Dear Everyone- this is indeed a very complex family situation for everyone involved and I have done considerable research since my initial posting in 2006. Rose Georgina Henning was born to Sarah and Ira in 1874- her father Ira died in 1877 and her mother Sarah remarried John Fall in 1879. They lived their lives in Pokesdown. Rose is on 1891 as stapdaughter to John Fall with her brother Herbert and step siblings Jessica, Olive and Willie. In 1894 Rose Ida Henning married John Dick on the Isle of Wight- I have the marriage cert and can confirm this is the same person as Rose Gergina Henning as the witnesses are family members- quite why she changed her midle name from Georgina to Ida I do not know unless it was an attempt to acknowledge her late father Ira. Rose's address at the marriage was the same as that of her married sister Kate varney (nee Henning) at Inglestone Terrace West Cowes. John Dick was aged 27 a Corporal in the Royal Artillery-North Camp Farnborough.. Daughter Euphemia Olive Dick was born at Fernhall Hospital Aldershot on 24th May 1895. Daughter Rose Dick was born in 1896 at Hartley Wintney and daughter Elizabeth was born in 1897 at Fareham. John Dick died in 1899 aged 31 -on Scottish Register Service and War Returns (Boer War?) and Rose married John's brother Robert on 31st July 1899 in Glasgow. On 27th June 1900 Rose and Robert had son Robert Dick at Grey Street Larkhall Lanarkshire and the family are still in Lanarkshire in 1901 at 64 Paislow street with Roses's 3 children from first marriage and son Robert aged 9 months. They clearly moved back to Pokesdown after the 1901 Census to be near to Rose's mother and stepfather and in 1902 son John Leslie Dick was born - and also died - in Sept Q 1902 in Christchurch. daughter Olive May was born to them Sept Q 1903 Christchurch Reg and son John Harry Norman Dick in Dec Q Christchurch Reg. Rose Ida Dick died on 3rd jan 1907 at Hayford, Wickham Road, Pokesdown (Cancer of Uterus) aged 32.
Rose's widowed husband Robert then remarried to Ellen Edwards (prev married to Francis James Ford in Sep 1896 Bristol). If you look at the 1911 Census you will see Robert Dick and his wife Lily (Ellen) at 18 Wickham Road Pokesdown with children Euphemia (15) Ida (13) Robert (10) Olive (7), Normie (5) together with step children William Ford (9) and Beatrice (6).
I do not know what info you have regarding Norman being in an orphanage so I would be interested to hear what details you have - certainly Rose's family were very tight knit and supportive when her mother married into the Fall family- there were a lot of them in the Pokesdown locality and remained in the Hampshire/Dorset conurbation through to the mid 1960s and beyond.
Hope all this helps and look forward to hearing back on the 'orphanage' question.
All I would say is that John Fall and Sarah had already taken in one 'grandchild' to raise as their own so they may have felt that having already brought up a large family of children and stepchildren that they may not have been able to cope with much more.
Looking forward to hearing back from you all! Hope this helps- please contact me if you need more info- I have more files but will not post anymore unless you ask!
Caroline
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