1895 Rita Mabel Manns & 1895 Henry Grainger (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, October 30, 2018, 17:38 (2209 days ago) @ shepway

Wow great timing Mike, I'd just spotted that using the BNA free search but wasn't able to download in full, thankyou sir !! I couldnt see anything about a Mrs Rita Grainger/Granger dying tho... but I expect you will !

Re this other family;

FreeBMD;

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1917
Grainger Henry Worrall Gloucester 6a 505
Worrall Florence Grainger Gloucester 6a 505

GlosBMD confirms;

Marriage Details
Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
GRAINGER Henry WORRALL Florence Gloucester Gloucester St Mary de Lode 1917 33 No 9 178

FreeBMD;

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Jun 1924
Grainger Henry 29 Gloucester 6a 317

Cannot find any offspring births for this couple, which fits the funeral report as none mentioned there.
Also note no mention of "James" in this man's records, altho to be fair I've seen a few cases of folk adopting middle names later in life.

Think this is our Florence's birth;

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Births Jun 1895
Worrall Florence Gloucester 6a 289

Birth Details
Child Surname Child Forename Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
WORRALL Florence ALLEN 1895 Gloucester Gloucester, St Nicholas 31 413

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Not the rarest name but suspect this is Florence after losing Henry, from FreeBMD, confirmed by GlosBMD;

Surname First name(s) Mother/Spouse/Age District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1926
Grainger Florence McLellan Gloucester 6a 582
McLellan Samuel J Grainger Gloucester 6a 582

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
MCLELLAN Samuel James GRAINGER Florence Gloucester Gloucester St Mary de Lode 1926 33 No 10 114
MCLELLAN Samuel James WORRAL Florence Gloucester Gloucester St Mary de Lode 1926 33 No 10 114

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Seems she was unlucky in love !

Surname First name(s) Mother/Spouse/Age District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1950
COLLINS Joseph C McLELLAN Gloucester C. 7b 1123
McLellan Florence Collins Gloucester C. 7b 1123

Marriage Details
Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
COLLINS Joseph Charles MCLELLAN Florence Gloucester Gloucester St Luke the Less with St Stephen 1950 30 No 7 330
COLLINS Joseph Charles WOWELL Florence Gloucester Gloucester St Luke the Less with St Stephen 1950 30 No 7 330

Think this is Florence's death record, her given age fits the 1895 birth record.

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Jun 1963
COLLINS FLORENCE 68 GLOUCESTER C. 7B 462

Surname First name(s) DoB District Vol Page
Deaths Jun 1976
COLLINS JOSEPH CHARLES 20OC1904 GLOUCESTER 22 1782

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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Dec 1904 (>99%)
Collins Joseph Charles Gloucester 6a 335

Birth Details
Child Surname Child Forename Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
COLLINS Joseph Charles MERRIMAN 1904 Gloucester Gloucester, South Hamlet 82 215