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Marriages Dec 1935 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Collins Albert- Neal Surrey Mid.E. 2a 370
Neal Charlotte - Collins Surrey Mid.E. 2a 370

Thanks Mike,will use this to research the data of isobels step siblings. A change in detail. One of her step sister name Was LIZA and not Lisa as I stated before!

Wonder if this is The aunt and uncle



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Marriages Sep 1914

Bassett George B - Morris Chertsey 2a 122
Morris Isabel - Bassett Chertsey 2a 122

Great call Mike, I will look into this. I know that her Uncle and aunt both lived and worked in the sanitorium in Frimley also known as Brompton. This was a place where they treated such cases as TB.I believe this was where Isobel was raised!

Any result yet on if Isabel had a middle name

I wonder if this could be Isabel's birth (as already posted by Shirley):-

Name: Isabella F Davis
Year of Registration: 1909
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Epsom
County: Surrey
Volume: 2a
Page: 36A

I looked for births of any Davis in 1909 because this looks like her step or half sister's birth (with mother's maiden name given as Davis):-

Name: Charlotte Neal
Year of Registration: 1915
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Mother's Maiden Name: Davis
District: Epsom
County: Surrey
Volume: 2a
Page: 35

Kath. x

Hi Julie,Have looked into it. There are no mentions I have found of a middle name. Thats not to say that there wasnt. I will probe a little deeper. Thank you for your help :)

Hi Cathleen. That looks like a great bit of Info. I have just discovered more new information for every one lol. It looks as though Isobel son James Pratt later in life changed his surname to DAVIS. There has never been an apparent reason for this..........maybe until now?!! :p

This is all a mind blowing set of information guys lol

Thanks for the info Kathleen :)

1911 census - household transcription
Person: DAVIS, Isabel Frances
Address: Gravel Hill Leatherhead

Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born

BROWN, John Head Married M 40 1871 Labour Pauncett St Mary
BROWN, Phoebe Wife Married 11 years F 51 1860 Kent Lewisham
TICKNOR, Jane Boarder Married 2 years F 33 1878 Laundress Surrey Dorking (1 child born to marriage who had died by 1911)
DAVIS, Kezia Elizabeth Niece F 9 1902 Surrey Reigate (original states daughter which was crossed out and niece added)
DAVIS, Isabel Frances Niece F 2 1909 Surrey Leatherhead (original states daughter which was crossed out and niece added)

Marriages Dec 1909

**************DAVIS Clara Jane Epsom 2a 47
HOLES George Epsom 2a 47
KENT Eliza Louisa Epsom 2a 47
**************TICKNOR Henry Thomas Epsom 2a 47

Hi Tempest. This looks very interesting. I think I will upgrade and buy access to the 1911 census records

Hi Tempest. This looks very interesting. I think I will upgrade and buy access to the 1911 census records

Hi Tempest. This looks very interesting. I think I will upgrade and buy access to the 1911 census records

Mike,

I'd say that looks a good bet for Isabella's parent's marriage.

Adam,

If I was you I would buy the birth certificate for Isabella F. Davis and see if her mother's first name was Clara Jane.

Kath. x

So it looks as if JANE could be the mother of my great grans Isabel. and Isabel is the correct spelling. This is all adding up to be a very interesting story lol. There seems to be plenty of cover ups!!!!! Wish I had more information. But Her son died a few years ago. Myself and my family have never known him. Her daughter Ann is ageing. I have also never known her. Though she has written the odd christmas card to my mother. This is where I have collected most of my information.
Thanks so much for the good work guys.

If there is anymore information you can find that will help me peice together and confirm all of these new details posted today, I would be thankful.

I think that is the best next step for me Kathleen. I will do this straight away, and let everybody know how I get on.

Births Mar 1877 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DAVIS Clara Jane - Dorking 2a 158

possible birth of Kezia Elizabeth

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Keziah E Davis Name: Keziah E Davis
Year of Registration: 1901
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Reigate
County: Surrey
Volume: 2a
Page: 184a

It looks as though Jane clara Davis Had two daughters out of wedlock. Sometime in her life Jane marries or changes her name to ticknor. To hide the fact her daughters were born out of wedlock she later changes her daughters status from daughter to niece. Further more we know she has changed the age of Keziah to 1 year younger. and later the spelling of the name, where the H in her name is removed.......I believe this to be Liza. It also looks as if the dates of Isabel's age have been changed over the years for various reasons. This is the probable reason as to why it has been so hard to find any solid facts about her life.

An interesting story for me at the least!

I think that when the original 1911 census had been completed the person made an error and wrote the relationship the children had with with Jane

however it is possible this was altered to show they were neices of the head of house; John Brown

suggesting that it is possible that either John Brown or his wife Pheobe are the sibling of either Clara Jane or her husband Henry Ticknor