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Good morning,

I'm hoping somebody may be able to assist with providing some further information on two young brothers, William and Herbert Herring. Both were born in Stoke Newington in London, William on 22/04/1862 and Herbert on 18/09/1864.

I've located them both in the 1871, 1881, and the 1891 census returns and it's clear that the family had relocated to Ipswich in Suffolk, but I can't see either brother in the 1901 census onwards and I also can't locate any death information for either of them, which suggests they may have moved abroad.

A possible lead is a death notice in a local Ipswich paper in 1907, which states that Herbert Herring had died in Cape Town in South Africa. But is anyone able to provide any further details about what happened to either or both of these individuals, please?

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I have found some "bits and bobs" on Herbert Herring which I think is correct, but you will need to dig further.

Baptism: 18 Sep 1864 St Mary, Stoke Newington Church St.
Herbert - Parents: William & Caroline Charlotte Herring - Abode: S(toke)N(ewington) - Quality Trade or Profession (of father): Gentleman

Newspaper The Standard, London, Friday, September 6, 1907 (Unfortunately, the article was on the left hand side of the page and was too faint to read)
Column 1: DEATHS
South Africa
Herring: On the 19th July, at Gippeswyk, Bellevue-road,
...... Point, Capetown, South Africa, Herbert Herring,
....pal Clerk to the Municipality of Green Point and
.... Point, younger son of the late William Herring, of
.... England, aged 42

The Evening Star and Daily Herald, Thursday, July 25, 1907
DEATHS:
Herring: On July 19th, at "Gippeswyk", Sea Point, Cape Town, Herbert, the dearly-loved husband of Constance M. Herring, aged 42

Herring: On the 19th July, at Gippeswyk, Belle Vue Road, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa, Herbert Herring, Municipal Clerk to the Municipality of Green Point and Sea Point, younger son of the late William Herring, of Ipswich, aged 42

Found this on Ancestry :-

Name Herbert Herring
Birth Year 1864
Burial Year 1907
Burial Place Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Death Age 43
Cemetery Old Municipal Section J
Notes click here to see note:
interred at Cape Town at Maitland Cemetery, he was married to Constance Mary daughter of Walter Southgate, Ipswich corn merchant. Herbert and family are in 1881 census at Soane Street Ipswich, father William Herring and sister Caroline who died in UK in 1880s buried in section J; mother Caroline Charlotte and sister Elizabeth were interred in South Africa but have memorial inscriptions here.
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Newspaper Article
Name Herbert Heiring
Topic Other
Residence Date 19 Jun 1888
Residence Place Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Publication Date 19 Jun 1888
Publication Place Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Newspaper Title The Ipswich Journal