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I am looking for a marriage for Arthur James Whatley and Matilda Hoar - possibly in the Hampshire area.
it might be between 1901 - 1926 He was a sailor serving at Portsmouth.
Any info on either of them would be very helpful
Many thanks

Hello Mary - have you had a look on FreeBMD? http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Why such a wide timescale?

For reference, they claimed to have been married 3 years in 1911:

WHATLEY, Arthur James Head Married M 27 1884 Seaman Royal Navy Steeple Langford Wilts
WHATLEY, Matilda Wife Married3 years F 31 1880 Blackmoor Hants
WHATLEY, Arthur Francis Son M 1 1910 Portsmouth Hants
WHATLEY, Bernard Son M 0 (7 MONTHS) 1911 Portsmouth Hants

RG number: RG14 Piece: 5570
Reference: RG14PN5570 RG78PN253 RD90 SD3 ED10 SN174
Registration District: Portsmouth
Sub District: Portsea and Landport
Enumeration District: 10
Parish: Portsmouth

Address: 30 Hale Street Landport County: Hampshire

1911 England Census
about Arthur James Whatley
Name: Arthur James Whatley
Age in 1911: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Steeple Langford, Wiltshire, England
Civil parish: Portsmouth
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street Address: 30 Hale Street, Landport
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Seaman, Royal Navy
Registration district: Portsmouth
Registration District Number: 90
Sub-registration district: Portsea and Landport
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 174
Piece: 5570
Household Members: Name Age
Arthur James Whatley 27
Matilda Whatley 31
Arthur Frances Whatley 1
Bernard Whatley 7/12

I'm not seeing a marriage for them.

Me neither PH - perhaps they never bothered .......

3 children born after 1911....

Births Sep 1914 (>99%)
Whatley Gertrude M Hoar Portsmouth 2b 927

Births Mar 1920 (>99%)
Whatley James F Hoar Portsmouth 2b 1163

Births Jun 1925 (>99%)
Whatley Ethel M Hoar Portsmouth 2b 756

Deaths Sep 1926 (>99%)
WHATLEY Matilda 45 Portsmouth 2b 547

Thanks but I have all this already and was just hoping someone might have other ideas. We are now thinking she may have been married before. :-D

What do you know about Matilda, other than the 1911 census?

Which may be inaccurate

Births Dec 1879 (>99%)
Hoar Matilda Alton 2c 155

Mary - we just post the census for our own reference so we can get the background.

Did you get Matilda's maiden name from one of the children's birth certificates?
(Please reply on here) :-)

1891 England Census

Name: Matilda Hoare
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Hori Hoare
Mother's Name: Pamelia Hoare
Gender: Female
Where born: Selborne, Hampshire, England
Civil parish: Selborne
Ecclesiastical parish: Blackmoor
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street Address:


Registration district: Alton
Sub-registration district: Alton
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 951
Folio: 100
Page Number: 23
Household Members:
Name Age
Hori Hoare 48
Pamelia Hoare 47
William Hoare 19
Mary Hoare 17
Jane Hoare 15
Hori Hoare 13
Matilda Hoare 11
Arthur Hoare 9
Kate Hoare 7
Herbert Hoare 5
Frank Hoare 2

1881 England Census

Name: Matilda Hoare
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Hori Hoare
Mother's Name: Pamelia Hoare
Gender: Female
Where born: Selborne, Hampshire, England
Civil parish: Selborne
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street Address: The Forest

Registration district: Alton
Sub-registration district: Alton
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1246
Folio: 127
Page Number: 14
Household Members:
Name Age
Hori Hoare 38
Pamelia Hoare 36
William Hoare 9
Mary Hoare 7
Jane Hoare 5
Hori Hoare 3
Matilda Hoare 1

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=7386782

(his Navy Record on above, £3.36 to download)

Chris :)

Thanks we do actually hold his original service record - where he states his second wife but not Matilda. We are thinking she may have been amrried before to a man called Baker - ro at least lived as Mrs Baker???

I have one child's birth cert - she is still alive, so we know that she really was Matilda Hoar.
We have also seen a child listed as a granddaughter on her parents census page - Matilda Jane Baker. We are obtaining the birth cert to see if she was a child of Matilda or one of her sisters.