certificate:

With William Edwin Stanier

Children:

1. John Howard Stanier
2. Marguerite Ruth 'Peggy' Stanier
3. Roger William Stanier

with her children and grandchildren

The Stanier Family, 1921

With her son John on Southend beach, early 1920s

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Biographical Details as recalled by her son John:

"Mother became a pupil teacher at fourteen. In those days, a pupil teacher was just put in front of a class and told to get on with teaching. Very occasionally an examiner would turn up to see how he or she was getting on. Mother often used to tell the tale of how she was set the task by one examiner of talking on snakes, and she had an inordinate horror of snakes. On her protest, the lesson was turned to worms instead. She hated worms. One can hardly think of mother as athletic, but she was the champion woman fencer of Essex in her time (¤). Her presentation foils were borrowed by a friend who forgot to return them. Throughout her life, mother was passionately interested in education. Her life revolved round the Co-op Womens' Guild and its Choir and Drama Groups and the Co-op Education Section. Indeed, except for being a good cook, she wasn't interested in much else, and certainly not in housework. In later years, Grandma Stanier used to descend on her from time to time. "Mabel, I've come to do out your cupboards." Mother neither took offence, nor really noticed any changes.
[John Howard Stanier]
(¤) This family legend is unlikely to be true.

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