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https://scatchtree.tripod.comIn the 1841 census North side of Market Place, Masham, Yorkshire.
Thomas Carter, age 45, grocer and draper, born Yorkshire. Mary Carter, age 45, born Yorkshire.
Thomas Carter, age 20, assistant draper, born Yorkshire.
Mary Carter, age 20, born Yorkshire.
Esther Carter, age 15, born Yorkshire. Robert Carter, age 14, born Yorkshire.
Christopher Carter, age 12, born Yorkshire.
James Carter, age 10, born Yorkshire. Jane Carter, age 8, born Yorkshire.
William Carter, age 6, born Yorkshire.
Joseph Carter, age 4, born Yorkshire.
3 grocer apprentices and 3 female servants.
In the 1851 census Market Place, Masham, Yorkshire.
Head Mary Carter, widow, age 59 annuitant, born Masham, Yorkshire.
Daughter
Esther Carter, unmarried, age 27, born Masham.
Son Robert Carter, unmarried, age 24, graduate Bishop Hatfield Hale Durham University, born Masham.
Son Christopher Carter, unmarried, age 21, Grocer, born Masham.
Son James Carter, unmarried, age 20, grocer, born Masham.
Daughter Jane Carter, age 18, born Masham.
2 apprentice grocers including a Mark Carter, 2 house servants.
In the 1881 census civil parish Clifford cum Boston, registration district Wetherby, sub district Boston, Low Lane.
Esther Scatchard, head, widow, age 56, Surgeon’s widow, born Masham.
Son Walter Scatchard, unmarried, age 20, Medical Assistant, born Boston Spa.
Daughter Mary E. Scatchard, age 19, born Boston Spa.
Son Charles Scatchard, unmarried, age 17, medical student, born Boston Spa. 1 servant.
In the 1891 census civil parish Clifford with Boston, ecclesiastical parish Boston St. Marys, Boston Spa, Yorkshire, Wetherby registration district, sub district Boston, Holly House.
Esther Scatchard, head, widow, age 66, living on own means, born Masham.
Daughter Mary E. Scatchard, age 29, born Boston Spa.
Niece Sarah G. Carter, single, age 29, living on own means, born Ripon, Yorkshire. 1 servant.
West Yorkshire Electoral Registers 1894
Person entitled to vote as County Electors but not Parliamentary Electors
Clifford-cum-Noston Township
Ester Scatchard, Boston Spa, dwelling house, Clifford Lane.
[All the persons in this category were women. Thus they could vote for County electons, but not for parliament]
[I believe the following two entries do indeed refer to this Esther Scatchard. I think the spinster is in fact an error. Everything else is a match. The age is a match, her oldest son is living in Boughton at the time, both her sons who are surgeons are mentioned in the probate.]
In the October to December 1897 death index,
Esther Scatchard, age 73, Faversham district, Kent, volume 2a, page 495.
England Select Deaths and Burials
Ester Scatchard, buried November 2, 1897, Boughton under Blean, Kent
National Probate Calendar
Esther Scatchard of Boughton near Faversham Kent spinster died 28 October 1897 Probate London 31 December 1897 to Walter Scatchard and Charles Scatchard surgeons Effects 798 pounds.