Edith Perkins
In 1911 she was a cleaner.
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Edith Perkins was born in 1897 at Nottingham, she was the daughter of James John a twisthand and Annie Perkins née Stevenson and the brother of Clarence, Ernest, May, Alfred, Harold and William James Perkins.
Her father John James was born in 1868 at Nottingham, her mother Ann Stevenson was born in 1877 at Radford, Nottingham they were married in 1895 at Nottingham, they went on to have 11 children, sadly 4 were to die in infancy or early childhood.
In the 1911 census the family lived at 1, Chews Yard, Ronald Street, New Radford, Nottingham. James John Perkins no age given is living with hs wife Ann 34 yr and their 7 children, including their eldest Edith 14 yrs a cleaner.
Nottingham Daily Express 25th January 1917:
'The death of munition-worker named Edith Perkins, aged 21, which took place at the Nottingham General Hospital on Saturday, [20th January 1917] formed the subject of an inquiry by the City Coroner C. L. Rothera'
Nottingham Evening Post 22nd January 1917:
'An inquest was held in a north midland city today on the body of a munitions worker named Edith Perkins and a verdict in accordance with medical evidence was returned.'
She died of TNT poisoning
FreeBMD Death Index cites 20 as age of death.
additional research and information Peter Gillings
Photo of Edith Perkins
Perkins Edith photo courtesy of the Wikepedia website.