Mabel LITTLEMORE
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Name Mabel LITTLEMORE Birth 1885 Gravesend, Kent 
[1] Gender Female 1891 Census 28, Edwin St., Milton, Gravesend, Kent [1] At 1891 Census, she is 6, occ "Scholar" Person ID I1092 Webb Last Modified 9 Mar 2025
Father James William LITTLEMORE, b. 1851, Gravesend, Kent d. 1934, 10, Trafalgar Rd., Gravesend, Kent (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Mother Elizabeth Mary HARDING, b. 1844, Preventive Station, Shoreham, Sussex d. 1932, Richmond, Surrey (Age 88 years) Relationship natural Marriage 6 Mar 1876 Parish Church, Milton, Kent [2] Notes - It is difficult to be sure what happens to the family after about 1891. There are entries which have been logged, but there are gaps. The separation, if this is what it happened, adds to the complications
Family ID F350 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 1885 - Gravesend, Kent 
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Notes - The only obvious BMD entry is for Mabel Hilda, but with no mother maiden name. The birth was Q1 1883, so a little adrift of the 1891 Census (but note the 2 year discrepancy for Bertie Horace). There is another Littlemore family at this time, so Mabel Hilda might be a different family.
There is a Mabel Hilda LITTLEMORE marrying Edward Yorke MITCHINSON 3/8/1913 in Richmond, naming James William Littlemore, Thames Pilot as her father. This is quite close to the Waterman occupation from his census records. Of significance is one of the witnesses is Herbert TOMS. Her age is given as 26, ie DOB about 1887. Edward appears in military records with a marriage that looks like 1906, but the other details match. He is discharged with heart difficulties, and his suicide or accidental death in1933 mentions heart problems. Mabel dies in 1935, and mentions another TOMS (not one I recognise) in her probate. So this is likely to be a valid story.
There are problems, though. I cannot find any baptism for her, nor anything in the 1921 or 1911 Censuses.
The story needs more investigation to be more certain
- The only obvious BMD entry is for Mabel Hilda, but with no mother maiden name. The birth was Q1 1883, so a little adrift of the 1891 Census (but note the 2 year discrepancy for Bertie Horace). There is another Littlemore family at this time, so Mabel Hilda might be a different family.
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