Etta Motteram née Mollett aka Davis, mother of G D Meadows

[heywood]

No worries.

Just as long as we are now just looking for the people you haven’t found.

But again, good to give that info at the beginning also.

[jorose]

According to freebmd, Etta Motteran married in 1935 to a John Nolan in Kensington.
In the 1939 register they are living together in Battersea along
Etta Nolan d. 1952 aged 88, in Battersea.
Her probate is found in 1953 (probatesearch.service.gov.uk ) and records her death as 29 November 1952, and her last address as 5 Bolingbroke-grove, Wandsworth. She left a will (probate not administration). The two names listed with her are likely not related (the executors are not necessarily those who received the money).

[heywood]

That’s a great find jorose 

And a birthdate 

[rkive82]

Well done jorose. I have added the information to my tree and it does tie everything together in as much as Etta's birth date fits perfectly i.e. 26th September 1864.
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I added a postem to the FreeBMD index marriage record to give the correct spelling of Motteram and will do the same on Ancestry.
Thanks so much,
Richard

[heywood]

I had forgotten I had found William and Emily Mollett in 1871 too.

1871 622/36/20 living in Newington but no Etta.

William Mollett 42 yrs b Bolton Percy, Yorkshire
Emily Mollett 33 yrs b Newington, Surrey

[jorose]

William Mollett must be the one who died Dec 1871 in St. Saviour district (aged 43).
There is an Emily Mollett died in the same district in 1887 but age recorded as just 40...

I think the 1864 birth certificate is needed to understand the situation.  The Mollett name is fairly rare but Smith is not and there is at least one later Mollett/Smith pairing (married 1871, several children from marriage onwards but no possible for Etta) to muddy the waters.

Has anyone be able to find Etta in 1871?

[rkive82]

The death record for William fits but I wasn't able to find anything for Emily with an age that fits with the census information.
I am waiting to get a pdf of the birth of George Denis Meadows and perhaps I'll order another for Etta's birth in 1864.
I haven't been able to find Etta in 1871.
Richard

[rkive82]

From the marriage of William Mollett and Emily Smith on 24th July 1860 comes this info:
William is a widower and a hairdresser by profession. His father was John Mollett (decd.), innkeeper.
Emily is a spinster; her father was William Smith, butcher.
Both are of full age living at Pratt Street.
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I shall try looking for the Smith family and see if Etta is with any of them in 1871.
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N.B. The above marriage date contradicts another record which has the date of marriage as 29th April 1860. The marriage was registered in the Sept quarter, so July seems more likely to me.

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Etta's a bit indiscriminate about what maiden name she uses. There's a further child on 1911 - this is her registration

MOTTERAM, HENRIETTA
mother's maiden name   MEADOWS      
Q1 1902  RICHMOND-SURREY  Volume 02A  Page 445


Could this suggest Etta was potentially an Henrietta?