WATERFALL Edith Anna

1880 - 1959  (78 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	WATERFALL Edith Anna
  Born	21 Dec 1880	2 Craigleigth, Belmont Road, Bristol, England   [1, 2]
  	21/12/1880 At 2 Craigleigth, Belmont Road, Bristol Georgina wife of William B Waterfall twins named Edith Anna and Robinson
  Gender	Female
  Census	1881	Bristol St James and St Paul Out, Gloucestershire, England
  Education	Between 1891 and 1898	Redland School, Bristol, England
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire, England   [3]
  Education	Between 1898 and 1902	Oxford University, Oxford, England
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Bristol, England   [4]
  Education	Between 1902 and 1903	Bristol University, Bristol, England
  Occupation	Between 1903 and 1941
  	Teacher and Lecturer
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Bristol, England   [5]
  Passenger List	2 Sep 1920	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [6]
  	Departed for New York, USA on the Kroonland from Southampton on the 2 September 1920.
  	Age: 39
  		UK Outgoing Passenger List for Edith Anna Waterfall
  Passenger List	11 Sep 1920	New York, New York, USA   [7]
  	Arrived at the Port of New York on the 11 September 1920 onboard the Kroonland.
  		New York Passenger List page 1
  		New York Passenger List page 2
  Education	Between 12 Sep 1920 and 1922	Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
  	Awarded a PhD
  Passenger List	Jun 1922	Southampton, Hampshire, England
  	Edith departed Montreal, Canada in June 1922 and sailed to Southampton.
  	Age: 41
  		UK Incoming Passenger List for Edith Anna Waterfall
  Died	21 Feb 1959	Herrison Hospital, Dorchester, Dorset, England   [8, 9, 10]
  	Aged 78 years.
  Buried	26 Feb 1959	Weymouth, Dorset, England   [10]
  	Cremated
  Obituary	03 Apr 1959  [11]
  	Dorchester Allowed Meeting and Shaftesbury and Sherborne Monthly Meeting have suffered a severe loss in the death of Edith Anna Waterfall on February 21, aged 78. A birthright Friend, she was educated at Redland High School, Bristol, and later obtained a History Honours degree at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and a teacher's diploma at Bristol University. After teaching and lecturing in history in schools in Manchester and Bristol, and in the Teachers' Training Department of Bristol University, she spent two years of graduate study and research at Columbia University, New York City. From 1923 - 41 she was lecturer in Education at the Darlington Training College, and the Leeds Domestic Science Training College. In 1941 Edith Waterfall and her lifelong friend Miss E. Newcomb, both retired and came to live in Dorchester. Their home was a haven of rest, peace and love, where many came and found joy, comfort and sympathetic understanding. Her membership was then transferred from Bristol and Frenchay to Shaftesbury and Sherborne Monthly Meeting, and from 1945 until her death, she was an elder. She had a lively concern for the whole Society and brought to the service of Elders all the depth of her experience and wider vision. During the years of her retirement Edith Waterfall's chief interest centered around the small Meeting in Dorchester, which she brought into being and nurtured by her deep spiritual experience. Her ministry was both of a teaching and prophetic nature. She worked untiringly for many years receiving, packing and dispatching clothing for refugees; a complete record is not available, but from 1953 - 58, 96 sacks of clothing were sent off by her from her Dorchester home to the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. Edith Waterfall loved the birds and the flowers, and all the beauties of nature were a constant joy to her. A walk with her in the country brought a rich experience of God. She had a great capacity for friendship and a fine sensitivity to the needs of other, sharing the joys and sorrows of all with whom she came in touch. She made people feel that they mattered intensely to her, and even in the most casual contact gave herself freely. She seemed to penetrate beneath the human imperfections to the Christ-like qualities within.
  Probate	20 May 1959	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [8]
  	Edith Anna Waterfall of 18 South Court Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset. Spinster died 21 February 1959 at Herrison Hospital, Dorshester. Probate Winchester 20 May to Lloyds Bank Ltd. Effects £11630 10s 4d.
  Notes	Books written by Edith Anna Waterfall The pratical nature of teacher-training in America, its suggestive value for England. published 1921 The day continuation school in England; its function and future. published 1923. publisher G Allen & Unwin, London Practical and artistic activities in the schools; their function, psychological basis and practice. Author Ursula Margaret Edmonds & Edith Anna Waterfall. published 1931. publisher George Allen & Unwin
  Person ID	I69	Warwickshire Waterfalls | Decendants of James Waterfall
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	WATERFALL William Booth,   b. 18 Jul 1850, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England ,   d. 04 Oct 1915, Thurlemere, Woodstock Road, Redland, Bristol, England  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	ROBINSON Georgiana,   b. 16 Feb 1852, Pardshaw, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England ,   d. 09 Nov 1935, Clifton Court, Clifton Hill, Bristol, England  (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	06 May 1875	Pardshaw Hall, Pardshaw, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England   [1, 12]
  	6/5/1875 At Pardshaw Hall, William Booth Waterfall of Carlisle to Georgiana daurghter of George M Robinson of Pardshaw.
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S10] The Friend. [S41] Quaker Birth Digests 1837 - 1941, The Religous Society of Friends. [S35] 1891 Census, (Ancestry.co.uk), RG12., RG12/1988 Folio: 135 Page: 30 (Reliability: 2). [S278] 1901 Census, (Ancestry.co.uk), RG13., RG13/2370 Folio: 65 Page: 12 (Reliability: 2). [S68] 1911 Census, (Ancestry.co.uk), RG14., RG14/15095 RD: 319 SD: Westbury ED: 3 SN: 44 (Reliability: 3). [S367] UK Outgoing Passenger Lists, (Ancestry), BT27., BT27/932 (Reliability: 3), 2 Sep 1920. Edith is 39 years old and gives her occupation as a Lecturer. [S368] New York Passenger Lists, (Ancestry), T715., T715, 1897-1957; line 16; page 107 (Reliability: 3). [S145] Probate - Edith Anna Waterfall, Will, (21 February 1959, Probate Date, 20 May 1959). [S2] Death Indexes 1837 - Present, General Register Office, March 1959 Weymouth 7c 942 (78years). [S44] Quaker Death Digests 1837 - 1961, The Religous Society of Friends. [S10] The Friend, 3rd April 1959. [S43] Quaker Marriage Digests 1837-1963, The Religous Society of Friends.