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Hi all - heres to hoping I have placed this query in the correct section! (I am not from Uk so Im unfamiliar with counties etc but Im learnin!)
My query is for any information on William Henry Richard Lovett and his wife May Madeline Lovett nee McQueen. I have a birth certificate for their son Henry George Lovett born 1911 which states William was an Omnibus Driver and they resided at 44 Henley St Battersea. I would like to find out if I could anything on William and May if they had any other children (believe there was an Edward Charles son) and William and Mays siblings and parents if the information is available.
Thanking you all in advance
Kylee
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Hello Kylee,
I am quite new to the family research too.
In the U.K. our census records are only published after 100 years and so there would not be a census recording the family for your persons birth in 1911.
You could try looking in the last published census for 1901 for the parents if they were either single or married and maybe trace their families back.
We have a Family Records Centre in London that records most births/marriages/deaths from around 1837 to the present day. Obviously you could not come there to search for free. There are some websites that you can subscribe to that will give you the index of an event and then the only way forward is to order the relevant certificates for these events.
There are electoral rolls for the more up to date stuff in the relevant areas where your family lived, but as yet I haven't quite learned how to use them.
I am sorry I can not be of any help in your quest, but hopefully would have quided you to what is available. Perhaphs someone with a little more knowledge than myself can guide you further.
Brenda
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Hello, Kylee,
I am very annoyed with myself, I had a long post ready for you with info on you William Henry Lovett & May Madeline McQueen, census years 1891 & 1901 & briths & marriages.
I pushed the wong button & lost the lot, I haven't recovered from Christmas & New Year yet, so bear with me, I will retype it & make sure this time I will not do the same again.
By the way, bjo,
electrol rolls for Greater London are available at the London Metropolitan Archives, if you have the name of the street & disrict, there are index books to check for the rolls to order from the Archives, fill in a form, these are collected about every ½ hour, sent down to the Archives when the books are ready for you that are in the Reading Room adjoning the Search room.
Meliroa
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Hello, Kylee,
Info on William Henry Lovett & May Madeline McQueen
Marriage
Dec ¼ 1906 Kingston 2a 823
(Kingston upon Thames, south of the river Thames, Surrey)
1901 census
RG13/69 folio 111 page 30
Langford Road, Fulham
William Lovett age 37 Carpet Planner b Belgravia(Westminster, north of Thames)
Annie wife age 32 b Camden Town, Middsx
George son age 11 b ditto (north of Thames)
Isabel dau age 10 b Wandsworth (south of Thames)
William son age 9 b ditto
Walter Santage ? age 36 visitor Bus Driver b Camden Town
1891 census
RG12/447 folio 115 page 17
3, Colman, Wandsworth
William Lovett age 27 Car conductor b Chelsea( same district as Belgravia,Westminster)
Ann C. wife age 22 b Kentish Town(same district as Camden Town)
Robert G son age 2 b ditto
Isabel dau age 7mths, b Wandsworth
Interesting here that William is down as a Car conductor , also there was a visitor who was a Bus Driver in the 1901 census & son William went on to be an Omnibus Driver himself.
Possible marriage for William Lovett
Sept. ¼ 1887 Pancras 1b 168
( close to Kentish Town & Camden Town)
The family for May Medeline McQueen apperas to be complicated by widows remarrying thus creating stepchildren.
1901 census
RG13/606 folio 145 page 26
Croft Rd., Godlaming, Surrey
Henry Jones age 26 Leather Cutter b Northampton
Alice wife age 35 b Northampton
Edith McQueen step dau age 13 b Chelsea
Florence McQueen step dau age 11 b ditto
May McQueen step dau age 10 b ditto
Henry Jones son age 5 b Hants. Southampton
Frank Jones son age 3 b Hants, Portsmouth
Mildred Jones dau age 1 b Surrey, Godalming
1891 census
RG12/669 folio 98 page 12
4, High St., Snodland, Kent
Thomas Stevens age 57 retd Ship Inspector b Hants, Portsea
Eliza A wife age 46 Draper & Milliner b Northampton
Annie C Walton step dau age 20 Dressmaker b Kent Old Brompton
Amy Walton step dau age 19 b ditto
Fanny Walton step dau age 18 Draper's Assist b ditto
John H Walton strep son age 13 b Snodland
Alice M M Walton step dau age 11 b ditto
Nellie Walton step dau age 10 b ditto
Eliza Jones mother in law widow age 73 living on own means, b Lancs Liverpool
ALICE M McQUEEN sister in law age 27 visitor b Northampton
Edith A McQheen niece age 3 b Chelsea
Florence M Mcqueen niece age 1 b ditto
Emmie M B McQueen niece age 3 mths b Battersea
Births
Edith Alice McQueen
Sept. ¼ 1887 Chelsea 1a 3?8
Florence Beatrice McQueen
June ¼ 1889 Chelsea 1a 340
I could find no Civil Registration birth entry for May Madeline McQueen but there was one for
Emmie May B. McQueen
Mar ¼ 1891 Wandsworth 1d 585
(I would think these are the same person, a mixup of names somewhere)
I hope this is clear & not too confusing, if you wish to find siblings for Henry George Lovett, born 1911 Battersea, it would mean searcihng the pay to view site
www.1837online.com
& look thro' the surname Lovett for the mother's name McQueen shown alongside as after this date mother's names were shown.
I would suggest that getting the marriage cert for William Henry Lovett & May Madeline McQueen, Dec ¼1906 as this would give you their father's names & would confirm or not the info I have given you.
This can be purchased online. price £7, from
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/index.asp#0
Any problems get back to me.
Have fun ;D
Meliora
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Wow thanks guys I wasnt expecting a reply so soon! I shall have to get the marriage certificate like you said first then work from there...thanks again for your help!
Kylee