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Could anybody give me any info on Dolly Nunn b 1925 South Elmsall please, my aunt told me that Dolly married Benny Exley, think he was born Sth Elmsall also, it has been said that she gassed herself ?. Dolly's parents were Amos Arthur Nunn b Alverthorp and thornes, Wakefield, -Elizabeth Williams Hanson b Sharlston Wakefield, I am wanting to find out as well, when she died, I have searched on Familysearch org, but they have not got anything. any info would be a big help. thank you.

Could you say how she is related to you?
Thank-you

Added:
For info, South Elmsall is Hemsworth/Wakefield.

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Amos A Nunn
Birth Date: abt 1886
Date of Registration: Sep 1946
Age at Death: 60
Registration District: Hemsworth
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 2b
Page: 489

Also:
Marriages Dec 1905
xxxxHANSON Elizabeth Williams Wakefield 9c 86
LONGBRIDGE Helen Wakefield 9c 86
xxxxNUNN Amos Wakefield 9c 86
NUNN Robert William Wakefield 9c 86

Do you know what Dolly's 'proper' name was?

thank you Patchem, Dolly was my great aunt, her parents were my great grand parents, I was born in Sth Elmsall.

Is there any chance that someone has mixed up a birth date and an unrelated marriage?
Benjamin Exley
Spouse Surname: Nunn
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1925
Registration District: Hemsworth
Inferred County: West Yorkshire
Volume Number: 9c
Page Number: 403
Harriet H Nunn Exley Oct-Nov-Dec 1925 Hemsworth West Yorkshire

My aunt told me that she thinks Dolly is her proper name, I don't know, I have no other family to ask.

The only Benjamin Exley marriage to a Nunn that I can find is this one (but it's in 1925 so this Nunn couldn't have been born in 1925). It's the right registration district though:-


Name: EXLEY, Benjamin
Registration district: Hemsworth
County: Yorkshire
Year of registration: 1925
Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Spouse's last name: Nunn
Volume no: 9C
Page no: 403

Name: NUNN, Harriet H
Registration district: Hemsworth
County: Yorkshire
Year of registration: 1925
Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Spouse's last name: Exley
Volume no: 9C
Page no: 403

Kath. x

Could we have a name and date for Amos's child who is your grandparent?

Possible birth for this Harriet:-

Name: NUNN, Harriet Hannah
Registration district: Wakefield
County: Yorkshire
Year of registration: 1906
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume no: 9C
Page no: 50

Kath. x

I can find no female birth with surname Nunn, mother's name Hanson that has a name that can remotely resemble something that Dolly could be a permutation of. In fact I can find no female birth at all that matches.

Gatelady, what are your sources?

Death of this Hannah:-

Name: EXLEY, Harriet H
Registration district: Hemsworth
County: Yorkshire
Year of registration: 1931
Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at death: 25
Volume no: 9C
Page no: 180

The certificate would give the cause of death.

Kath. x

Maybe my aunt has got them mixed up, well, she is 80yrs of age, thank you for that, I will ring my aunt tomorrow, my aunt is Dolly's half sister. same father, different mother.

This is Harriet in the 1911 census in hospital:-

1911 census transcription details for: Infections Diseases Hospital Belonging To The Hemsworth Rural District Council

National Archive Reference:
RG14PN27529 RD506 SD2 ED1 SN118
Reg. District: Hemsworth
Sub District: Hemsworth Western
Parish: Brierley
Enum. District: 1

Address: Brierley Common Brierley Near Barnsley
County: Yorkshire (West riding)

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

NUNN, Harriet Patient F 4 1907 So Kirkby Yorkshire

Kath. x

1911 England Census
Amos Arthur Nunn Age in 1911: 25 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Relation to Head: Head Gender: Male
Birth Place: Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: South Elmsall
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street Address: 116 Carlton Rd So Elmsall
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Screen Labourer
Registration District: Hemsworth
Registration District Number: 506
Sub-registration District: Hemsworth Eastern
ED, institution, or vessel: 12 Piece: 27523
Amos Arthur Nunn 25
Elizabeth Nunn 23 3 children born, 2 living
Amos Nunn 1
Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 27523.

Dolly was often a pet name. My mother was called Barbara but known by everyone all her life as Dolly.

Kath. x

Patchem, sorry, amos my grandfather, he died before I was born.

1911

Name: Amos Arthur Nunn
Age in 1911: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: South Elmsall
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street Address: 116 Carlton Rd So Elmsall
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Screen Labourer
Registration District: Hemsworth
Registration District Number: 506
Sub-registration District: Hemsworth Eastern
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Piece: 27523
Household Members: Name Age
Amos Arthur Nunn 25
Elizabeth Nunn 23
Amos Nunn 1

Says 3 children born and two still alive

So need to find the other one

I'd put money on Harriet Hannah Nunn being the "Dolly" you are looking for. She married Benjamin Exley and died at a relatively young age (25). I'd be inclined to buy her birth certificate to determine whether Amos and Elizabeth were her parents.

Kath. x

Possible death for the missing child:-

Name: NUNN, William
Registration district: Hemsworth
County: Yorkshire
Year of registration: 1910
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at death: 0
Volume no: 9C
Page no: 95

Kath. x

thank you Kath.

Patchem, the census is the correct one about my grandparents, I visited the house with my parents to see my dad's stepmother, well, housekeeper ( they had children including my aunt) they never married, she died 1988.

Thank you all so much for your help, I will now have to get back to the drawing board with this info, thank you :-)

Pam