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Mary Adams
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Mary Adams
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 1894 Glasgow
Date and Place of Death: unknown
Nationality: Scottish
Biography
Childhood: spent in Glasgow and Hebburn (44 Ann Street, Hebburn Quay)
Parents: William (born in Stonehaven, Scotland) and Mary (born in Marykirk, Scotland), married in 1884, 9 children (5 living in 1911)
Parent’s occupations: Father was an iron driller in a Shipyard
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Occupational history (previous jobs in their career): domestic servant (at home) (1911 census)
Occupation: munition worker at H M Factory, Gretna
Head forewoman (1918), after having been rewarded for her brave action in a factory explosion
Place of residence at Gretna: –
Job title at Gretna: munition worker, head forewoman
Marital status: unknown
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Awards/recognitions: Order of the British Empire (medal) for courage in assisting others at great personal risk
Trivia / any other information:
“Miss Adams, who was born in Hebburn and had lived all her life in it, was engaged as a worker in a large munition establishment.…
Selby Grace Bald
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- 1901 census – Selby (aged 2), living with her mother, father and siblings in Sunderland. Her dad (Adam) was a papermaker.
- In the 1911 census – Selby (aged 12), was living with her parents, siblings and a boarder (David Raey – relative of Selby’s mother?) in Sunderland.
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Eliza Blenkinsop
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) :Eliza Blenkinsop (Elizabeth Mitchell)
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: October 1899, Sunderland, Durham
Date and Place of Death: 8 March 1966, 6 Belmont Avenue, Eaglesfield, (Middlebie), Dumfries-shire (Scotland’s people)
Nationality: English
Biography
Childhood: 1911 census at 22 South Railway St, Seaham with 4 sisters
Parents: Death certificate almost impossible to read from Scotland’s people Thought to be John William Blenkinsop b Apr 1871 and Ellen b1872 d July 1925 Sunderland Durham who married in about 1894 (1911 census at 22 South Railway St, Seaham. …
Ethel Burnett
- Mentioned in Chris Brader’s PhD Thesis Timbertown Girls (Microsoft Word – WRAP_THESIS_coversheet (warwick.ac.uk)) on p. 22, 23, 27.
- Appears to be an oral interview conducted with Ethel held in the Liddle Archives, Uni of Leeds
Nina Cooper
- Liddle archive, transcript of interview with Nina Cooper, Uni of Leeds
- Timbertown Girls, PhD Thesis by Chris Brader. Access here: http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36426/,
- ‘Nina Cooper, a Sunderland girl who worked at Gretna and who was interviewed in the 1970s, remembered going to many dances and socialising with local boys.
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Rose Corcoran
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Rose Corcoran
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 29th October 1898 in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
Date and Place of Death: 14th April 1974 in Crawcrook, Tyne and Wear
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood: Rose was the eldest child.…
William Roseby Twaddle
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William Roseby Twaddle
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1879, Cullercoats, Tynemouth (2) (3) (5)
Date and Place of Death: 17/08/1929, North Shields (4) (11)
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood: Born in Tynemouth , one of five children, two died young.…
