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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2010 05:47

Sarah's birth registration?????


Births Sep 1884 (>99%)

Betts Sarah Ann Oakham 7a 336


Oakham is the registration district that includes Empingham.




sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2010 05:43

just spotted this


1901 Census

Eliza A Betts 48
Sarah A Betts 17 Empingham, Rutland <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Ernest R Betts 12 Lesster Blazston
Alice M Betts 11 Outwell, Norfolk
Percy W Betts 7 Jasdey, Northamptonshir
Eliza Jackson 82 Mother



Sarah A Betts was born ca 1884????


what did the A stand for????


Could she have been known as Lena???




sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Mar 2010 05:38

OH had a great-aunt by marriage called Lena

I found her marriage a few months ago and discovered that she was really Paulina

She was born in 1881 in Westmorland


so there's another possibility for you



sylvia

AllanC

AllanC Report 19 Mar 2010 22:59

Lena short for Magdalena or Madeleine?

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 19 Mar 2010 22:58

Several points:

You said Tom died in 1953 but there's a death for a Tom S Betts in 1958. Is this what you mean?

Eliza is listed a widow in 1901. You said her husband died in 1909 but I don't see a death that fits.

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 19 Mar 2010 22:53

Perhaps the John S Betts in 1891 is Tom S Betts. He was born Nevill Holt. Is this where Tom was born? If you could list the details from his birth cert that would help.

Rose

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 19 Mar 2010 18:03

This is the only 28 yr. old Lena Betts I can see,but she's married:

1911 census transcription details for: The Street Saham Toney Saham Toney Watton Norfolk
RG14PN11705 RG78PN647 RD238 SD1 ED20 SN47


Reg. District: Swaffham Sub District: Swaffham
Parish: Saham Toney Enum. District: 20
Address: The Street Saham Toney Saham Toney Watton Norfolk
County: Norfolk

BETTS, Percy Head Married
5 years M 28 1883 Boot Repairer Blakeney Norfolk
BETTS, Lena Wife Married F 28 1883 Gt Cressingham Norfolk
BETTS, Dorothy Daughter F 4 1907 Blakeney Norfolk
BETTS, Albert Son M 1 1910 Carbrook Norfolk
FRASER, Reginald Boarder M 0 (8 MONTHS) 1911 Watton Norfolk

Victoria-could you point out the one you found??
Maureen

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 19 Mar 2010 16:16

could also try Elena - it was only when I started looking into family history that my OH discovered the lady he knew as 'Auntie Lena' was actually 'Aunt Elena' - try saying both of them!

Alan

Alan Report 19 Mar 2010 11:56

It may be worth trying Selina as I have an ancestor of this name who used Lena as a shortened version

Victoria

Victoria Report 19 Mar 2010 10:25

tom shadrach betts(born 1886 died 1953) is my husbands grandad, my husbands mum knew of an auntie called lena. i've found a lena on the 1911 census right age and area living alone at age of 28 so wasn't married then. eliza ann jackson and tom betts(born 1860 died 1909) are definitly parents. eliza was also from rutland.

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 19 Mar 2010 03:31

No sign of a Tom Shadrack or Lena for this couple. How do you know they are the parents? Do you have Tom Shadrack's birth cert?

Rose

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1891 England Census
about Alice M Bett
Name: Alice M Bett
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: abt 1890
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Eliza A
Gender: Female
Where born: Outwell, Norfolk, England
Civil parish: Outwell
Ecclesiastical parish: Outwell
Town: Outwell
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England
Registration district: Wisbech
Sub-registration district: Upwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Bett 34
Eliza A Bett 38
Sarah A Bett 6
John S Bett 3
Earnest R Bett 2
Alice M Bett 1
Alice Bett 21

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 19 Mar 2010 03:20

Eliza in 1901:

1901 England Census
about Eliza A Betts
Name: Eliza A Betts
[Eliza A Jackson]
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1853
Relation: Head
Mother's Name: Eliza
Gender: Female
Where born: Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England

Civil parish: Leverington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Leonard
Town: Leverington
County/Island: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Registration district: Wisbech
Sub-registration district: Leverington
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 81
Household Members: Name Age
Eliza A Betts 48
Sarah A Betts 17 Empingham, Rutland
Ernest R Betts 12 Lesster Blazston
Alice M Betts 11 Outwell, Norfolk
Percy W Betts 7 Jasdey, Northamptonshir
Eliza Jackson 82 Mother

Rose


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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 19 Mar 2010 02:52

Her parents married at the end of 1883 so perhaps she was born a Jackson.

Did she marry?

Rose

Ann

Ann Report 19 Mar 2010 01:35

The only Lena I knew was actually Kathleen!
Ann

Sally

Sally Report 18 Mar 2010 22:29

hello i had an aunt lena her full name was aderline or similer spelling
sally

Victoria

Victoria Report 18 Mar 2010 19:55

i'm looking for a lena betts but wondering if this is a nickname as there is no record for her. she was born in 1883. i was looking for other siblings for her. i only know of one younger tom shadrach betts born 1886. thier parents were tom bets ans eliza jackson. can't find them on cencus was bornin rutland but moved to norfolk and trying to find out why.
vicky