Cecil Noble

Cecil was the son of George and Frances (Fanny) Anna Noble nee Dean. George was the son of George and Jane Noble and born in Girton, Nottinghamshire, probably in 1864 (J/A/S Newark). Frances Anna was the daughter of William and Anna Dean and was born on 8 January 1868 (J/F/M Tisbury Wiltshire) in Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire; she was baptised in the parish church of St John the Baptist, Donhead St Mary withy Charlton, on 3 February 1868. Frances' family had moved from Wiltshire to Collingham, Nottinghamshire, by 1891. Her father was a farmer. The same year George (26) was living with his parents and his siblings. George's father was a farmer and he was described as a 'farmer's son' so was probably helping on the family farm. George and Frances were married in 1896 (A/M/J Newark) and had two children, Cecil b. 1896 (O/N/D Newark) and Emily b. 16 March 1900 (A/M/J Newark). In 1901 George (35) and Frances (32) were living in Girton with their two children Cecil (2) and Emily (1). George was workingas a wagoner on a farm. George probably died in 1906 (O/N/D Newark). At the time of the 1911 Census Cecil (12) and Emily (11) were living in Girton in the household of their widowed uncle Henry Noble (53) the son of George and Jane Noble. Henry, an agricultural labourer, had married Annie Elizabeth Newstead in 1887 (A/M/J East Retford) and they had a numerous family although at the time of the 1911 Census only two children were living with their father, Florence (17 b. 1894 A/M/J Newark) and Herbert (13 b. 1898 A/M/J Newark). Also in the household was Fanny Noble (42) who was described as Henry's wife; they had been married for three years. It seems likely that Fanny was George's widow, Frances Anna, although no record has yet been found of her marriage to Henry and it was before the Deceased Brother's Widow Marriage Act 1922 permitted such a marriage. Henry Noble probably died in 1934. In 1939 at the time of the England & Wales Register, Frances, a widow, was living in Besthorpe, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Also in the household was William L Noble (Register information, b. 9 December 1913) single, a farm stockman (possibly William L Noble b. 1913 A/M/J Tynemouth Northumberland, mother's maiden name Liddle, d. 1978 A/M/J Newcastle upon Tyne, dob given on Death Index as 10 April 1913). Frances died in 1949 (A/M/J Newark) aged 81. Cecil's sister Emily married Cyril Crompton (b. 11 May 1897) in 1927 (J/A/S Newark). In 1939 they were living on Lincoln Road, The Chase, Lincoln. Cyril was an ironmonger general fitter. Also in the household was Fay J Crompton (b. 30 May 1928) who was still at school. Cyril died on 21 November 1963 and Emily on 3 March 1984; she was then living at Boultham Park House, Rookery Lane, Lincoln.