Alberta Dewsbury
(1887-1947)

Alberta Dewsbury (later Alberta Driver) was the seventh of the twelve children of publican and miller Henry James Dewsbury and his wife Mahala Randall who ran the chain ferry across the River Ouse at Barway, Cambridgeshire, England.

She married Walter Driver, a farmer of her native Little Thetford. The couple set up home there to raise a family of three children.

Alberta pre-deceased her husband by 16 years in 1947, and is buried alone in Little Thetford's cemetery.

Life Events

Born

• 1887 at Barway, Cambridgeshire, England.

Baptised

• 25th June 1905, aged 18 years at St. George's Church, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, England.

Married

• Walter Lionel Driver (1881-1963) on 28th June 1905 at St. George's Church, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, England.

Children:

• Ivy Winifred Driver (1905-2003) married Cyril William Dewsbury (1908-1986)
• Gwendoline Margaret Driver (1906-1995) married Jack Stanley Martin (1903-1971)
• Raymond Lionel Driver (1914-1997) married Florence Irene Crabbe (1911-2006)

Census and Residence

• 1891: 3yrs, Thetford Mill, Soham, Cambridgeshire, England.
• 1901: 13yrs, Barway, Cambridgeshire, England.
• 1911: 23yrs, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, England.
• 1935: Front Street, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, England.
• 1939: Manor Farm, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, England.

Death

• 30th June 1947, aged 59yrs.

Burial

• During July 1947, alone at Little Thetford Cemetery, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, England.