Herbert Glover

Herbert Glover was born in the Meadows, Nottingham in 1887 and was the son of William a brewer and Margaret Glover née Houlton of 23a Deering Street, Meadows, Nottingham. His father William Glover was born in 1864 in Beeston and his mother Margaret Houlton was born in 1859 at Bracebridge, Lincolnshire they were married in 1884 in Nottingham and went on to have 8 children, sadly two were to die in infancy or early childhood, their surviving children were Emma 1885 Nottingham, Herbert b1887 Meadows, John Harold b1890 St Anns, Ernest b1893 Hyson Green, Florence b1898 Hyson Green, and Nellie b1900 Hyson Green. In the 1911 census the family are living at 23a Deering Street, Meadows, Nottingham and are shown as William 49 yrs a brewer, he is living with his wife Margaret 52 yrs and their children Harold 21 yrs a hair dresser, Ernest 18 yrs a railway porter, Florence 13 yrs a scholar, and Nellie 11 yrs a scholar. By this date Herbert has left the family home and in the same 1911 census we find him living as a boarder at the village of Fiskerton near Lincoln, he is shown as being 24 yrs single and an agricultural labourer , he is living with Thomas Houlton 38 yrs an agricultural labourer and his wife and family.