Nurse Hannah Head (Taylor) (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, February 01, 2020, 16:49 (1749 days ago) @ probinson

On this site's PRs there's a marriage of a Hannah Maria Head (widow) to George Morgan (widower) at Staunton in 1929. Witness Albert Ayres Head. Brides father Henry Taylor.

Parish Records also have;

Record_ID: 337404
Entry_Number: 647
Year: 1935
Month: Dec
Day: 31
Surname: MORGAN
Forenames: Hannah Maria
Residence: Staunton Coleford Glos
Age_at_death: 75 years
Officiating_Minister: L W E Aylmer Kelly Asst Curate
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: PFC310 1/11
Page_No: 81
Parish_Chapel: Staunton
Soundex: M625

Which confirms born abt 1860 as per o/p.

Cannot yet find a definite "matching" Burial Record for George Morgan.

I wonder if he's on the 1939 Register ?

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Re witness Albert, "youngest son of Alfred Head, and a resident of Coleford";

Record_ID: 66125
Entry_Number:
Year: 1916
Month: Jan
Day: 30
Grooms_Surname: HEAD
Grooms_Forenames: Albert Ayres
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition:
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Coleford
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Head
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Alfred
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: BEVAN
Brides_Forenames: Hilda Mary
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition:
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Fishponds, Bristol
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Bevan
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Alfred
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns:
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark:
Witness_1:
Witness_2:
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Rev W Stanley Brownless
Event: Marriage
Memoranda: The groom is the youngest son and the bride is the only daughter
Notes:
Register_Reference: Place of Marriage - Fishponds All Saints
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Gloucester Journal Newspaper Report
Soundex_Groom: H300
Soundex_Bride: B150

The PRs have these siblings, all baptised same day as Albert, but how old were they ?;

Record_ID: 103199
Entry_Number:
Year: 1892
Month: Aug
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: HEAD
Child_Forenames: Alice Elizabeth Ann
Fathers_Forenames: Alfred
Mothers_Forenames: Hannah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Albert Road Coleford
Occupation: Baker
Officiating_Minister: A W Cornwall
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P93 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 16
Parish_Chapel: Coleford
Soundex: H300

Record_ID: 103200
Entry_Number:
Year: 1892
Month: Aug
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: HEAD
Child_Forenames: George Witford
Fathers_Forenames: Alfred
Mothers_Forenames: Hannah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Albert Road Coleford
Occupation: Baker
Officiating_Minister: A W Cornwall
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes: Confirm forename spelt Witford
Register_Reference: P93 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 16
Parish_Chapel: Coleford
Soundex: H300

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Re the above Baptisms;

Searching whole UK FreeBMD database for all "George W Head", this is the only match for George Witford Head, AND it's in our district AND timeframe too !

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1887
HEAD George Whitford Monmouth 11a 19

Searching again as an unusual name, cannot find a definite Marriage, but can find this perfect match. Wandsworth is in south/central London.

Surname First name(s) DoB District Vol Page
Deaths Jun 1970 (>99%)
HEAD George Whitford 1De1886 Wandsworth 5e 1208

And Alice;

Record_ID: 151855
Entry_Number: 45
Year: 1922
Month: Feb
Day: 6
Grooms_Surname: HUNT
Grooms_Forenames: John
Grooms_Age: 40
Groom_Condition: Widower
Grooms_Occupation: Waggoner
Grooms_Residence: Redbrook
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: HUNT
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Edwin
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Miller
Brides_Surname: HEAD
Brides_Forenames: Alice Elizabeth Ann
Brides_Age: 37
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Redbrook
Brides_Fathers_Surname: HEAD
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Alfred
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Baker
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Edwin James Mitchell
Witness_2: Lillan Hunt
Other_Witnesses: Gertrude Midwinter
Officiating_Minister: R Hamilton Evered Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P227 IN 1/14
Page_Number: 23
Parish_Chapel: Newland
Soundex_Groom: H530
Soundex_Bride: H300

So Alice def born abt 1885.

FreeBMD confirms;

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Sep 1884
Head Alice Elizabeth A Camberwell 1d 943

So Alice was born in Camberwell (see below), south/central London, and very near the aforementioned Wandsworth district.

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Only two other Alfred Head PRs in the whole database (there are only 132 HEADs in total), both our family;

Record_ID: 77975
Entry_Number: 2954
Year: 1928
Month: Jan
Day: 12
Surname: HEAD
Forenames: Alfred
Residence: Retired Baker
Age_at_death: 87
Officiating_Minister: Rev[eren]d C H M Fasson
Event: Interment
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: (1) 33 Newland St[reet] Coleford (2) [not stated] (3) CC 18 (4) Consecrated (5)
Notes:
Register_Reference: DA25 / 204 / 30
Page_No: 47
Parish_Chapel: Coleford Cemetery
Soundex: H300

So born abt 1841.

This record for Alfred Head, ex-baker of Coleford, seems a very good match with the Marriage record to Hannah Taylor in Camberwell London found by Mike Pinchin; it seems both slightly adjusted their ages to reduce the apparent age-gap. Also note Alfred died in 1928, the year before the marriage of widow Hannah Maria Head to George Morgan found by probinson, seeming to indicate the same Hannah.

Sadly;

Record_ID: 75812
Entry_Number: 808
Year: 1885
Month: Jan
Day: 4
Surname: HEAD
Forenames: Alfred and James
Residence: Son of Alfred Head and Hannah his wife
Age_at_death: 2
Officiating_Minister: Thomas Williams
Event: Interment
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: (1) Coleford (2) South Div'n 1/2 Adults Gr (3) F 32 west (4) Unconsecrated (5)
Notes:
Register_Reference: DA25/204/2
Page_No: 41
Parish_Chapel: Coleford Cemetery
Soundex: H300

So Alfred "and James" ???, born abt 1883, which seems in line with the siblings.

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