Found a family tree with May Sophia Denton on which gives her parents as Harry born 1855 St Pancras London and Elizabeth Eva born 1860 St Pancras London.
Harry is a bricklayer.
Tree has a brother for May Sophia born 7 May 1884 Abingdon Albert Orchard but there is a birth reg for Albert Archer Denton Dec 1884 Abingdon 2c 305.
Records lead to him being one of the inmates in 1891.
Doesn't make much sense does it
Not a lot.
There's definitely a Harry born in London:
Births Jun 1855 Denton Harry St Pancras 1b 59
There's a marriage for a Henry in London but it's before Sophia Ann's death:
Marriages Mar 1883
DENTON Henry Hampstead 1a 1060
NICHOLS Elizabeth Hampstead 1a 1060
That marriage is in Ancestry so I know it's right. I was rather hoping it would be the other bride, Eliza Sophia COVENTRY, but nooo
There are no baptisms for a May NICHOLS either.
In the 1881 which Suz found which has a married dau, Sophia Ann DENTON, there was also an Albert Archer SMITH, aged 12. So the brother assigned to May Sophia in the tree could have been named after his uncle.
I've done a rough and ready search for a marriage for a Harry/Henry to an Elizabeth Eva in case he remarried after Sophia's death but haven't found anything so far. I'll have another go at that tomorrow.
So although that tree doesn't make complete sense, it might be fairly close. That's something else I'll have a look at tomorrow..
Looks like we
might be getting there slowly.
Thank you for your thoughts and finds. I'm glad it's not just me