Maurice Herbert Skevington

Maurice Herbert (birth registered Herbert Maurice) was the second son of Albert Hendley (or Handley) and Elizabeth Ann Skevington (née Jepson, formerly Hart).

Elizabeth Ann Jepson (b. 1865) was the daughter of Thomas Tomlinson Jepson and his wife Elizabeth (née Bowring m. 1860) who had two other children, John Thomas (b. 1861) and Maud (b. 1869). Her mother Elizabeth was the daughter of John and Ann Bowring. (See 'Extra information').

Elizabeth Ann married John Alfred Hart at Radford Christ Church on 31 October 1887 and they had a daughter, Maud Mabel, in 1888 (bap. Radford Christ Church, October 1888). John, a butcher, died at their home, 183 Alfreton Road, in November 1891.

Elizabeth and Albert Skevington were married at Nottingham St Andrew on 26 March 1894 and had three sons, Leslie Albert Victor b. January 1895 bap. Holy Trinity April 1895; Herbert Maurice (sic) birth registered 1897 (JFM) and Edward Rex b. 1902.

Albert and Elizabeth were living at 19 Oliver Terrace, Nottingham, when their son Leslie was baptised in 1895.

The family had moved to 22 Park Street by 1901; Albert, an accountant, his wife Elizabeth, stepdaughter Mabel and their sons Leslie and Maurice. Also in the home on the night of the census was a visitor, Ann Bowring (84, b. Mansfield), a widow 'living on her own means', who was Elizabeth's maternal grandmother.

By 1911 Albert, Elizabeth, Mabel, a dressmaker, Leslie, a motor mechanic, Maurice, a lace designer, and the third son, Rex, were living at 6 Belgrave Square, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham.

Albert Hendley and his wife were living at 40 Ramsdale Crescent, Sherwood, at the time of his death on 28 July 1933; his widow Elizabeth Ann died on 29 September 1953.

Elizabeth's daughter, Maud Mabel Hart, of 6 Belgrave Square, married James William Harris, a shop assistant, of Stratford upon Avon but resident Nottingham, at Nottingham St Matthew on 27 July 1912 (notice Stratford upon Avon Herald, 2 August 1912).

Leslie married Ethel Hand in 1919. He was recorded twice on the 1939 England and Wales Register at 10 Castleton Crescent, Skegness, and also at 1a Miall Street, Nottingham. However, Leslie, who was a commercial traveller (provisions), probably had his home in Skegness as this was where his wife, Ethel and their daughter Joyce Rosetta (b. 1920) were living along with Sydney Hand (b. 1907) single, a clothing salesman, and Althea Hand (b. 1931). Living at 1a Miall Sreet were Florence Hand (b. 1904, married), a grocery shop assistant and Greta Wilmott (b. 1910, married), a book-keeper, and Barry Wilmott (b. 1934). Leslie died in 1987 (reg. Blackpool & Fylde).

Edward Rex married Mary Westmoreland in 1928. Edward, a director and traveller (wholesale draper), and his wife, a telephone switchboard operator and ARP warden, were living on Weardale Road, Nottingham, in 1939. Edward died in 1979 (reg. Nottingham).