Catherine or Katherine?

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 4 May 1950. Duckering. May 2, at Lindsey House, Kirton-in-Lindsey, Katherine, wife of the late Edward Elmhirst Duckering, JP. Internment at St Andrew’s Church tomorrow (Friday) at 2:30pm. Friends please accept this (the only) intimation.

Hull Daily Mail, 23 August 1919. Mr E E Duckering, J.P. Kirton Lindsey. KirtonLindsey’s new Justice of the Peace, Mr Edward E Duckering, may be described as one of the “Capital of the Cliffs’” foremost public men. He was born at Northorpe in 1865, his father being the late Richard E Duckering, the owner of the noted Northorpe herd of pigs. He has been in business since 1886 as a wine and spirit merchant, later adding to his business that of a brewer, later adding of hay and straw dealer. That he has always taken a great interest in public matters will be seen from the following list of duties performed in the public interest. Always courteous and methodical, he has won the confidence of a large circle of friends. for 23 years he has been churchwarden at St Andrew’s Church, where, tradition states, Oliver Cromwell billeted his horses and men in 1642.
For many years he has been chairman of the reading-room and library, a useful local institution; also chairman of the trustees of the Town Hall, erected to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. For 23 years he has been a member of the Parish Council, and served two terms as chairman. He has done good and conscientious work as a member of the Rural District Council of Glanford Brigg and the Board of Guardians, serving on many committees. He is trustee on several of the town charities, also a governor of the Kirton Lindsey Exhibition endowment. In politics he is a Conservative, being chairman of the local Conservative and Unionist Association, and hon. treasurer for the Gainsborough Divisional Conservative Association for th epast 16 years.
War Work.
During the period of the war, Mr Duckering wasa strenuous worker in many capacities. He was a member of the West Brigg Tribunal, which sat at Scunthorpe, nine miles away; also a member of the East Brigg Relief Committee, Prince of Wales’s Fund, and hon. secretary for the East Brigg War Savings Committee, which embraced no less than 25 parishes, with 22 associations.
Mr Duckering has also done a vast amount of work in connection with the Local Food Control Committee, of whihc he is a member. In April 1918, the committee asked him to take charge of the office, whcih acts for 43 parishes and a population of 23,000. When the tangle had been straightened out by him, the committee advertised for an executive officer with a salary of £200 per annum. Not considering that there was a suitable applicant, it was offered to Mr Duckering on condition he resigned his position as Rural District Councillor and Guardian. This he refused to do, and offered to carry om until an executive officer was appointed - and he is still carrying on without remuneration.
In 1918 he was appointed officially civilain buyer of hay and straw for the army and civilian needs, being given the Brigg and Grimsby District, and later the Market Rasen district also.
Mr Duckering was also a special constable, doing a great amount of work in connection with Zepplin raids. He belongs to the Yarborough Lodge of Freemasons and the Mark MAster Masons. With such a records, no diubt Kirton Lindsey will agree that Mr Duckeirng has well merited the honour conferred upon him by the Lord Chancellor. R.C.R.

'The Town Hall was thought of by dignataries of Kirton, Mr Edward Elmhirst DUCKERING being one of them, Mr Joseph William COOK of Chappil Farm another. It would be a public hall toc elebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. They hoped public subscriptions would pay it.' '.... It was largely due to the efforts of Mr Edward Elmhirst DUCKERING that the Town Hall in 1927 was cleared of debt and again largely due to his efforts that the inauguration of a new scheme for carrying on the Town Hall was implemented. A result of which a number of Trustees were added.'
'.... These being being - Edward Elmhirst DUCKERING, Samuel PINDER, Charles Elmhirst DUCKERING, Edward Elmhirst DUCKERING -the younger and Francis Cecil HILL who served seven years.'( From Kirton in Lindsey - Historical Aspects, Lincoln Library -ref. L Kirk 9 - Mark 1.6.98)

Edward is buried in Kirton in Lindsey and his gravestone recordsthat he was a JP, married to Katherine, and died 12th June 1929aged 64. This makes his date of birth 1865. (Quentin1/96 andMark 8.97, Gravestones in Lincolnshire Churchyards, Mi box KIno. 747)

Edward's death date 1929. (Don D. USA 1.7.96)

In his sister's will, Sarah, Edward apart from being given probate, his occupation was given as a wine merchant. (MichaelD. 29.6.96)

'Edward Elmhirst of Lindsey House, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincs.,died 12th June 1929. Probate to Katherine D. widow ( + othersnot related). Effects £7741 1s 5d. Resworn £7501 1s 5d.' Will.(Michael)

