Complete beginner, needing help please!

[Essexfamily]

Hi

I would dearly love to find out more information about my dad's family - he is 79 now and doesn't really remember much about them.  I've never done anything like this before and am a little worried about getting carried away spending too much money for no results.

Anyway, my hairdresser told me about this fantastic site, so I thought I'd give it a try and here I am 

My dad's name is John Ernest Storry and his parents were Ernest and Violet Storry (nee Francis).  They lived in Chelmsford, Essex.  That's about as much as I know! Is that enough to find anything?

I'd be so grateful for any info/help/advice!
Thanks
Kellie

[Mort29]

Here's your grandparents Marriage Index entry - you may need to order a certificate to show their ages & Fathers names

Marriages Jun 1928   
 
FRANCIS  Violet to STORRY  Chelmsford  4a 1513   
FRENCH  Ada  LESTER  Chelmsford  4a 1513   
Lester  George S E  French  Chelmsford  4a 1513   
Storry  Ernest H to Francis  Chelmsford  4a 1513   



this looks like Ernest's Birth Index entry

Births Jun 1906
 
Storry  Ernest Handley    Chelmsford  4a 711



and Violet's - BUT, there are multiple candidates born in Essex overall, altho the majority have more than one forename ... this does look good tho being 'of an age' and CHELMSFORD

Births Dec 1905 
 
Francis  Violet     Chelmsford  4a 664   


Order Certs online here (£9.25) using the info shown in the quoted Index entries - http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

[lizdb]

You should be able to find Ernest on the 1911 census, hopefully with his parents and any older siblings!

We are unable to do look ups on 1911, but you can buy a few credits on the site to enable you to have a look at the actual entry, if you do locate it.
If you then post the detials here, we might be able to spot them in earlier censuses.

[Mort29]

Based on the Year and place, I'd say this was Ernest's parents marriage - verifiable via Ernest's Marriage Papers, his own Birth Cert or the -1911- census.

Marriages Dec 1901   
 
Bacon  Agnes Mary A    Chelmsford  4a 942   
Bateman  Florence Edith     Chelmsford  4a 942   
Janes  Thomas Arthur     Chelmsford  4a 942   
Storry  Willie     Chelmsford  4a 942


As the Index page has both couples, you'd need Ernest's Birth Cert or the -1911- census to verify who married who or whom    Pity its just after the 1901 census or that would have clinched things ...


Looking at the 1901, and allowing for mis-transcritions of the name, there's a Willie STOREY lodging in Springfield, Great Baddow / Chelmsford area.

RG13/Piece: 1674 Folio: 14 Page: 19

He is a bricklayer and was born c1877 in Cambs, Wisbeach. Lodging with a BACON family

Looking at other STORRY births in Chelmsford from 1901 to 1911 I'd be tempted to think that Willie married Agnes M A Bacon ... probably a relation of the people he stayed with in the 1901 census.


Anyways, starting to guess now - so over to you 

[behindthefrogs]

The family would seem to be:

Willie Storry born Q2 1876 Wisbech
Agnes Mary Ann Storry born Q3 1873
Agnes born Q2 1903
Ernest Handley Q2  1906
Clifford born Q2 1909

They were all born in Chelmsford District except Willie

[behindthefrogs]

Doing a search on freeBMD of Chelmsford Registration District for children with father Storry and mother Bacon reveals two further children.

Phyllis born Q4 1911
Vera M born Q3 1916

[Mort29]

anyways, based on the above confirmation of my 1901 find, and the marriage etc, this seems to be Willie in the 1891 census of Wisbech -  RG12/Piece: 1305 Folio 79 Page 1 - @ 32, Lynn Road
 
Joseph Storry 42 Head of Household born Norfolk, Welney: a Bricklayer
Phoebe Storry 39 Wife born Cambs, Elm
Willie Storry 14 son born Wisbech: Brickies Lab.
Flora Storry 13 dau born Norfolk, Walsoken
John Storry 10 son Wisbech
Harry Storry 7 son ditto
Mary I Storry 5 dau ditto
Alfred Storry 2 son ditto


The family are in Wisbech too in 1881 - RG11/Piece: 1696 Folio: 73 Page: 5 - Willie has a few older siblings.

[Ladyhawk]

IGI marriage extracted

Joseph STORRY father John Thomas STORRY
Phoebe HANDLEY father John HANDLEY
17/10/1869 Wisbech St. Peter's Cambridge

1871 census RG10Piece:1616    Folio:64 Page:35   
Albert Street, Wisbech

Joseph STORRY 1858 Welney Norfolk Bricklayer
Phoebe 1842 Elm Cambridge
Hugh 1871 Norfolk

[Mort29]

Handley neatly links to Ernest's middle name 


No earlier maiden names in Willies entry tho ...

Births Jun 1876 
 
Storry  Willie    Wisbeach  3b 662