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Birth29 Sep 1908, Cerne Abbas, Dorset
Death25 Jul 1958, Hammersmith district, London
GeneralOnly dau. In 1939: Lingerie (Cutter copyist).
FatherHenry Edward Benger (ca1883-)
MotherAgnes Florence Amelia Harding (ca1887-ca1911)
Notes for (Sulvina) Stella Benger
m. (1) Albert James Balsom, (2) THOMAS P MILBURN
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Her birth Index:

First name(s) SULVINA STELLA
Last name BENGER
Birth year 1908
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District DORCHESTER
County Dorset
Country England
Volume 5A
Page 301
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
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There is no certain marriage for her, but this could be hers:

First name(s) STELLA S P
Last name BENGER
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1931
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ STELLA S P BENGER married
ALBERT J BALSOM
Spouse's last name BALSOM
District BRENTFORD
District number -
County Middlesex
Country England
Volume 3A
Page 299
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
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Found with her husband and no children in the 1939 Register:

Balsom Household (3 People)
1 Sundew Road , Hammersmith, London, England

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

Stella S P (Priscilla) Milburn (Balsom) 29 Sep 1908  Female  Lingerie (Cutter Copyist  Married  80 2
Albert J F Balsom 24 Nov 1905 Male Van Driver Delivery Porter  Married  80  1

And within her name field, there is this in Green ink: “Milburn Stella Priscilla”.  Further investigation shows that in 1959 she remarried after her husband’s death and then became Stella Priscilla Milburn, and then, presumably this 1939 Register form was altered, in green ink.
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In 1945, there was a Balsom birth in London with a Benger mother:

First name(s) MICHAEL T
Last name BALSOM
Birth year 1945
Birth quarter 3
Registration month -
Mother's last name BENGER
District HAMMERSMITH
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page 190
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006

The only Balsom-Benger marriage from 1929 to 1949 is the one above.

The birth certificate has been ordered.  which confirm his parents to be those of the 1931 marriage.  Stella would have been 37 at the birth of her son.
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Her second marriage:

First name(s) STELLA P
Last name BALSOM
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1959
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ STELLA P BALSOM married
THOMAS P MILBURN
Spouse's last name MILBURN
District HAMMERSMITH
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 5C
Page 1453
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
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Her death index:

First name(s) STELLA PRISCILLA
Last name MILBURN
Gender Female
Birth day 28
Birth month 9
Birth year 1908
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1978
District HAMMERSMITH
County London
Volume 12
Page 1402
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for (Sulvina) Stella Benger
Her probate index:

Milburn, Stella Priscilla otherwise Priscella of 102A Larden Rd, Acton, London W3 died 25 July 1978 Administration Bristol 23 November £3755 780803510F
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Notes for Albert James Francis & (Sulvina) Stella (Family)
Their marriage index:

First name(s) STELLA S P
Last name BENGER
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1931
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ STELLA S P BENGER married
ALBERT J BALSOM
Spouse's last name BALSOM
District BRENTFORD
District number -
County Middlesex
Country England
Volume 3A
Page 299
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
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Last Modified 27 Aug 2016Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220