Stevens Family

[mckha489]

Ah! Thank you Mabel.
I hadn’t followed my own advice !

[Mabel Bagshawe]

There's two options for Ada Lilian's mother:

Lily, who's still at home with her parents in Rotherfield in 1911.

Elizabeth, who has remained in the Tunbridge Wells area, is unmarried and a servant.

The eldest sibling Alice married in 1901, so it's not her

[CHackett]

Although Ada’s mother was a Wilmshurst too 😀

Do you know Ada's mother's full name, I have the name Ellen written down but not sure where that came from?

[mckha489]

Ellen Frances WILMSHURST. 
She married John SMITH at Rotherfield 14 November 1874.
The image of the marriage cert is on Ancestry.

[Mabel Bagshawe]

The families are very intertwined

John and Ellen Frances Smith have a Beatrice Elizabeth Stevens b 1910 with them in both 1911 and 1921

No mother's maiden name on her birth reg either

[CHackett]

I now believe Ellen Frances Wilmhurst was the daughter of Frances Morris (b.1818) and Thomas Wilmhurst (b.1803) who were married in 1835 and had 13 children.

Thomas Wilmhurst was the son of Mary Colbran and Robert Wilmhurst.
Frances Morris was the daughter of Elizabeth Vincull and Richard Morris.

Would someone be able to confirm this?

[Mabel Bagshawe]

I'd agree. from her marriage, her father is Thomas, a labourer

1861 - Buxted. All born there
Thomas Wilmshurst  58
Frances Wilmshurst  42
John Wilmshurst       23
Harriott Wilmshurst   22
Elizabeth Wilmshurst 13
Ellen Wilmshurst     9    
Ann Wilmshurst          7
Mary Wilmshurst        5
Allice Wilmshurst        3
Richard Morris          82  Father-in-law

Only Thomas Wilmshurst baptism that fits I can see is for the son of Robert and Mary, in Buxted in July 1803

Robert Wilmshurst and  Mary Colbrand
Marriage  26 Mar 1799, Buxted

There's a marriage for Richard Morris and Elizabeth Vincull in Buxted - Frances baptised In Maresfield?