Hi Margo
Yes, Ernest Noble died in 1941 and left bequests to his brothers and sisters, with the residue to his second wife Marian, who registered the death.
Some time between 1901 and 1911 Alice was moved from the Picketts in Sibsey, Lincs to the Jarvis family in Markfield, Leics. She remembered travelling alone on the carriers cart. The Jarvis family called her their niece in the 1911 census but I haven't found any family connection.
Later on she did remember living at Sibsey as a young child, and even travelled back there many years later with my grandfather to try to find out more. But she believed the Picketts at Sibsey were her family, and I only found out long after she died that she is on the 1901 census as a boarder with them.
Apparently my uncle remembered Alice talking about getting letters from an 'Aunt Mary', in the 1920s I guess, until they stopped suddenly. I'd like to think that was really her mother and she knew what was happening in Alice's life.
I'd love to find something somewhere to identify her mother, or possibly even both parents if it was the couple we've been discussing. Even excluding some of the options, such as whether she was from the Nottingham workhouse or not, would be another step on the way.
Thanks for your time
Pat