Arthur Starr

Arthur Starr was born on 23rd February 1889 at North Collingham and was the son of John a farm labourer and Mary Ann Starr née Coleby of North Collingham His father was John was born in 1847 at Collingham and his mother Mary Ann Coleby was born in 1858 at Beckingham, they were married in 1878 their marriage was recorded in the Newark registration district, they went on to have the following children,, George William b1879, Alfred b1881, Susan b1884, Annie b1887, Arthur b1889, Ernest b1892, Dora b1894, Jennie b1896, Herbert b1900 and John Edward b1902, all were born at North Collingham. In 1901 they lived at 111 Queen Street North Collingham Nottinghamshire. In the 1911 census his parents and siblings are still living at North Collingham and are shown as John 64 yrs a farm labourer, he is living with his wife Mary Ann 54 yrs and their children, Alfred 29 yrs a horseman on a farm, Jennie 14 yrs a student and John Edward 9 yrs a scholar. In the same 1911 census we find that Arthur has left the family home, he is a boarder living at 48 Gibbons Street, Old Lenton, Nottingham, he is shown as being 22 yrs, single and a domestic gardener , he is living at the address with Ann Purser 69 yrs of age, a widow. Arthur married his wife Mary Ann Askew in 1914 in Nottingham they lived at 46 Gibbons Street, Old Lenton, his wife later lived at The Cedars, Lenton, Nottingham.