'This is the last Will and Testament of me Edward ElmhirstDuckering of Lindsey House in the parish of Kirton in Lindsey inthe County of Lincoln Wine and Spirit Merchant. Whereof Iappoint my dear wife Katherine Duckering and my daughter GladysDuckering and my friends Henry Wright of Kirkby Green in thesaid County of Lincon and George Edmund Davy of Scunthorpe inthe said County Solicitor (hereinafter called my Trustees) tobe the Executors and Trustees. I give and bequeath thefollowing legacies namely to my said wife Katherine DuckeringTwo hundred and fifty pounds. To my said daughter GladysDuckering Five hundred pounds. To my said brother AlbertDuckering twenty five pounds and to my sister Amelia DuckeringTwenty five pounds and I direct that all the aforesaid legaciesshall be paid to the aforesaid legatees in full free from legacyduty and that the legacy to my siad wife be paid to her as soonas possible after my death. I direct my Trustees to set asideout of my estate such a sum as when invested will produce anannual sum of Ten pounds and to cause five pounds os such lastmentioned sum to be applied perpetually in the upkeep of theCenotaph or War Memorial standing on the Green at Kirton inLindsey and to cause the remaining five pounds to be appliedperpetually in keeping in good order the graves of my own familyin the Churchyard in Kirton in Lindsey, the graves of theDuckering Family in the Churchyard at Northorpe and thegraves of the family of William Dunn late of Worlaby in theChurchyard at Elsham. I give devise and bequeath all the rest,residue and remainder of my real and personal estate unto myTrustees Upon trust to sell, call in or otherwise convert thesame into money in whatsoever manner they may in theirdiscretion think most advantageous and to stand possessed of thenet proceeds of the sale together with my ready money Upon trustin the first place to pay thereout my just debts and funeral andtestamentary expenses and the legacies hereinbeforebequeathed and then to invest the balance remaining in theirhands which is hereinafter referred to as my residuary estate insome security or securities authorised for the investment oftrust funds and to pay the income arising therefrom to my saidwife Katherine Duckering during her life and from and after thedeath of my said wife to pay the income aforesaid to my daughterthe said Gladys Duckering during her life and from and after thedeath of my said daughter to pay out of my residuary estate asthen constituted the sum of one thousand pounds to the husbandof my said daughter if he is living and to divide the balance ofthe said residuary estate between all and every the children ofmy said daughter Gladys Duckering in equal shares Providednevertheless that if my said daughter shall die without leavingissue her surviving the I direct my Trustees to pay the sum ofone thousand pounds to my brother Albert Duckering the like sumof one thousand pounds to my sister Amelia Duckering and thebalance of my residuary estate to such person or persons as mydaughter shall by her Will appoint. Provided that if either orboth of them my said brother and sister shall have predeceasedmy said daughter then I direct that the said sum or sums of onethousand pounds and one thousand pounds shall be paid in equalshares to the children of my said brother Albert Duckering. Ihereby declare that notwithstanding the direction for saleherebefore contained I expressly authorise my Trustees topostpone the sale of the whole or portion or portions of my realand personal estate for such period or periods as they in theirdiscretion shall think fit. I further declare that any one of myTrustees being a Solicitor shall be entitled to be paid allusual professional or proper charges for business transacted,time expanded and acts done by him or any partner of his inconnection with the trusts thereof including acts which atrustee not being in a professional or business could have donepersonally. I hereby revoke all former Wills and testamentarydispositions by me heretofore made and declare this to be mylast Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto setmy hand this 30th day of May one thousand nine hundred andtwenty three. Ed. Elmhirst Duckering
Signed by the said Edward Elmhirst Duckering the Testator as andfor his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in hispresnece at his request and in the presence of each other havehereunto subcribed our names as witnesses.Petheral Smith, Jeweller, Kirton in Lindsey
J.W.Le Fevre, Pharmacy Manager, Kirton Lindsey
On the 11th day of October 1929. Probate of this will wasgranted at Lincoln to the Executors. I do hereby certify this tobe a correct copy, District Registrar, Lincoln 16th October1929.' (Michael 26.4.97)

Parish Rgister 1891 Marriage Solemnized after banns in the parish of Worlaby in the County of Lincoln. No 173 Sept 30 1891. Edward Elmhurst Duckering, age 26 bachelor brewer residing Kirton in Lindsey, father Richard Elmhurst Duckering farmer. Catherine Dunn age 30 spinster residing Worlaby, father William Dunn farmer. Both signed and in the presence of John Dunn, Alice Maud Dunn and Florence Duckering