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I'm trying to find the births of George and Mabel Storer. George was born c1885 and Mabel c1889. They were both born in Hucknall Torkard in Nottingham and their parents were Henry and Mary. I'd really appreciate your help. Many thanks.

Thanks, I'll give it a try. I've looked on Ancestry UK and here but without success so far.

Birth Registration for Mabel
Births Mar 1899
Storer Mabel Basford 7b 209

Hucknall Torkard is in the registration area of Basford

Possible registration for George

Births Dec 1884
Storer George Henry Basford 7b 202

The one for George might fit but Mabel appears on the 1901 census as 12 years old. Thanks for looking.

Sorry got the year wrong.... this might fit better
Births Mar 1887
STORER Mabel Louisa Basford 7b 190

That's terrific. I think that I'd better send off for the birth certificates to check. I'm trying to confirm their mother's maiden name as I can't find any marriage under the name given on my grandfather's birth certificate and these 2 seem to be his siblings.

Mabel in the 1891 census
Name: Mabel Stover
[Mabel Storer]
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Henry
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Hucknall Torkard

Civil Parish: Hucknall Torkard
Ecclesiastical parish: Hucknall Torkard
Town: Hucknall Torkard
County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Basford
Sub registration district: Bulwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Stover 32 occ coal miner
Mary Stover 27
George Stover 6
Mabel Stover 4
John Hall 28 lodger occ hair dresser

Thanks....Mary goes missing from the 1901 census along with my grandfather Frederick James born in 1892. There's not a trace of them but Henry, George and Mabel are all there!

What name was given on your grandfather's birth certificate for Mary?

It says Mary Talbot but I can only find a marriage to a Mary Turner that fits in with the dates. Henry and Mary were living in Foleshill in Warwickshire and the census show that they were both born there.

Perhaps Mary had been married before she married Henry Storer?

It's possible...I think that Henry had been married before. I've found a marriage to Eliza Barnett (or Burnett) in 1880 and she died in 1882. If Henry remarried fairly quickly then the dates for the birth of George would fit. Any ideas on the best way to check for previous marriages?

There's no easy way ..... a matter of putting different names into FreeBMD and seeing what comes out!!

There is this marriage but the other names haven't been transcribed yet.

Surname First name(s) District Vol

Marriages Jun 1887 (47%)


TALBOT Mary Foleshill 6d 633

Christine

Thought so!!!! I've just been playing with that. I think that I'll send off for the birth certificates and see if it says Talbot on them in case there was a mistake made on Fredericks.
Thanks once again for all of your help....sometimes it helps to have a fresh pair of eyes looking!

Hi Christine
Where did you find the marriage? It looks like a possibility, after all, perhaps they didn'y marry until after the first 2 children were born...wouldn't be the first time in this family as I'm finding out!!

I've just checked the full indexes and there is no Henry Storer to correspond with that marriage record for Mary Talbot.

Christine

Oh well, back to the drawing board! But many thanks for looking.

The marriage was on Free BMD


http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

They can be a bit more up to date than Ancestry as Ancestry take their transcribed ones from there.

Christine