Re: looking for info on annie or bessie hoff, aged 17 in 1901 census.

On Nov 27, 7:35 pm, Phil C. <philstoxinwa...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:45 -0000, "C Rihan"

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which is not that far from grantham, lincs, i do know that most
marriages were between locals in the same or next village ect. but
this may have been an exception.
People did move around, especially for jobs. Big towns attracted people
from all over and so in those it would be easy to meet people from
further away.

A quick look at the 1901 Ropsley census, as an example, shows just how
many of the population were born elsewhere. Even in a rural location
they came from well beyond the next village - some from much further.

This was nothing new. I've just been reading the early C19th diary of
a Lincs farmer's wife. It's surprising how far afield she and her
family routinely got for markets, hiring fairs and social visits, well
before railways.
--
Phil C.

As already discovered, Henry George Morley appears on the same page as
Annie Hoff in Mansfield in June 1907. Unusually, FreeBDM have
mistranscribed both of them. The page number is incorrect for Annie,
and the first name of Helen has been given to Henry! However, the
images show the correct information, and when the entries are double-
keyed, these errors hould be corrected.

However, if an Annie Morley nee Hoff died in 1927 "due to losing two
sons in the war", she cannot be the Annie Hoff aged 17 in 1901 who
possibly married in Mansfield in 1907, as she simply wasn't old enough
to have had sons of fighting age. Nor could Henry Morley aged 12 in
1901 have been the father of two boys old enough to have fought in the
war. Some muddled family memories here, perhaps? Henry himself died -
the John who also died was quite possibly his brother John E, aged 7
in 1901.Perhaps it was their mother who died "due to losing two sons
in the war" not Henry's wife?

Annie Hoff and her twin sister Bessie and their family track back
easily and quickly through the census returns - with no
mistranscriptions! - and FreeBMD all the way back to 1841 - the Hoffs
were a Spilsby family for the whole period.

The only strange element is why Henry and Annie may have married in
Mansfield. This is a long way from Grantham and even further from
Spilsby. Had they both moved there to get work? Did they "run away"
due to parental disapproval? The marriage certificate may provide
answers.
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