COMPLETED: Meg Hutchinson - From Factory Wench to Best Selling Author

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An article in the Bugle Annual Dec 2004
She wrote more than 20 novels which were set in her native Black Country. Titles such as .......

"For The Love Of The Child"
"Abel's Daughter"
"Peppercorn Woman"

The most recent being "Paupers Child" published 2004


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Parish Register
Register entry number 412
Marriage 03 Feb 1951 All Saints
Ralph HUTCHINSON 21 bachelor Driver 51 Dangerfield Lane Wednesbury Joseph HUTCHINSON Labourer
Margaret Rose ASTBURY 17 spinster 51 Dangerfield Lane Wednesbury George Henry ASTBURY Tube Worker
Witness1 John PICKARD
Witness2 George Henry ASTBURY

Margaret R Astbury
Registration Date Jul 1933 [Aug 1933][Sep 1933]
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District West Bromwich
Inferred County Staffordshire
Mother's Maiden Name Price
Volume Number 6b
Page number 999

Her Parents....
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Parish Register
Register entry number 45
Marriage 28 Jun 1925 St James
George Henry ASTBURY 24 bachelor Ironworker 17 Dudley St. Walter Edward ASTBURY Ironworker
Annie PRICE 19 spinster 6 Pitt Square - Leabrook William Henry PRICE Carter
Witness1 Herbert William BLUCK
Witness2 Clara Ann BLUCK

ASTBURY, GEORGE HENRY -
GRO Reference: 1900 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 904

Name George Henry Astbury
Birth Date 14 Oct 1900
Baptism Date 30 Oct 1900
Baptism Place Wednesbury, St James, Staffordshire, England
Religion Anglican
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Mother Florence Annie
Page number 102

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1939: 51 Dangerfield Lane, Wednesbury, Staffordshire
George H Asebury Male 14 Oct 1900 married Tube Drawer Heavy Worker
Annie Asebury Female 28 Jul 1905 Unpaid Dom Duties
Hilda M Asebury Female 22 Dec 1922 (Hutchinson) at school - year mistranscribed and corrected to 1925
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Name Hilda M Astbury
Registration Date Jan 1926[Feb 1926][Mar 1926]
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District West Bromwich
Inferred County Staffordshire
Mother's Maiden Name Price
Volume Number 6b
Page number 1336

I wonder if the 2 sisters married 2 brothers........

Name Hilda M Astbury
Registration Date Oct 1944[Nov 1944][Dec 1944]
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District Wednesbury
Inferred County Staffordshire
Spouse William Hutchinson
Volume Number 6b
Page number 1712

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I can't actually add Meg or her sister Hilda to BCC cos they may still be alive but this is how far I've got

https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =398408367

https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =824081079

Still more to add

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Completed