This could be a dead end, but I am trying to track down the birth details of Violet Lillian Lott, who was born about 1898 apparently in Colchester. She was born out of wedlock as her apparent parents — Thomas Edward Lott & Eliza Lilly Hibble — did not marry until 1901. I have a birth certificate for her sister Florence Hilda, who was born in 1906, but there is no viable GRO listing for either Violet Lott or Violet Hibble. Nor can I so far locate a christening record for either girl. The mother came from Sudbury, so it's possible, I suppose, that she may have been born/christened there. Unfortunately, I can't trace Eliza Hibble in the 1891 census to see whether she had moved to Colchester by that time. It is also possible, I guess, that Thomas Lott is not the father, but that he adopted her (although the three of them are living as a family, with the parents saying they are married, in the 1901 census even though the parents marriage did not occur until July 1901). If any one has any information or tips on how to crack this, I'd be grateful.
