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Hi Fred,
We seem to have our "wires crossed" on Henry William Mott!

Henry William was the older brother of Arthur Mott (sons of William Ranson Mott) and was born on February 1, 1860 in Bridge Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk.  1901 census has him as living at 34 Chestnut Road, Bushey Mead, Merton, Surrey,  a retired fishmonger. 
HW Married Mary STRONG (daughter of William Edward STRONG and Jane Walker BURCHALL) on August 15, 1880 in Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe, Surrey.  Children:

Henry S MOTT  b 1881 in Rotherhithe, Surrey.
William MOTT   b 1883 in Brixton, Surrey.
Rhoda Frances MOTT b June 1885 in Peckham, Surrey.
Lydia Elizabeth MOTT b December 1889 in Finchley, Middlsex.  Beatrice Mary MOTT    b March 1887 in Rotherhithe, Surrey.  Thomas Frederick MOTT b March 1897 in Wimbledon, Surrey. 

Any clues where the Ranson came from for William Ranson Mott b 1832 and then the grandson - another William Ranson b 1884?

I apologise if resurrecting a 20 year old thread is not permitted.  I've only just discovered this post by random Googling the name Mott.  Just like to mention that I am the great granddaughter of younger brother Arthur Mott.  He didn't live long - he died at Folkestone from "falling out of bed" - I suspect a stroke - at the age of 40 in 1902, leaving his wife with a 3 year old son to raise alone.  He and his wife had had a son who died in his first year of life, and I suspect he had a step daughter from his wife, who was older than him and may have been married before.