Family History, Fenton Chart 0300 Bethel William Fenton and Minnie (Sebbage) Bray

possibly
married
June quarter
1900
Brighton district
Sussex
as
Minnie
SEBBAGE

1
BETHEL WILLIAM FENTON
born about
1876
Brighton, Sussex
registered
March quarter
1876
Steyning district
Sussex
baptised
12th November 1879
Brighton
Sussex
occupation
1901 Billiard Marker
1911 Licensed Victualler
died
12th October 1923
registered
December quarter
1923
Steyning district
Sussex
Aged 47
probate
30th November 1923
to
Minnie
FENTON
widow
will
£1384 1s. 9d.

2
MINNIE (SEBBAGE) BRAY
born about
September quarter
1870
(aged 8 months)
(registered as BRAY)
(1872 - 1901 Census)
1873 - 1911 Census
Shoreham
Sussex
(shown as born 25 July 1873 on the 1939 census)
(see notes)
baptised
29th August 1880
Southwick
Sussex
as
Minnie
SEBBAGE
(parents Walter and Annie SEBBAGE)
occupation
1881 Laundress
1911 Assistant in Business
1939 Retired
died
10th January 1951
registered
March quarter
1951
Worthing district
Sussex
Aged 78
probate
31st March 1951
London
to
Leonard
Ernest
JENNNGS
accountant and auditor
and
Alwyn
James
COTTON
grocer
will
£2314 11s 6d

1901 44 Red Cross Street, Brighton, Sussex. 1911 113 London Road Elephant & Castle Brighton, Sussex. There was a Servant an Ethel Gertrude BREACH aged 15 a Nursemaid born Burgess Hill, Sussex 1923 Bear Inn, Lewes Road, Brighton, Sussex (address given at probate) 1871 Lock Road, Southwick, Sussex. Minnie was with her Grandmother Hannah and Hannah's daughter Sophia 1881 1 Lock Road, Southwick, Sussex. Minnie BRAY is down as a niece aged 10 born Shoreham, Sussex, she is with her Aunt Emily GOOODMAN née BRAY and her husband John. There were two Lodgers John COURTNEY aged 45 a Shipwright born Shoreham, Sussex and his wife Charlotte aged 47 a Nurse born Lowestoft, Suffolk 1891 42 Conway Street, Hove, Sussex. Minnie is with her Grandmother Hannah a Widow aged 70 a Laundress born Rudgwick, Sussex. also with her Clara HILLS Granddaughter aged 18 born Southwick, Sussex and an Ada Louisa BRAY born 4 born Portslade, Sussex 1901 44 Red Cross Street, Brighton, Sussex 1911 113 London Road Elephant & Castle Brighton, Sussex. Minnie is down as having been married 10 years and having had 2 children both survive at the date of this Census. There was a Servant an Ethel Gertrude BREACH aged 15 a Nursemaid born Burgess Hill, Sussex 1951 5 Fourth Avenue, Lancing, Sussex (address given at probate) 1939 14 Crabtree Lane, Worthing R.D., Sussex as a widow. Minnie was living with Alwyn J COTTON (born 21 May 1906) Grocery Provisions Shop Keeper and daughter Irene W C COTTON (born 17 February 1906) Unpaid Domestic Duties. After Irene and before Minnie there were 2 Record Officially Closed entries. Note I have had a lot of problems with Minnie, but I believe what I have above is correct. Ages are inconsistant but it would appear the Bethel was a lot younger than Minnie so I believe they made him older and her younger on census returns etc so that the age differnce did not appear so big. Family Trees on Ancestry show Minnie to be a daughter of Sophia BRAY but she would have only been 15 when she had Minnie, There is the baptism as shown of a Minnie SEBBAGE in 1880 wih Walter and Annie as parents but I can find no registration for her, so again I think they had her baptised when she was 10 with Minnie SEBBAGE as her name. With extensive searching I have not been able to find a birth or anything else for a Minnie SEBBAGE so I do think she was born as Minnie BRAY. If anybody can provide proof that Minnie was a daughter of one of the other BRAY children I will happily change the charts accordingly. 1911 113 London Road Elephant & Castle Brighton, Sussex. There was a Servant an Ethel Gertrude BREACH aged 15 a Nursemaid born Burgess Hill, Sussex 1911 113 London Road Elephant & Castle Brighton, Sussex. There was a Servant an Ethel Gertrude BREACH aged 15 a Nursemaid born Burgess Hill, Sussex 1939 14 Crabtree Lane, Worthing R.D., Sussex. Living with them was Irene's mother Minnie FENTON (shown as born 25 Jul 1873) Retired. After Irene and before Minnie there were 2 Record Officially Closed entries

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