Forest of Dean FHT Forum - HALE, Dorothy Emma

HALE, Dorothy Emma (reply)

willeena — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:50:07 +0000

Hi Clive,

I have a Harry Smith who married Dorothy Hale in the Forest of Dean 1920 Westbury on Severn. Could we be related? My Husband's great great grandfather was William Smith, Harry's uncle. William came to Australia in the late 1890 and we are trying to find some UK relations. We will be visiting next year and staying in Blakeney for 3 weeks to trace the family.

Jennifer

Martha HALE nee MORGAN 1877 - 1953 (reply)

slowhands — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:20:19 +0000

So just to refer to the records :-
I guess the marriage cert will be helpful here

Name: George Hale
Name: Martha Morgan
Year of Registration: 1901
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 585

1911
HALE MARTHA F 1877 34 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
HALE JOHN M 1907 4 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
HALE WILLIAM M 1905 6 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
MORGAN DOROTHY F 1899 12 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire

Name: Martha Hale
Death Registration Month/Year: 1953
Age at death (estimated): 76
Registration district: Gloucester Rural
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b
Page: 431

SMITH, Dorothy 1898 - 1996 (reply)

CliveCaswell — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:05:32 +0000

I have eventually found Dorothy Emma HALE. She was born in 1899, a base child to Martha Morgan and registered as Dorothy Emma MORGAN. Her mother then married George HALE (which one I don't know yet, probably the carpenter you found) in 1901.

In the 1911 census Martha HALE is a widow living with her parents and Dorothy MORGAN aged 12. There are two other grandchildren at the address one of whom is the son of Martha and George, the other, born 1907. The Forest of Dean site shows this child as being base-born and Martha as a single woman.

Is there any information about George who probably died between 1901 and 1911?

SMITH, Dorothy 1898 - 1996 (reply)

slowhands — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:34:58 +0000

I'm not sure what other info you have but does this help ? { working backwards from a death can sometimes help}

Name: Dorothy Smith
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1898
Death Registration Month/Year: Sep 1996
Age at death (estimated): 98
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Register number: 34
District and Subdistrict: 4821
Entry number: 289

HALE, Dorothy 1899 ? (reply)

CliveCaswell — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:00:50 +0000

Thanks for the info. I do have this info but am not absolutely sure that this is the same person as that on the marriage certificate.

The latter shows her residence as Factory Row, Cinderford but I cannot find her on any census. I am awaiting her birth certificate to verify her parent's names. If she was born and married in Westbury-on-Severn, where was she for the intervening 20 years?

HALE, Dorothy 1899 ? (reply)

slowhands — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:48:40 +0000

This may be her

Name: Dorothy Hale
Year of Registration: 1899
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 306

I assume the marriage cert is the source of your info

Name: Dorothy E Hale
Spouse : Harry Smith
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1920
Registration district: Westbury-On-Severn
Registration county (inferred): Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 686

Name: Harry Smith
Mother's Maiden Surname: Hale
Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1921
Registration district: Maidstone
Registration county: Surrey,Kent
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 1496

HALE, Dorothy Emma

CliveCaswell — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:06:27 +0000

Does anyone know anything about Dorothy Emma HALE, believed born about 1899, daughter of George HALE who died pre-1920? She married Harry SMITH in December 1920 at Westbury-on-Severn Registry Office. They had one son born 1921 and named Harry.