On 27/05/2013 21:09, brightside S9 wrote: > I (and a couple of distant relations) have struggled for many years > trying to find the death of a Dinah Wool(l)ey. Born Dinah Lenton in > 1831. > > She married Matthew Lemon Woolley at Gretton parish Northamptonshire > on 31/10/1853 and had several children. > Freereg will find that marriage with > name - Matthew Lemon WOOLLEY (note the double L) > parish - Gretton > county - Northamptonshire. > and GRO DEC 1853 LENTON Dinah Uppingham 7a 575 > > She can be found in 1861 census. > > Her last born child (AFAICT) can be found in Freebmd > GRO JUN 1863 WOOLLEY Phoebe Lenton Uppingham 7a 279 > (note the spelling of Phoebe and the double L). > So 2nd qtr 1863 is the last indication that Dinah *is* still alive. > > The baptism of this last child, on 8/12/1868, can be found Freereg. > name - Phebe WOOLEY (note the spelling of Phebe and the single L). > parish - Gretton > county - Northamptonshire > > This baptism records the parents as Dinah and Matthew. There is no > note to say that Dinah is deceased ( I have the microfiche for > Gretton parish BMDs and there is no margin note). So DEC 1868 is the > last indication that Dinah *may* still be alive. > > The next piece of information I have is that Matthew Lemon Woo(l)ley > remarries in 1870 to a Caroline INGRAM. > GRO SEP 1870 INGRAM Caroline Uppingham 7a 451 > and the marriage can be found in Freereg > name - Matthew Lemon WOOLEY (note the single L) > parish - Gretton > county - Northamptonshire > Here the grooms condition is *Widower*. > > So this tells me that Dinah is no *longer* alive. > > The mariages and births are all in a small village of Gretton and that > seems to me to rule out anything suspicious. However I cannot find > any information about Dinah Wool(l)ey's death or a burial. > > Can anyone find out when Dinah WOOL(L)ey died? Any clues would be > welcome. Thanks. > I have a similar problem with the daughter of one of my relations. She was born and then vanished! Alfred Ernest Nosworthy was married three times, the second time to Mary Ethel Austin in 1899, The marriage was short-lived because Mary Ethel died in Leicester RD in the September Q of 1900. As there was a Mary Ethel Nosworthy born in the same district in the same quarter, she almost certainly died in childbirth. But what happened to the child? She lived long enough to be named (don't know about baptised) and to have her birth registered but that appears to be the only record of her. (I don't know for *definite* that she was the child of this couple, but I'd be amazed if she wasn't.) -- Jenny M Benson

On 03/06/2013 13:13, Jenny M Benson wrote: > I have a similar problem with the daughter of one of my relations. She > was born and then vanished! > > Alfred Ernest Nosworthy was married three times, the second time to Mary > Ethel Austin in 1899, The marriage was short-lived because Mary Ethel > died in Leicester RD in the September Q of 1900. As there was a Mary > Ethel Nosworthy born in the same district in the same quarter, she > almost certainly died in childbirth. But what happened to the child? > Perhaps this is her... 1901 England Census about Maud E Nosworthy Name: Maud E Nosworthy Age: 9 Months Estimated Birth Year: abt 1900 Relation: Niece Gender: Female Where born: Leicestershire, England Civil Parish: Stone Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch County/Island: Staffordshire Country: England Household Members: Name Age George Ravenscroft 25 Gertrude Ravenscroft 28 Maud E Nosworthy 9 Months FreeBMD doesn't have a "Maud" Nosworthy born 1899-1900

On 23/06/2013 17:30, CWatters wrote: > On 03/06/2013 13:13, Jenny M Benson wrote: >> I have a similar problem with the daughter of one of my relations. She >> was born and then vanished! >> >> Alfred Ernest Nosworthy was married three times, the second time to Mary >> Ethel Austin in 1899, The marriage was short-lived because Mary Ethel >> died in Leicester RD in the September Q of 1900. As there was a Mary >> Ethel Nosworthy born in the same district in the same quarter, she >> almost certainly died in childbirth. But what happened to the child? >> > > Perhaps this is her... > > 1901 England Census > about Maud E Nosworthy > Name: > Maud E Nosworthy > Age: > 9 Months > Estimated Birth Year: > abt 1900 > Relation: > Niece > Gender: > Female > Where born: > Leicestershire, England > Civil Parish: > Stone > Ecclesiastical parish: > Christchurch > County/Island: > Staffordshire > Country: > England > Household Members: Name Age > George Ravenscroft 25 > Gertrude Ravenscroft 28 > Maud E Nosworthy 9 Months > > FreeBMD doesn't have a "Maud" Nosworthy born 1899-1900 > > Ooh, thank you *very* much, I think you have cracked it. Gertrude Ravenscroft was Gertrude Austin before she married, so almost certainly was Mary Ethel's sister Mary/Maud is still with them (or with them again) in 1911 but this time known as Ethel! -- Jenny M Benson