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Hi,
Thanks, message sent.

Kevin - just click on my board name and it will open up a message box, send your email address in a message and I'll send the docs that way.

Thank you. Is there anyway I can give you my private email address so you can send them to that please :) :) :)

You're welcome Kevin, I'll send you the actual images of the marriage and baptism tomorrow.

Thank you. I don't have any of this new info you are giving me. :) :) :)

Great gran's marriage:

Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930

Name: Annslow Malildd Stevens, of 20 Pimlott street
Birth Year: abt 1881
Age: 23
Marriage Date: 18 Jun 1904
Parish: Birch in Rusholme, St Agnes
Parish as it Appears: Birch in Rusholme, St Agnes
Father's Name: George Stevens - Painter
Spouse's Name: Frederick Wild (22) - tram guard, of 16 Pimlott Street
Spouse's Father's Name: Enoch Wild - millwright

Neither had been married before.

Witnesses: Arthur Wild and May Amelia Stevens

I haven't seen this one on any census?

Manchester, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915

Name: Hubert Stevens
Baptism Date: 12 Jun 1895
Parish: Birch in Rusholme, St Agnes
Parish as it Appears: Birch in Rusholme, St Agnes
Father's Name: George Stevens - Painter
Mother's name: Matilda Stevens
Reference Number: GB127.M477/1/1/1

Address: 20 Midway Street.


Possibly:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Hubert Stevens
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1895
Age at Death: 0
Registration district: Chorlton
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 569

No I didn't have that, I have her birth year as 1882. Thank you very much for all this help you're giving me :) :) :)

Also:

Manchester, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
Name: Emily Victoria Stevens
Baptism Date: 8 Dec 1881
Parish: Ardwick, St Matthew
Parish as it Appears: Ardwick, St Matthew
Father's Name: George Stevens
Mother's name: Anslow Matilda Stevens
Reference Number: GB127.M352/2/1/2

Same occupation and address as above. Baptised only 5 months after her sister?

Do you have your great gran's baptism?

Manchester, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915

Name: Annslow Matilda Stevens
Baptism Date: 6 Jul 1881
Parish: Longsight, St Clement
Parish as it Appears: S Clement Longsight
Father's Name: George Stevens - Painter
Mother's name: Annslow Matilda Stevens
Reference Number: M352/3/1/1
Item Number: 1
Archive Roll: 851

Address: 29 Wycliffe Street

Anslow & George are my great great grandparents, their daughter also called Matilda Anslow is my great grandma & her daughter Doris is my gran. Almost all my grans family came from Tunbridge, Tunbridge Wells or Tonbridge in Kent.
I really appreciate all the help being given. :) :) :)

Kevin, the only thing I can suggest is getting a copy of his death certificate to see what it says. I've had a look in the newspaper archives to see if there was a report but can't see anything. At the age of 93 it would be hard to say.

I'm still looking for clues as to why most census give his birthplace as Croydon when he was born Brighton, perhaps he lived there for a while when small and thought that's where he was born - most people then didn't have their birth certificates to check the details!

Annslow Matilda's birthplace also varies between Tunbridge Wells on census and Frant, Sussex on the baptism - I checked and they're actually only 3 miles apart so that's OK.

Thank you, I will take a look at that. The other thing I would like to know is how can I find out if he committed suicide? I can't remember where I got the info from but I have him down as committing suicide. Hope you can help me with this. :)

This fits the birth index posted above:

George Bates Stevens, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

name: George Bates Stevens
gender: Male
christening date: 02 Feb 1845
christening place: St. Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England
father's name: George Stevens
mother's name: Georgiana

indexing project (batch) number: C01352-4
system origin: England-EASy
gs film number: 1067109
reference id: item 4 p 253

Citing this Record
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J7ZH-6Q6

I have deleted my email address from my post.
Thanks MarieCeleste

KEVIN!! - email addresses aren't allowed. Best edit your post and remove it or it may get reported as it breaches Genes t&c

If I find anything I'll send it by pm like I did the death notice (have you checked your message inbox on here?). Or I'll post on here, happy to scout around ....

Hi MarieCeleste,
Thanks for this info about Anslow, it seems to tie in with the year of death I have & also being dried at Southern Cemerery.
At the present moment, the lady that has been in touch with me can't give me anymore info until things are sorted. As soon as things have been done then she will be sending a copy of the tree.
If you happen to come across anymore info please feel free to get in touch.

From the British Newspaper Archives:

Manchester Evening News - Saturday 24 February 1917
DEATHS

STEVENS.—On the 22nd inst. (suddenly), at 10 Brook Avenue, Levenshulme, ANSLOW MATILDA, the beloved wife George Bate STEVENS, in her 60th year. Interment Southern Cemetery, Monday, at 3 o'clock.

Sorry, can't resist posting what I find - you can always compare with what the lady has.

This would be worth checking out:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name: George Bates Stevens
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1844
Registration district: Brighton
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 7
Page: 262

Kevin, that lady is probably on to something.

If you look at the 1911 census I posted on the first page his name was transcribed as George Baker Stevens - I've just had a look at the original image and the middle name is definitely Bates.

The form was completed by a Thurston Bird of 11 East Road.

Do let us know what the outcome is.