Minnie Rhodes

  General Notes:

Teacher, trick cyclist, played the banjo in a ladies band and smoked before it was the thing to do. Lived at 2 Hawthorn Grove, Rodley Nr Leeds. The clematis that she took from Bethel's house in Skipton was still growing at 2 Hawthron in 1977.

  Research Notes:

Rhodes family bible and notes from H R Pick to Stephen Pick.
Birth 1881 census

  Noted events in her life were:

• 1881 Census Keighley Rhodes Bethel: Minnie Rhodes daug aged 3, born Keighley, 3 Apr 1881, 38 Well Street, Keighley, Yorks, England. ¹⁸⁶

• 1891 Census Keighley Rhodes Minnie: Minnie Rhodes, daughter aged 13, Scholar, born Keighley, 5 Apr 1891, 68 North Street, Keighley, Yorks, England. ¹⁸⁷

• 1901 Census Keighley Rhodes Bethel: Minnie Rhodes daug aged 23, Elementary school teacher PE, born Keighley, 31 Mar 1901, 274 Skipton Rd, Keighley.

Minnie married Walter Brook on 5 Aug 1905 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England.

  Marriage Notes:

11/20/08. Although the marriage date was previously entered, letter from Bethel Rhodes 16 July 1906 to Minnie confirms the date.