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Hello,
I know a long time ago you wrote this thread but worth a try! I have a Isabella Florence Adams who was married to lawrence ernest moon. Isabella's mother was called sarah ann adams (nee boot) and her father george lewis adams. both george and lawrence were in the army??

i have a florence enid adams born march 1917

Ah thanks Nick that is really interesting!!
I'll have a look over it again when I get the cert and see if I can make it all add up.
I think the boy in the photograph would probably still be an Adams because he does look really quite young, and is probably her son. Could be another relative though...
I'll let you know if I find the link though!

Hi Lucy

If jax and FannyByGaslight are correct in their findings, then I thought I'd give you something to think about.

There are over 1000 casualties called Adams in WW1, and that is just the British Army. So without a first name it would be very difficult to track him down.

The Mrs Adams on the photo shouldnt be your Florence as she would be Miss Adams or Mrs Gibbs. If the marriage between Walter Adams and Florence Hanks is the correct one, then Florence Hanks is the prime candidate for being Mrs Adams.

That means there is a chance that the young man in the photo is a Hanks not an Adams. There are 41 Hanks listed as army casualties in WW1

This is from the 1901 census, the address is 15 Goulter Street.

Registration district: Bristol
Sub-registration district: St Philip and St Jacob
ED, institution, or vessel: 40
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 69
Household Members:
Name Age
Albert Hanks 41
Elizabeth Hanks 39
Florance Hanks 17
Charles Hanks 15
Bessey Hanks 12
Lillian Hanks 10
Albert Hanks 7
Henry Hanks 5
Ernest Hanks 2
Caroline Escott 70 (mother-in-law)

Same family on the 1911 census, the address is 4 Maze Street.

HANKS, Albert Head Married M 51 1860 Boot Yaster Bradford on Avon Wilts
HANKS, Elizabeth Wife Married
30 years F 49 1862 Exford Somerset
HANKS, Bessie Isola Daughter Single F 22 1889 Cream Maker Bristol St Phillips
HANKS, Lilian Daughter Single F 20 1891 Bag Maker Bristol St Phillips
HANKS, Albert Henry Son Single M 17 1894 Soll Stamper Bristol St Phillips
HANKS, Henry Harold Son Single M 15 1896 Casement Maker Bristol St Phillips
HANKS, Ernest Son M 12 1899 School Bristol St Phillips
HANKS, Gilbert Son M 8 1903 School Bristol St Phillips
HANKS, Cecil Son M 6 1905 School Bristol St Phillips
HANKS, Doris Irene Daughter F 3 1908 Bristol St Phillips

Glendare Street and Goulter Street are about a 4 minute walk apart and Maze Street is slap bang in the middle.

If the above is correct there is a good chance Florence Hanks and my great grandparents spoke with each other. They lived at 18 Glendare Street.

I hope this is of use and that I havn't jumped the gun
Nick

Yea I'll go for that one, see what info it gives me
Thanks for your help
Lucy

Hope they don't lie on this one!

must admit although it gave ages on my grandparents marraige cert grandad did lie about his age by 3 years for some strange reason

Then it is the marriage that Jax has posted Croydon 1929 that you need as the spouse on it is Henry E.

It will have her age,not exact DOB but how old she was on the day...
As long as she didnt lie of course !!

Defo could be, the marriage cert will have her age/dob won't it?

He was Henry

Maybe then...

Name: Florence L Gibbs
Death Registration Month/Year: 1955
Age at death (estimated): 48
Registration district: Surrey North Eastern
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 5g
Page: 767

But you really need her marriage cert for her age at least.

What was Mr Gibbs first name?

Will do FannyByGaslight,
thanks for your help!

Ok thanks Jax, you've been a great help!

To get further with Florences side you need to buy her marriage cert to Mr Gibbs.
That will give you her age at the time and her fathers name and occupation (if she knew it) and the witnesses may be some of her relatives.

Snap Jax...

I would suggest getting a copy of the marriage cert then at least it would tell you who her father was and my grandparents married in 1929 and it did give thier ages rather than full age/minor

Thanks FannyByGaslight
I guess there is a chance they could have moved after the census was taken. This is the biggest lead I've had on that side of the family. I can see if any of these things sound plausible to my dad in the morning (Florence was his grandma). He's not mention Bristol before but that doesn't mean it's not possible.
Florence would have died in london/ surrey.

Townsend Family at 10 Jubilee terrace Bristol on 1911.

Do you know where she may have died?

I think she died before 1957 if that's any help?
Thank you!

That could well be it but it doesnt help with the address of 10 Jubilee terrace, then if it is them they could have moved between then and during the war years and the man in the photo couldnt be thier son

Poss Jax??

Marriages Jun 1908
ADAMS Walter James Bristol 6a 150
Hanks Florence Elizabeth Bristol 6a 150

1911

ADAMS, Walter Head Married M 24 1887 Chain Maker Glos Bristol
ADAMS, Florence Wife Married
2 years F 27 1884 Glos Bristol
ADAMS, Mary Mother Single F 49 1862 Coat Maker Glos Bristol
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
14962 Reference:
RG14PN14962 RG78PN905 RD319 SD5 ED16 SN51

Registration District:
Bristol Sub District:
St George Enumeration District:
16 Parish:
Bristol

Address:
21 Glendare St Barton Hill Bristol County:
Gloucestershire

Do you know when florence died? if so we can work out if thats her birth and then poss find parents not having much luck finding Hanks /Adams marriages at the mo though

Hey LadyKira,
Thank you, yea I think that is the marriage.