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One Name Studies: H to M / Re: MOTT/MOTTE/MOTTS, All
« on: Tuesday 06 October 20 13:04 BST (UK) »
Hi,
I' m am trying to find more about my great grandmother - Alexandra Ellen Mott who I believe was born in 1875 in Lancashire, England. Somehow she moved to South Africa were she married Ebenezer Kidd (who was born in Scotland) in Durban on 1 June 1903 - he died in 1904 aged 34 of TB. She then married William Nicol Barnes in Durban on 30 September 1911. He was my great grandfather. He was killed in an explosion after which she married James Beattie in Durban on 19 August 1916. I have found records of Alexandra Ellen in the 1881 census where she is listed as living with her mother Ellen (my great great grandmother) and her sisters, Sarah, Catherine, Mary and Emma in Bournemouth. On the same census record it lists Ellen as having been born in Southhampton. It does not appear that my great great grandfather living at the same address during the census. I would really like to find out who he was. I have traced my family tree across all branches to the early 1700s but have drawn a blank with the Mott side of the family. Thank you
I' m am trying to find more about my great grandmother - Alexandra Ellen Mott who I believe was born in 1875 in Lancashire, England. Somehow she moved to South Africa were she married Ebenezer Kidd (who was born in Scotland) in Durban on 1 June 1903 - he died in 1904 aged 34 of TB. She then married William Nicol Barnes in Durban on 30 September 1911. He was my great grandfather. He was killed in an explosion after which she married James Beattie in Durban on 19 August 1916. I have found records of Alexandra Ellen in the 1881 census where she is listed as living with her mother Ellen (my great great grandmother) and her sisters, Sarah, Catherine, Mary and Emma in Bournemouth. On the same census record it lists Ellen as having been born in Southhampton. It does not appear that my great great grandfather living at the same address during the census. I would really like to find out who he was. I have traced my family tree across all branches to the early 1700s but have drawn a blank with the Mott side of the family. Thank you