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The most promising match for a Spencer-Marshall marriage, the one in Leeds, turned out to be another dead end. The first name was Minnie. Please don't go looking backwards, I know just about everything there is to know about the Spencer family prior to 1912. I also know what happened to several of Amy's siblings, and we have made friends with a Spencer second cousin, Amy's Gt Nephew. Thanks for all the help so far.

Marriages Dec 1910 (>99%)
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*****Cross Amy Fulham 1a 765
ELFORD Minnie A Fulham 1a 765
*****Godbolt George C Fulham 1a 765
Houchin Philip A Fulham 1a 765

Have you in-putted just Amy and her date of birth?

Assuming she didn't go by another name, nor used a middle one, there are 2 results

1939 Register Transcription (Preview)

Godbolt Household Fulham, London, England
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth year
Amy Godbolt 1888
1 more person on this record -
1 more person who is officially closed
Ref: RG101/0155E/007/19

Other person -
George C Godbolt 1887
Ref: RG101/0155E/007/18
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Stevenson Household Birmingham C.B., Warwickshire, England
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth year
Amy Stevenson 1888
1 more person on this record
Ref: RG101/5509H/006/14

Other person -
Frederick Stevenson 1890
Ref: RG101/5509H/006/13

They could both be 'married' couples, but worth following through?

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Name Francis A Johnson
Event Type Marriage
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year 1912
Registration District Gainsborough
County Lincolnshire
Event Place Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Spouse Name (available after 1911) Spencer
Volume 7A
Page 1931
Line Number 5

Spencer probably married one of the following people
Name Amy Spencer

??????????????? Spencer/Mashall connection

Name Maurice B Marshall
Event Type Birth Registration
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year 1923
Registration District Lincoln
County Lincolnshire
Event Place Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Mother's Maiden Name (not available before 1911 Q3) Spencer
Volume 7A
Page 807
Line Number 35

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Cecily E Spencer

England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007

Name Cecily E Spencer
Event Type Death
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year 1932
Registration District Lincoln
County Lincolnshire
Event Place Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Age (available after 1866) 23
Birth Year (Estimated) 1909
Volume 7A
Page 476
Line Number 45

Cecily Marshall Spencer

England and Wales Census, 1911

Name Cecily Marshall Spencer
Event Type Census
Event Date 1911
County Lincolnshire
Parish New Sleaford
Sub-District Sleaford
Registration District Sleaford
Gender Female
Age 2
Birthplace Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Record Type Institution

Cicely Marshall Spencer

England and Wales Birth Registration Index

Name Cicely Marshall Spencer
Event Type Birth Registration
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year 1909
Registration District Grimsby
County Lincolnshire
Event Place Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Volume 7A
Page 618
Line Number 330

Other information in the record of Harry

from England Births and Christenings

Name Harry
Gender Male
Christening Date 1910
Christening Place SAINT MICHAELS, BISHOPS STORTFORD, HERTFORD, ENGLAND
Birth Date 1910
Mother's Name Amy Spencer

in some sort of institution here



Amy Spencer

England and Wales Census, 1911

Name Amy Spencer
Event Type Census
Event Date 1911
County Lincolnshire
Parish New Sleaford
Sub-District Sleaford
Registration District Sleaford
Gender Female
Age 22
Birthplace Braughing, Hertfordshire
Record Type Institution

Amy Spencer

England and Wales Census, 1891

Name Amy Spencer
Event Type Census
Event Date 1891
County Hertfordshire
Parish Braughing
Ecclesiastical Parish BRAUGHING
Registration District Bishop Stortford
Residence Note Hay Street
Gender Female
Age 2
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated) 1889
Birthplace Braughing, Hertfordshire, England
Page Number 9
Registration Number RG12
Piece/Folio 1099/ 21

Henry Spencer Head M 29 Hertfordshire, England
Thurza Spencer Wife F 25 Hertfordshire, England
Florence M Spencer Daughter F 6 Hertfordshire, England
Charles H Spencer Son M 3 Hertfordshire, England
Amy Spencer Daughter F 2 Braughing, Hertfordshire, England
Alexander H Spencer Son M 11M Braughing, Hertfordshire, England

Amy Spencer

England and Wales Census, 1901

Name Amy Spencer
Event Type Census
Event Date 31 Mar 1901
Event Place Layston, Hertfordshire, England
County Hertfordshire
Civil Parish Layston
Ecclesiastical Parish Layston
Sub-District Buntingford
Registration District Royston
Residence Note Meeting Alley
Gender Female
Age 12
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated) 1889
Birthplace Braughing, Hertfordshire


Thyrza Spencer Wife F 35 Braughing, Hertfordshire
Charley Spencer Son M 13 Braughing, Hertfordshire
Amy Spencer Daughter F 12 Braughing, Hertfordshire
Herbert Spencer Son M 10 Braughing, Hertfordshire
Eleanor Spencer Daughter F 9 Braughing, Hertfordshire
Sidney Spencer Son M 7 Braughing, Hertfordshire
Grace Spencer Daughter F 4 Braughing, Hertfordshire
Lily Spencer Daughter F 2 Buckland, Hertfordshire

Amy Spencer

England Births and Christenings

Name Amy Spencer
Gender Female
Christening Date 08 Nov 1888
Christening Place BRAUGHIN, HERTFORD, ENGLAND
Father's Name Henry Spencer
Mother's Name Thyrza

Well, I paid my £6.95p. The Amy in Guildford is described as a widow, DOB 30th Jan 1888, so not the one I am looking for. Back to the drawing board.

The James Arthur Spencer and Amy Spencer in Southall are possibly a married couple. The Guildford pair, given my Amy's cavalier attitude to morals, may have been living over the brush.

I have posted about this before, but thought I would try again because of the 1939 register. Amy was born in Braughing, Hertfordshire, on 27th October 1888. She was still in Braughing on the 1891 and 1901 census'. She gave birth to Harry on 3rd July 1910, in the Bishop's Stortford workhouse.There is no father's name on the B/Cert. Sadly, he died in 1911 aged just 14 months. She then gave birth to Cicely Marshall Spencer on 12th March 1909. (I have just put these two births the wrong way round, haven't I?) in Grimsby. Again, no father named, but is there a clue in the middle name? Cecily (note the change of spelling) died on 6th August 1932. Amy then gave birth to Grace, on19th July 1912 in the Bradford W/House. On 22nd of November 1912 she was sent to the Sleaford, Lincs. W/House, after which she disappears.

where was she prior to 1912?

I lost track of Amy in 1912. I can find neither a marriage nor a death for her. Amy Spencer was her full name, she didn't have a middle name. In 1912 she was the unmarried mother of my mother-in-law. I know just about everything about her prior to 1912, and then she disappears.

Details for the James A Spencer (free result) in Southall
James A Spencer 1886
2 more people who are officially closed

The other occupant with Amy in Guildford
Albert Kent 1879
1 more person who is officially closed

Although you've already been given the names, the ages might help

is amy spencer her married name