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Help please I just can't find May Morris?

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Dob abt 1911

Baptism

Parents
Thomas Morris & Sarah Jane Greensill

1911: 10 Union St, Tipton, Staffs
Thomas Morris 41 Head Iron Tank Rivetter married 20 yrs children 9/9/0
Sarah Jane Morris 39 Wife
Thomas Morris 12 Son
Rose Morris 10 Dau
Ivy Morris 8 Dau
Martin Morris 6 Son
Nellie Morris 3 Dau
May Morris 5 mths Dau
All born Tipton

Dod ??

Burial ??

I can only find this

MORRIS, MAY DUDLEY
GRO Reference: 1911 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 858

Thomas remarried and is with some children including May 1910 transcribed as Mary and step rels on the 1921 census

Church name (Links to more information) St Martin
Register type (Links to more information) Parish Register
Register entry number 483
Marriage date 11 Mar 1917
Groom forename Thomas
Groom surname MORRIS
Groom age 44
Groom condition widower
Groom occupation Rivetter
Groom abode 44 Martin Rd
Bride forename Alice Maria
Bride surname BLOWER
Bride age 34
Bride condition widow
Bride abode 26 Tudor St.
Groom father forename Elijah
Groom father surname MORRIS
Groom father occupation Miner (deceased)
Bride father forename William
Bride father surname WHITEHOUSE
Bride father occupation Roller
Witness1 Fanny Elizabeth COOPER
Witness2 Lizzie SMITH
Transcribed by Jonathan Maxfield
Credit Jonathan Maxfield
File line number 484
Line id Jonny.STSTIPMA16.CSV.484

Nice one RF

Death Mar 1916
Morris Sarah J 44 Dudley 6b 1108

Thanks both

Thomas Morris
Registration Date Jan 1917
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Worcestershire
Spouse
Alice M Blower
Volume Number 6b
Page number 1179

1921 26 Tudor St, Coneygre Rd, Tipton
Thomas Morris 52 Yrs 11 Months Head
Machine Rivetts
Employer Oldbury Arry Work Out of Work
Place of Work Oldbury
Alice Morris 37 Yrs 10 Months Wife
Home Duties
Mary Morris 10 Yrs 8 Months Daug
Transcribed Mary believe should read May)
Marjorie Morris 9 Yrs 2 Months Daug
Gilbert Morris 3 Yrs 9 Months Son
Alice Morris 1 Yr 5 Months Daug
Dora Blower 16 Yrs 7 Months Stepdaughter
Home Duties
John Blower 14 Yrs 7 Months Stepson
Albert Blower 12 Yrs 2 Months Stepson Maggie Blower 8 Yrs 6 Months Stepson

I've found this on Gro

MORRIS, GWENDOLINE MAY GREENSILL
GRO Reference: 1910 D Quarter in DUDLEY Volume 06C Page 50

Baptism 23/11/1910 St Paul Tipton
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 714
Baptism date 23 Nov 1910
Person Gwendoline May
Father Thomas Morris
Mother Sarah Jane
Person abode Union St Father
Occupation Rivetter

Marriage 1933
Gwendoline M Morris
Registration Date Jan 1933
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Worcestershire
Spouse Ernest Fisher
Volume Number 6b Page number 1112

MORRIS Gwendoline M
FISHER Ernest
1933 Dudley Register Office
Dudley Register Office DRO/070/198

1939 8 Castle Terrace Tipton
William Holden Male 25/8/1872 Blacksmith Stri(Heavy Worker)
Ernest Fisher Male 6/9/1908 Constructional Worker (Heavy Worker)
May Fisher Female 7/11/1910 Unpaid Domestic Duties
This record is officially closed.
This record is officially closed.

mjay wrote: ↑Fri Oct 31, 2025 8:34 am Thanks both

Thomas Morris
Registration Date Jan 1917
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Worcestershire
Spouse
Alice M Blower
Volume Number 6b
Page number 1179

1921 26 Tudor St, Coneygre Rd, Tipton
Thomas Morris 52 Yrs 11 Months Head
Machine Rivetts
Employer Oldbury Arry Work Out of Work
Place of Work Oldbury
Alice Morris 37 Yrs 10 Months Wife
Home Duties
Mary Morris 10 Yrs 8 Months Daug
Transcribed Mary believe should read May)
Marjorie Morris 9 Yrs 2 Months Daug
Gilbert Morris 3 Yrs 9 Months Son
Alice Morris 1 Yr 5 Months Daug
Dora Blower 16 Yrs 7 Months Stepdaughter
Home Duties
John Blower 14 Yrs 7 Months Stepson
Albert Blower 12 Yrs 2 Months Stepson Maggie Blower 8 Yrs 6 Months Stepson

Just found this on ancestry.......

Page 1 - UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923
Category
Document / Certificate
Description
Alice claiming Alfreds War pension. She used some to get married to Thomas Morris and then used the children's to support herself.

