Nellie May Keen / HW Webster

[Jamesk10]

Researching the family of Nellie May Keen (I am connected via a sibling's descendants).

Birth
14 05 1894 - 89 Cornwallis Road, Islington, London, UK

Marriage
13 10 1912 - St Marks Church, Islington, London, UK

Death
15 03 1930 - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, St Pancras, London, UK


Found the birth records for two children:

1. Harry William Webster
22 10 1912 - Islington, London, England

2. Reginald Harry Webster
02 12 1913 - Islington, London, England

HW's date of birth matches that recorded in a baptism document.

But there is a "British Army WW1 Pension Records 1914-1920" document that says HW's birth date to be 13 06 1909...

[CaroleW]

Per GRO online

Births Dec qtr 1912

Harry William Webster mmn Keen Islington 1b 355

[amondg]

Following on GRO Index- children

Harry William 1912 Islington
Reginald Harry 1914 Islington
William Ernest 1915 St Pancras
Nellie May 1917 Islington
Raymond John 1919 Islington
Hilda Dorothy 1921 Islington
Gladys Olive 1923

[LizzieL]

There's a death of a Harry W Webster age 0 in Islington district Q1 1913

[LizzieL]

I think it is just a clerical error on the soldier's record. Got the child dob muddled with day and month of Harry snr

[amondg]

It might have been a matter of pride.

Harry (senior) and Nellie married 13 October 1912 son Harry William was born 22 October 1912

9 days after they married.

[LizzieL]

It might have been a matter of pride.

Harry (senior) and Nellie married 13 October 1912 son Harry William was born 22 October 1912

9 days after they married.

But the record appears to show he was born 3 years before they married, when Nellie would be 15 !

[amondg]

Yes I saw that.

The form also doesn't give a marriage date although they usually do. There is also no birth date for Nellie, so if he fibbed to make it look more presentable who was to know.

[LizzieL]

The form I'm looking at (Ancestry) shows marriage date as 13 or 18/10/12. Not very clear