Hi Rose Someone else has pointed out the death of John Thomas M Babington in 1901 but I've already found that he married an Emily Treaser Grigg in 1883 so I don't think he's the one. You say that there are no other deaths recorded in that district in 1901, you may be interested to know that when I was searching for my granddad Ernest Babington and I couldn't trace a death for him my brother managed to find a death for someone (not him)that was registered on the Hellas War Memorial, so for anyone searching family history it would never show up as a recorded death in this country. I've ordered a birth certificate for Rose May so we'll see what that says. You suggest I check who lived at No 73 Watville Road, how do I do this please?
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Hi Ozi, yes it says on his birth certificate that his father Ernest Babington was a Cycle Polisher and on his marriage certificate it says that his deceased father John Babbington was a Metal polisher
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The wildcard symbol * on Ancestry implies any number of letters in the actual word. By entering Ros* into the forename box and Bab* into the surname box on the 1901 England census form produces a page of results. I believe the one that you are interested in is the one below.
Name: Rose Babington Age: 6 months Estimated birth year: abt 1900 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: John Mother's Name: Helen Gender: Female Where born: Sheffield Civil parish: Ecclesall Bierlow Ecclesiastical parish: Abbeydale St Peter County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Street Address: 10 Cropley St
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Employment status: View image Registration district: Ecclesall Bierlow Sub-registration district: Ecclesall Bierlow ED, institution, or vessel: 61 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 268 Household Members: Name Age John Babington 35 born London Helen Babington 29 born Birmingham Helen Babington 2 Rose Babington 6 months
N.B. Unfortunately the original 73 Wattville Road has been replaced by 3 new dwellings. It stood on the corner of Wattville road and Green Lane. You can however see roughly what it may have looked like as number 75 is still there on the opposite corner and you can view that on Google Earth by entering 75 Wattville Road Handsworth Birmingham UK into the GE address search box. Zoom in and then click on the nearest camera icon. The actual birthplace would have been a Back house in an enclosed courtyard behind number 73. It may even have been the rear half of number 73 itself. As Birminghams population expanded in order to accomodate them houses were constructed so that 2 families could effectively occupy one house space. This was quite a common type of dwelling in the poorer parts of Birmingham right up to the 1950's in fact my wife was born and raised in one not far away.
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1871 England Census Name: John Babbington Age: 7 Estimated birth year: abt 1864 Relation: Son Father's Name: John Mother's Name: Jane Gender: Male Where born: Middlesex, Hampstead, London, England Civil parish: Aston Ecclesiastical parish: Church Aston Town: Aston Manor County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Registration district: Aston Sub-registration district: Erdington Household Members: Name Age John Babbington 45 Jane Babbington 40 John Babbington 7 Christoper Babbington 5 - Hampstead Edward Babbington 3 Joseph Babbington 1
Births Jun 1866 Babington Christopher Croydon 2a 162
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1881 England Census Name: John Babington Age: 16 Estimated birth year: abt 1865 Relation: Son Father's Name: John Mother's Name: Jane Gender: Male Where born: London Hampstead, London, Middlesex, England <<<<< Civil parish: Birmingham <<<<< County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Street Address: Bishopsgate St Court 20 No 1
Occupation: Street Orderly Tender (Scay) Registration district: Birmingham Sub-registration district: St Thomas Household Members: Name Age John Babington 42 - Journeyman Bricklayer; Scotland Jane Babington 37 - London St Pancras, London John Babington 16 Edward Babington 13 - Norwood, Surrey Joseph Babington 11 - Norwood, Surrey
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Full 1911 for info
BABANGTON, Ellen Head Widow F 33 1878 Dol Warwick Birmingham VIEW BABANGTON, Ellen Daughter School F 12 1899 School York Sheffield VIEW BABANGTON, May Daughter School F 10 1901 School York Sheffield VIEW BABANGTON, Lily Daughter School F 3 1908 School York Sheffield VIEW BABANGTON, Earnest Son M 1 1910 Warwick Birmingham VIEW RG number: RG14 Piece: 17208 Reference: RG14PN17208 RG78PN1059 RD371 SD1 ED3 SN51 Registration District: West Bromwich Sub District: Handsworth Enumeration District: 3 Parish: Handsworth Address: 3 Bk 73 Wattville Road Handsworth Staffordshire County: Staffordshire
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Looks like it is West Bromwich.
