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Birth6 Oct 1873, Cheddington, Dorset
Deathca Aug 1951, Bideford district, Devon
General4th dau.
FatherRev Robert Elliot Morres (1826-1885)
MotherFlorence Hody Cox (1841-1903)
Notes for Mabel Mary Morres
She is not found in either FindMyPast or the new GRO indices.

But she does appear in the 1881 census with the rest of the family:

First name(s)    Mabel Mary
Last name        Morres
Relationship     Daughter
Marital status   Single
Sex              Female
Age              7
Birth year       1874
Birth town       Chedington
Birth county     Dorset
Birth place      England
Occupation       Scholar
Street           The Rectory Langridge Lane
Parish           Langridge
County           Somerset
Country          England
Registration district    Bath
Archive reference        RG11
Piece number             2443
Folio                    93
Page                     9
Record set               1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Other censuses, etc will be investigated, of course.
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In 1901 Mary M was with her mother, two siblings, Florence E and Stephen H, in a house with a head of the Widowed Susan S Morres and her daughter Susan E Morres.  By then her father had been dead 16 years and her mother was two years short of her death.
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In 1873 Mabel was living, and head of house, in Bideford Cottage, Northam, Devon with her sister Winifred and one servant.  Mabel was 38 and Winifred was 37 and both said they were single and born in Chedington.

They were living at The Burn House, Bathavon R.D., Somerset:

First name(s)  Last name(s)  DOB  Sex  Occupation  Marital status  Schedule  Schedule Sub Number
Mabel M Hallward 06 Oct 1873 Female Private Means  Widow  59  1
Constance M Hallward 15 Feb 1865 Female Private Means  Single  59  2
Harry Heath 07 Nov 1883 Male Civil Servant Superintend ?  Married  59  3
Agnes C Shaw 03 Jan 1918 Female Cook General Single  59  4

From the 1911 census Constance (Maude) was the sister of Mabel's late husband.
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Her death index:

First name(s)    MABEL M
Last name        HALLWARD
Gender           Female
Birth year       1874
Age              77
Death quarter    3
Death year       1951
District         Bideford
County           Devon
Volume           7A
Page             250
Country          England
Record set       England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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Notes for Herbert Romaine & Mabel Mary (Family)
Their marriage index:

First name(s)        MABEL M
Last name            MORRES
Marriage quarter     4
Marriage year        1926
MarriageFinder       MABEL M MORRES married one of these people
                     Herbert R Hallward
Spouse's last name   Hallward
District             Bradford on Avon
County               Wiltshire
Country              England
Volume               5A
Page number          281
Record set           England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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Last Modified 17 Sep 2019Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220