The Certificate is a bit difficult to read but I can see it says
Alfred Blower was killed in action 17/7/16 Regiment Notts Derby. His date of birth 31/8/83
Widow Alice Maria 26 Tudor Street, Tipton.
Children
Dora 26/11/04
John William 27/11/06
Albert 9/4/09
Marie? 3/?/12
????? 21/7/14

Do you agree that May is actually Gwendoline May Morris.


And nice find San, about Thomas's 2nd wife.
Thanks

• Alice Maria Whitehouse/Blower
1883–1973

Marriage 1902
Alfred Blower and Alice Maria Whitehouse registered in September quarter 1902 at Dudley

St Matthew
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 165
Marriage date 31 Aug 1902
Groom Alfred BLOWER
Groom age 20
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Boatman
Groom abode Park Lane
Bride Alice Maria WHITEHOUSE
Bride age 19
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Park Lane
Bride father William WHITEHOUSE
Bride father occupation Labourer
Witness 1 William WHITEHOUSE
Witness 2 Phoebe Ann DOWNING
Notes Groom's father's name and occupation not given


By 1916, they had 5 children

Alfred was killed in WW1
Monday, 17th July 1916, age 35.
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/blower-alfred

Info from Tipton Remembers
Alice married Thomas Morris (a widower with 3 children) on 13th March 1917. Alice's Widow's Pension, which had only commenced in the previous month, would then ceased, but she was compensated by the payment of a lump sum 'Re-marriage Gratuity', of £51/5/9d (51 pounds, 5 shillings and 9 pence). The pension allowance for her 5 children would continue until their respective 16th birthdays

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Freereg.
23rd November 1910. St Paul, Tipton.
Gwendoline May, Parents, Thomas and Sarah Jane Morris. Union St. Rivetter

Sorry just seen you found that!

Marriage 1933
Gwendoline M Morris
Registration Date Jan 1933
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Worcestershire
Spouse Ernest Fisher
Volume Number 6b Page number 1112

MORRIS Gwendoline M
FISHER Ernest
1933 Dudley Register Office
Dudley Register Office DRO/070/198

1939 8 Castle Terrace Tipton
William Holden Male 25/8/1872 Blacksmith Stri(Heavy Worker)
Ernest Fisher Male 6/9/1908 Constructional Worker (Heavy Worker)
May Fisher Female 7/11/1910 Unpaid Domestic Duties
This record is officially closed.
This record is officially closed.

Spouse
Ernest Fisher
Dob 1908
Ernest Fisher
Registration Date1908
Quarter of the Year Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Place Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Volume 6c Page 35


Baptism ??

Parents Thomas George Fisher & Mary Devers

Parents Marriage
Thomas Fisher
Gender Male
Marital Status Single
Age 25
Birth Date 1867
Marriage Date 4 Apr 1892
Marriage Place St. Edmund'S Dudley, Worcester, England
Father John Fisher
Spouse Mary Devers
Gender Female
Marital Status Single
Age 18
Birth Date 1874
Father Edward Devers
FHL Film Number992184
Reference IDYr 1892 P 52 No 104

1911 2 Brown St Tipton
Thomas George Fisher 42 Head.
Coalminer & Hewer
Mary Fisher 42 Wife
Sarah Fisher 15 Daug
William Fisher 13 Son
Thomas George Fisher 9 Son
Albert Fisher 7 Son
Mary Fisher 4 Daug
Earnest Fisher 2 Son

1921 13 Boat Row Tipton
Mary Fisher 53 Yrs 0 Months Head Widow Home Duties
Jane Phoebe Fisher 27 Yrs 6 Months
Daug Ward Maid Guest Hospital Dudley
Thomas G Fisher 20 Yrs 1 Month Son
Glassblowers, labourer
Employer Out of Work British Plass Industries Toll End Tipton
Place of Work Dudley
Albert Fisher 17 Yrs 6 Months Son
Machine Hand
Employer Engineers Builers Ltd Yater Foundry Dudley Place of Work Buller Ltd Tipton Port Tipton
Mary Fisher 14 Yrs 9 Months Daug
Bobbing Employer Prinding Out of Work
Ernest Fisher 12 Yrs 9 Months Son School
Gladys M Fisher 5 Yrs 10 Months Daug
Arthur Fisher 2 Yrs 10 Months Son

Marriage 1933
Gwendoline M Morris
Registration Date Jan 1933
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Worcestershire
Spouse Ernest Fisher
Volume Number 6b Page number 1112

MORRIS Gwendoline M
FISHER Ernest
1933 Dudley Register Office
Dudley Register Office DRO/070/198

1939 8 Castle Terrace Tipton
William Holden Male 25/8/1872 Blacksmith Stri(Heavy Worker)
Ernest Fisher Male 6/9/1908 Constructional Worker (Heavy Worker)
May Fisher Female 7/11/1910 Unpaid Domestic Duties
This record is officially closed.
This record is officially closed.

Dod ??

Burial ??

All added to Bcc & completed

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