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Birth16 May 1881, Murree, Bengal, India
Baptism25 Aug 1881, Murree, Bengal, India
Death19 Feb 1971, Winchester district, Hants
Burial19 Feb 1971, Church Road, South Tidworth, Hants
General3rd dau.
FatherColonel Henry Wood (1835-1919)
MotherHelen Mary Brown (ca1849-1922)
Notes for Isabel Myrtle Wood
Her birth from the India Office:

First name(s) Isabel Myrtle
Last name Wood
Birth year 1881
Birth date 16 May 1881
Baptism year 1881
Baptism date 25 Aug 1881
Place Murree
Presidency Bengal
Father's first name(s) Henry
Father's last name Wood
Mother's first name(s) Helen Mary
Mother's last name -
Archive reference N-1-177
Folio 42
Catalogue descriptions Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal
Record set British India Office births & baptisms
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No sign of any early death and not in 1901 census.

Several Isabel M Wood marriages from 1898 to 1950 but none anywhere near Norwich. so no clues as to which might have been hers.

But with her birth second name of Myrtle, this looks strongly like her marriage:

First name(s) ISABEL MYRTLE
Last name WOOD
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1900
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ ISABEL MYRTLE WOOD married one of these people
HUGH CARLETON FORMBY, GEORGE EDWARD MIDDLETON
District MARYLEBONE
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page 1147
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008

But whicxh of Formby and Middleton was her husband?

The photograph I have added is of her, her son Richard and Mrs. Bridgewater in December 1914 at the Manor House, Shipton Bellinger, Hants.  The Science Museum says it was “From page 22 of snapshot album number 13 of the Russian Imperial Royal Family, compiled by Herbert Galloway Stewart (1866-1960)”.

She was not found in the 1911 census but was in the 1939 Register with her husband and son:

Althorne Salisbury Road , Andover R.D., Hampshire, England

FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS  SCHEDULE  SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER

Isabel M Formby 15 May 1881 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties  Married  42  1
Hugh C Formby 02 Oct 1862 Male Retired Married 42  2
Richard Formby 30 Mar 1913 Male Poultry Farmer Single  42  3

Note that Isabel’s birth date is one day different from the baptismal register.  We can have no idea which is right!

There is a redacted fourth person in this household, possibly a younger sibling to Richard?

Additionally there was a Chauffeur/Gardener and his son in Althorne Cottage next door.
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No more obvious children for Isabel.
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In 1911, with her second name mistranscribed as ‘Myrlte’ and hence not initially found in the Search, with one child only so far, her family was:

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status  Sex  Occupation  Age  Birth year  Birth place

Hugh Carleton Formby Head Married Male Farmer 48  1863  Essex Latchingdon
Isabel Myrlte Formby Wife Married Female - 29  1882  India Umballah
Olive Zoe Formby Daughter - Female - 6  1905  Hants Weyhill
Eva Charlotte Hewlett Servant Single Female Parlour Maid Domestic  25  1886  St Denis Southampton
Alma Agnes Smith Servant Single Female House Maid Domestic  33  1878  Southampton
Nellie Jane Blunden Servant Widow Female Cook Domestic  33  1878  London Brewen Street
Nellie Louisa Hallam Servant Single Female Kitchen Maid Domestic  17  1894  London
Elizabeth Pritchard Servant Single Female  Nurse  36  1875  Oxfordshire Post Combe

Address The Manor Shipton Bellinger Andover
Parish Shipton Bellinger
County Hampshire

Census reference RG14PN6333 RG78PN304 RD112 SD2 ED7 SN3
Piece number 6333
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Her death index:

First name(s) ISOBELLE MYRTLE
Last name FORMBY
Gender Female
Birth day 15
Birth month 5
Birth year 1881
Death quarter 1
Death year 1971
District WINCHESTER
County Hampshire
Volume 6B
Page 2408
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
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Her burial index:

First name(s) ISABEL MYRTLE
Last name FORMBY
Birth year 1882
Death year 1971
Age 89
Burial year 1971
Burial day 19
Burial month Feb
Place SOUTH TIDWORTH; CHURCH ROAD
County Hampshire
Country England
Reference 37995
Record set Wiltshire Memorial Inscription Index
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Will notes for Isabel Myrtle Wood
Her probate index:

FORMBY Isabel Myrtle of Althorne Cottage Shipton Bellinger Hants died 19 February 1971 Probate London 2 April 1971.  Â£1557.
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Notes for Hugh Carleton & Isabel Myrtle (Family)
Their marriage:

First name(s) ISABEL MYRTLE
Last name WOOD
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1900
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ ISABEL MYRTLE WOOD married one of these people
HUGH CARLETON FORMBY, GEORGE EDWARD MIDDLETON
District MARYLEBONE
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page 1147
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
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Last Modified 14 Jun 2020Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220