Marriages Dec 1923 Babbington Rose M Owen W.Bromwich 6b 1556
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Checking this out as a male name is missing:
Marriages Sep 1905 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clarke Ellen W. Bromwich 6b 1474
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18/12/2011
Our Genes Reunited subscription ends on 28th December 2011, we have decided not to renew because we haven't had any luck for a long while now. We have had to accept that we are never likely to discover who my paternal grandfather was.
Many thanks to everyone who has helped us in the past, some of you have been absolutely brilliant and have given so much of your time.
We still have an active public tree on ancestry.com for the moment
Ellen Kirby Clarke 30/9/1875 (middle name was Kirby it was not part of her surname) was my grandmother.
I'm still looking for my grandfather, see latest info on P 22. On my fathers birth certificate he is named as Ernest Babington, born 21st May 1910, Bk 73 Watville Rd, Handsworth, Father: Ernest Babington Mother: Ellen Babington formerly Clarke, Informant: E Babington mother Bk 73 Watville Rd Handsworth, On dad's marriage certificate, 23rd December 1933 his surname is now Babbington and his father is named as John Babbington (deceased), his address is 34 White Road, Smethwick, witnesses are William Clarke and Nellie Jane Babbington. We now think that when dad married, he may not have had his birth certificate naming his father as Ernest Babington and that he may have assumed John, who was the father of Ellen Jane and Rosie May was also his father. None of the Ernest Babington/Babbington's I have found appear to have been his father. There's a Walter Ernest Babington who could have been him - see P 18 of thread but he was married to Jane and was still living with her on the 1911 census.
I need a birth record for John Thomas M Babbington born 1865 Hampstead, Middlesex son of John & Jane, who was the father of my dad's 2 older half sisters, He died in 1910 at 10 Copley Street, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield.
I also still need the marriage record for Ellen & John if there is one. Also need marriage record for Ellen and a John Clarke or a William John Clarke, if they existed.
I still need to tie in the reason why Lilian was born a Clarke in 1903, my dad was named Babington in 1910, and William was born a Clarke in 1913.
Dad had 3 sisters (half sisters) Nellie, who I now know was Ellen Jane Babbington born Ecclesall B 1899, she is a witness on my dad's marriage certificate as Nellie Jane Babbington. Rose May, I now know she was the Rosie May Babbington born to Ellen formerly Clarke & John Babbington 1st October 1900 at 10 Copley Street, Ecclesall Bierlow. On Rosie's marriage certificate (1923) her fathers name was John Babbington (deceased). The 3rd sister was Lilian Clarke born 15/5/1903 to a John Clarke and Ellen Clarke late Babington formerly Clarke. William Clarke born 1913 in Birmingham was Ellen Jane's and Rosie May's halfbrother, maybe Lilian's brother and my dad's half brother,
Updated 24/9/2011 William Clarke was born Sept 1913 in West Bromwich to Ellen Clarke & an unnamed father. His halfsisters were Ellen Jane and Rosie May Babbington, possibly his sister was Lilian Clarke if they shared the same father, if not she was also his halfsister and his halfbrother was my dad Ernest Babington/Babbington. William's name appears as a witness on my dad's marriage certificate (1933).
On 1901 census there is a John Babington age 35 (son of John & Jane, born 1865 Hampstead, London) located at 10 Copley Street, Ecclesall Bierlow, wife Helen age 29, daughter Helen age 2 and daughter Rose age 6 months. The address is the same as that on Rosie May's birth certificate in 1900 and on the death certificate for John Babington who died 27 June 1901.
On 1911 census there is a Ellen Babangton widow, age 33, Ellen age 12, May age 10, Lily age 8 (the age 3 on the census is an admin error) and an Earnest age 1, these are definitely my family as the address in Handsworth is one known to have been the family address.
Searches say that John Thomas M Babington was married to an Emily Treaser Grigg (Gregg), did he simply live with Ellen in 1901 and the children given his name? Who was my father's father in 1910?
Further searches have revealed that 'our'John Babbington was married to an Elizabeth Carrington so maybe he wasn't the one married to Emily Treaser Grigg (Gregg).
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