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Hi. I am trying to trace parents of Alice E Gilson b circa 1899.
She married William Welby in 1921
Her daughter was Kathleen Welby b 1922
They all seemed to have lived around the Leicestershire area.
Can anyone help me?

Thanks
Susan

Her father's name will be on her marriage cert

Haven't you looked for her birth on freebmd?

easily found

Births Jun 1899 (>99%)

Gilson Alice Emily Melton M. 7a 355

??? Do you know any of her siblings?


1911 England Census
about Alice Emily Gilson
Name: Alice Emily Gilson
Age in 1911: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Relation to Head: Child
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Asfordby, Leicestershire, England
Civil parish: Melton Mowbray
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street Address: 3 Cromwell Rd Melton Mowbray
Occupation: School
Registration district: Melton Mowbray
Registration District Number: 408
Sub-registration district: Melton Mowbray
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Piece: 19346
Household Members: Name Age
John Gilson 32
Annie Gilson 41
Alice Emily Gilson 12
Mabel Gilson 11
Margaret Mary Gilson 9
Kathleen Annice Gilson 7
Aulrey Harold Gilson 6
John Wilfred Gilson 3
Albert Baril Gilson 2

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006

Name: Alice Emily Welby
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1899
Date of Registration: Nov 1992
Age at Death: 93
Registration district: Northampton
Inferred County: Northamptonshire
Volume: 7
Page: 2665

1911 England Census

Name: Alice Emily Gilson
Age in 1911: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Relation to Head: Child
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Asfordby, Leicestershire, England
Civil parish: Melton Mowbray
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street Address: 3 Cromwell Rd Melton Mowbray
Occupation: School
Registration district: Melton Mowbray
Registration District Number: 408
Sub-registration district: Melton Mowbray
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Piece: 19346
Household Members:
Name Age
John Gilson 32
Annie Gilson 41
Alice Emily Gilson 12
Mabel Gilson 11
Margaret Mary Gilson 9
Kathleen Annice Gilson 7
Aulrey Harold Gilson 6
John Wilfred Gilson 3
Albert Basil Gilson 2

Now you will be able to look for the marriage of the parents.........

1891 England Census about John Gilson
Name: John Gilson
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas Gilson
Gender: Male
Where born: Asfordby, Leicestershire, England
Civil parish: Asfordby
Ecclesiastical parish: Asfordby
Town: Asfordby
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England

Registration district: Melton Mowbray
Sub-registration district: Melton Mowbray
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2544
Folio: 136
Page Number: 7
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Gilson 59
Thomas Gilson 24
James Gilson 21
Lizzie Gilson 15
John Gilson 12

This is 1901....................

1901 England Census
Name: Annie Gilson
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Andrew Gilson
Gender: Female
Where born: Great Dalby, Nottinghamshire, England
Civil parish: Nottingham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England

Registration district: Nottingham
Sub-registration district: Nottingham South West
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 93
Piece: 3166
Folio: 84
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Gilson 38
Annie Gilson 31
Joshua Gilson 13
Wallace Gilson 10
Alice Gilson 2
Mabel Gilson 1
Edgar Jones 24


So John in 1911 is not the father of Alice or Mabel

Curioser and curioser...............is anyone else willing to do some digging..........please?

1891 England Census about Andrew Joshua Gilson
Name: Andrew Joshua Gilson
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Andrew Gilson
Mother's name: Sarah Elizabeth Gilson
Gender: Male
Where born: Asfordby, Leicestershire, England
Civil parish: Asfordby
Ecclesiastical parish: Asfordby
Town: Asfordby
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England

Registration district: Melton Mowbray
Sub-registration district: Melton Mowbray
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2544
Folio: 138
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Gilson 29
Sarah Elizabeth Gilson 26
Andrew Joshua Gilson 2
Joseph Wallace Gilson 2/12
Thomas William Foster 23

name: Alice Emily Gilson
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 01 Apr 1899
baptism/christening place: Ashfordby, Leicester, England
birth date:
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Andrew Gilson
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Annie
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: I02960-4
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 952277
reference number: v 8

1881 England Census

Name: Andrew Gilson
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas Gilson
Mother's name: Margret Gilson
Gender: Male
Where born: Asfordby, Leicestershire, England
Civil parish: Asfordby
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street Address: Pump Lane

Occupation: Bricklayers Lab
Registration district: Melton Mowbray
Sub-registration district: Melton Mowbray
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3183
Folio: 52
Page Number: 21
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Gilson 51
Margret Gilson 47
Andrew Gilson 21
Thomas Gilson 15
Sarah J. Gilson 14
James Gilson 11
Elizabeth Gilson 5
John Gilson 2

Marriages Jun 1884 (>99%)
Gilson Andrew Melton M. 7a *


Marriages Sep 1898 (>99%)
Gilson Andrew Melton M 7a 621
SHARPE Annie Melton M. 7a 621

Deaths Mar 1894 (>99%)
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Gilson Sarah Elizabeth 29 Melton M. 7a 211

I wonder what happened to Andrew?

Annie was passing herself off as the wife of his youngest brother in 1911

Deaths Jun 1906 (>99%)
Gilson Andrew 45 Melton M 7a 166

Thanks for your help. I understood she did not have any brothers or sisters but will look into this.

I take back my last comment....they apparently did marry,

Marriages Jun 1907 (>99%)
Gibson Annie Nottingham 7b 754a
GILSON John Nottingham 7b 754a

I wonder if GIBSON is a mistranscription, or deliberate misinformation to circumvent the law......................it's significant that they went to a neighbouring County............

name: Mabel Gilson
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 01 Apr 1900
baptism/christening place: Ashfordby, Leicester, England
birth date:
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Andrew Gilson
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Annie
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: I02960-4
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 952277
reference number: v 8

Nice one Reggie


Mistranscription, or deliberate......will we ever know!

There is no Sarah Elizabeth recorded as marrying in the same qtr/location as the 1884 marriage posted above

I've looked at the image.....the entry is hand-written and has been added at the bottom of the page on the index, and the page number is 520a, for which there is no other recorded entry