Lawrence Arthur Guy

Lory Arthur (see 'Extra information') was the son of Thomas Dalton Guy and Mary Ann (also k/a Marian) Guy (née Booth).

His father Thomas Dalton was born on 11 May 1833 at Kings Lynn, Norfolk, the son of Thomas and Harriet Guy. He was baptised at the parish church of St Margaret with St Nicholas on 16 June the same year. His mother, Mary Ann, was the daughter of John and Mary Booth (née Taylor). She was born in Swaffham, Norfolk on 10 December 1831 and baptised at Swaffham on 4 February 1832.

Thomas and Mary Ann were married at South Lynn All Saints on 28 December 1854; Banns had been read at Norwich St Hazle (sic) and South Lynn All Saints. Thomas, a joiner, was already living in Nottingham.

According to information provided on the 1911 Census, the couple had 14 children of whom only seven survived infancy/childhood. Ten children, all of whom were born in Nottingham, have been identified from census and birth/baptism records. The eldest child on the 1861 Census was 'John' aged 5 (abt. 1856) but no registration of birth has been traced; it is likely that he was the eldest son named as Thomas (16) on the 1871 Census and who was baptised (Thomas) at Nottingham St Mary on 14 September 1855, parents Thomas and Mary Ann Guy of Bath Street. Eight children have been identified from census and birth registrations where the mother's maiden name (Booth) was provided: Walter Henry birth registered 1857 (JFM) baptised Nottingham St. Mary 26 March 1857, and George Arthur b. 1858 (AMJ) baptised Nottingham St Mary 10 June 1858 probably died 1860 (JFM), parents address on both records, Robin Hood Street; Herbert William b. 1861 (JAS), Augusta Marian (aka Mary) birth registered 1863 (JFM), George Arthur b. 1865 (JAS) probably died 1866 (JFM), Jane Elizabeth b. 1868 (OND), Martha b. 1879 (OND) and Albert Ernest b. 1872 (OND). Lory A. was born in 1866 (OND).

Thomas, a beer house keeper, and his wife were living at the Queen's Hotel, Arkwright Street, Nottingham, in 1861. Also in the household were their three children, John-sic (5), Walter (3) and William [Herbert William] (1), together with Thomas's widowed mother-in-law, Mary Booth, and a female general servant.

Thomas, now working as a joiner, and his wife Marian (sic) were living on Blue Bell Hill Road in 1871; also in the home were Thomas (16), a joiner, Walter, William, Mary [Augusta Marian], Lory Arthur and Jane Elizabeth.

The family had moved to 110 Robin Hood Chase by 1881; Thomas's occupation was given on the census as builder. Five of their children were in the home on the night of the census: Herbert a plumber, Augusta a dressmaker and Lory, Jane and Albert who were school age. Also in the household was Thomas's niece, Jane E Guy (3). The eldest son, Thomas, had married in 1877.

By 1891 only Albert, a joiner, was living with his parents who were now at 30 Pym Street. Also in the home was their granddaughter, Florence G Guy (8).

Thomas snr. died in 1900 aged 67 and his widow Marian was living at 38 Massey Street with her son Lory, a joiner, and two boarders, Jane Godber (33) a lace clipper/scalloper who was married, and Miriam Hackett (15) a bookbinder.

In 1911 Marian was living at 6 Lamartine Street, St Ann's Nottingham, with another widow, Amy Featherstone, a lace drawing hand, and her daughter Elizabeth, a lace pattern girl.
Marian Guy probably died in 1924 (burial 20 September).

Lory was living at 6 Sandringham Terrace in 1911. Also in the household was Jane Guy-sic (42) whom he described as his wife of 23 years; they had had one child. However, the Army pension record named an 'unmarried wife', Jane Hackett, of 6 Sandringham Terrace, Pym Street. It is probable that Jane Hackett was the Jane Godber who was living with Lory and his mother in 1901: marriage registration Jane Godber to Arthur Hackett 1890 (JFM Nottingham).