I'm trying to trace the parents of May Wilce (b.24.11.1896; reg. Westbury-o-Severn, Dec Qtr 1896) who married Frank Midwinter (reg. Cheltenham, Jun Qtr 1927). I mistakenly had her as a daughter of George Wilce and Hannah Gilder.

GlosBDM

May WILCE - 1896 - mother's maiden name BEARD - Forest of Dean, Westbury on Severn, East Dean

and marriage at Cinderford Woodside, St Stephen 1891

James WILCE - Lizzie BEARD

(Marriage on Fod Records - 10 October 1891)

A few more details:-

1901 Census, High St, E. Dean,

James WILCE, Head, 34, Collier Hewer, born Glos, E.Dean
Lizzie , Wife, 32, Staffordshire
Charles , Son, 8, Glos, E.Dean
Albert , Son, 6, Glos, E.Dean
May , Daur 4, Glos, E.Dean

1911 Census, King's Head, Cinderford,

Hubert Ernest HARRIS, 35,Head, Publican, born, Newnham
Martha ,39, Wife, Cinderford
Ernest Edwin ,7, Son, Ruspidge
Evelyn Dorothy ,5, Daur, Cinderford
Charles Percy ,4, Son, Cinderford
May WILCE ,14, Niece, Cinderford

This site,

Record_ID: 87517
Entry_Number: 307
Year: 1898
Month: Jun
Day: 16
Parents_Surname: WILCE
Child_Forenames: Ida May
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Lizzie
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Cinderford
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Frederick H Naylor
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Born 4th Nov[ember] 1896
Notes:
Register_Reference: D2598 2/12
Page_Number: 81
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford Methodist

and their marriage,

Record_ID: 24952
Entry_Number: 14
Year: 1891
Month: Oct
Day: 10
Grooms_Surname: WILCE
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age: 25
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Collier
Grooms_Residence: Hinders Lane Cinderford
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Wilce
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Jabez
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Collier
Brides_Surname: BEARD
Brides_Forenames: Lizzie
Brides_Age: 23
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: High Street Cnderford
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Beard
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Edwin
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Tin-worker
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: John Beard
Witness_2: Martha Wilce
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: C.W. Houlston
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/2 1N 1/6
Page_Number: 7
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St Stephen

1881 Census, Westbury on Severn

BEARD
Edwin - 52 - born Redbrook
Ann - 48 - born Wolverhampton
Ann M - 27 - born Wolverhampton (invalid)
Sophia 25 - born Wolverhampton
John - 24 - born Wolverhampton
James - 22 - born Dudley Port
Edwin - 18 - born Wolverhampton
Lizzie - 15 - born Heath Town (this is Staffs)
Emma - 12 - ditto
Clara - 8 - ditto

1871 Census, Wolverhampton, Wednesfield, Staffs
Paul Street, Heath Town

HARD (transribed on Ancestry - bracketed BEARD)

Edwin - 41 - Upper Redbrook
Ann - 38
Ann M - 17
Sophia - 15
John - 14
Edwin - 9
Clara - 5
Lizzie - 2

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Freereg

County: Staffordshire

Place: Wolverhampton

Church: Holy Trinity (Heath Town)

Baptism Date: 17 March 1869

Forename: Lizzie

Sex: F

Father Forename: Edwin

Mother Forename: Ann

Father Surname: BEARD

Abode: Paul Street

Father Occcupation: Tin shearer

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Freereg

Marriage at St James, Wolverhampton - 8 August 1852

Edwin BEARDS - age 22, Bachelor, Tinman, abode, Union Street (father's name: John BEARD, Tinman)

married

Ann MUCHALL - age 19 - abode Union Street (father's name: Jesse MUCHALL, Nail Maker,

witnesses: James BEARDS and Elizabeth JONES

1891 Census, E.Dean, Cinderford,

Marianne B. CALCOTT, 64, Own means, born Dublin
Martha WILCE, 19, Servant domestic, Born Cinderford, Glos

1901 Census, Nembridge Rd, Weston, Somerset, Bath District

Marianne E.B. CALCOTT, 74, Own means, Born Dublin
Martha WILCE, 29, Servant, Lady;s maid domestic, Born Glos Cinderford
Eliza WILCE, 22, Servant, born Glos Cinderford

GRBDM

Q2 1903
Hubert Ernest HARRIS married
Martha WILCE (one of two possible)
Somerset, Bath.

This makes Martha HARRIS (WILCE) James WILCE's sister and Ida May's aunt.

Thank you for this information which refers to Ida May Wilce who I already had has daughter of James Wilce and Lizzie Beard. Ida M. married Frank Brain (reg. Westbury on Severn; Sep Qtr 1923).

My search was for parents of May Wilce (b.24.11.1896; reg. Westbury-o-Severn, Dec Qtr 1896) who married Frank Midwinter (reg. Cheltenham, Jun Qtr 1927).

It now seems they are the same person and that Frank Brain may have died (reg. Barnsley; Mar Qtr 1924, age 25 yrs) and (Ida) May then married Frank Midwinter, using her maiden name instead of the normal widowed name, and had four children. She died in 1986 (reg. Cheltenham; Oct 1986, dob:24.11.1896)