Dorothy Miriam Huggett and John Henry Evans

[Julia]

Hi All

I have been searching for such a long time now for the birth of my grandmother Dorothy Miriam Huggett and my grandfather John Henry Evans with scant information and no luck!

The earliest information I have of them is from their marriage certificate when when they married on August 31st, 1915 at the Holy Trinity Church in the parish of Bromley Common, Kent. It gives my grandmothers age as 22 years old, a spinster, and her father was Edward Huggett (deceased) who was a labourer. My grandfather was aged 30 and a soldier (not surprising given the times) and his father was John Evans also a soldier. The address given was the same for both of them, 34 Jackson's Road, Bromley. Dorothy died aged 38 in the February of 1932 in a hospital in Maidstone and my grandfather died 3 years later in 1935 in Cradley Heath (the Black Country) leaving my father and his siblings orphans. My father and his siblings all died in their 40's and 50's when I was rather too young to ask relavent questions about the family.

Would anyone be able to help please?
Regards
Julia

 

[juliejtp]

Hi Julia,

There are 8 Dorothy Huggetts on the 1901 census:-

Dorothy Heggett (name correction Huggett) born abt 1898 Eastbourne Sussex
born abt 1898 Tunbridge Wells Kent
born abt 1896 Lee Kent
born abt 1895 Eastbourne Sussex
born abt 1897 Portslade Sussex
born abt 1896 Kings Norton Worcestershire
Dorothy M R born abt 1899 Tunbridge Wells
Dorothy R born abt 1900 Brighton Sussex

These are what came up on the partial bmd index

Dorothy Huggett year 1895 December 1/4 district Kings Norton
Dorothy Huggett year 1895 December 1/4 district Tonbridge
Dorothy Huggett year 1896 Dec 1/4 district Steyning Sussex

All the others had a middle name or initals none of which were Miriam.