Said to have lived from 1897 to 1981.
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Her birth index:
First name(s) Gertrude
Last name Morris
Birth quarter 2
Birth year 1897
Mother's maiden name Groom
District West Bromwich
County Staffordshire
Country England
Volume 6B
Page 836
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
In the 1901 census she was with her family and born in West Bromwich abd in 1911 she was also with her family. Her parents were reported to have been married for 33 yeears and to have had 16 children of whom 11 were then alive. This made her parents married 1878. Indeed there was a marriage then of a Thomas Morris and Emma Groom, confirming the maiden surname on the above birth record. (Phew!)
So her parents were Thomas Morris and Emma née Groom.
Using this information on the new-ish GRO database at <
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results> produces the following children to a MORRIS father and a GROOM mother in the whole of England:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
MORRIS, CHARLES DAVID GROOM
GRO Reference: 1882 D Quarter in ST GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 390
MORRIS, JOHN GROOM
GRO Reference: 1882 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 796
MORRIS, WALTER WILLIAM GROOM
GRO Reference: 1881 J Quarter in NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Volume 10B Page 23
MORRIS, ELIZABETH GROOM
GRO Reference: 1880 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 877
MORRIS, SELINA GROOM
GRO Reference: 1879 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 836
MORRIS, EMMA GROOM
GRO Reference: 1887 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 732
MORRIS, JANE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1883 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 792
MORRIS, LOUISA JANE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1884 M Quarter in ATCHAM Volume 06A Page 647
MORRIS, ROSANNA GROOM
GRO Reference: 1885 J Quarter in NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE Volume 10B Page 36
MORRIS, FREDERICK GEORGE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1884 D Quarter in RICHMOND SURREY Volume 02A Page 390
MORRIS, JOHN GROOM
GRO Reference: 1886 S Quarter in ATCHAM Volume 06A Page 643
MORRIS, JOHN HARRY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1886 M Quarter in RICHMOND-SURREY Volume 02A Page 408
MORRIS, ROBERT GROOM
GRO Reference: 1887 J Quarter in NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE Volume 10B Page 40
MORRIS, WILLIAM GROOM
GRO Reference: 1885 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 790
MORRIS, HARRY BENJAMIN GROOM
GRO Reference: 1888 M Quarter in SAINT GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 400
MORRIS, WALTER THOMAS GROOM
GRO Reference: 1892 S Quarter in MILE END OLD TOWN Volume 01C Page 481
MORRIS, ADA GROOM
GRO Reference: 1889 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 807
MORRIS, ETHEL MARY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1890 S Quarter in MILE END OLD TOWN Volume 01C Page 433
MORRIS, HANNAH GROOM
GRO Reference: 1891 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 890
MORRIS, LILY ANN GROOM
GRO Reference: 1889 M Quarter in ATCHAM Volume 06A Page 623
MORRIS, MAY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1892 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 866
MORRIS, NELLIE AUGUSTA ISABELLA GROOM
GRO Reference: 1892 J Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 98
MORRIS, DOROTHY LILY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1896 S Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 88
MORRIS, EMILY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1894 S Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 809
MORRIS, GERTRUDE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1897 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 836
MORRIS, HENRY WILLIAM GROOM
GRO Reference: 1894 S Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 120
MORRIS, THOMAS GROOM
GRO Reference: 1895 S Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 857
MORRIS, ALFRED GROOM
GRO Reference: 1900 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 865
MORRIS, GEORGE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1898 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 892
MORRIS, ALICE ETHEL GROOM
GRO Reference: 1898 J Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 124
MORRIS, LILY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1902 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 955
MORRIS, DOUGLAS MONTAGUE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1905 S Quarter in STAINES Volume 03A Page 11
MORRIS, HARRY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1905 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 952
MORRIS, FRANCIS GEORGE WILFRID GROOM
GRO Reference: 1909 J Quarter in ATCHAM Volume 06A Page 616
MORRIS, BEATRICE MARY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1911 S Quarter in SWANSEA Volume 11A Page 2359
I note that the West Bromwich births stopped in 1905 and that in the 1911 census for Emily there were no children born after 1905.
This can be sorted into births by place and in time order:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
MORRIS, SELINA GROOM
GRO Reference: 1879 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 836
MORRIS, ELIZABETH GROOM
GRO Reference: 1880 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 877
MORRIS, JOHN GROOM
GRO Reference: 1882 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 796
MORRIS, JANE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1883 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 792
MORRIS, WILLIAM GROOM
GRO Reference: 1885 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 790
MORRIS, EMMA GROOM
GRO Reference: 1887 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 732
MORRIS, ADA GROOM
GRO Reference: 1889 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 807
MORRIS, HANNAH GROOM
GRO Reference: 1891 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 890
MORRIS, MAY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1892 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 866
MORRIS, EMILY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1894 S Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 809
MORRIS, THOMAS GROOM
GRO Reference: 1895 S Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 857
MORRIS, GERTRUDE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1897 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 836
MORRIS, GEORGE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1898 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 892
MORRIS, ALFRED GROOM
GRO Reference: 1900 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 865
MORRIS, LILY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1902 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 955
MORRIS, HARRY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1905 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 952
This is 16 such children born in West Bromwich. The 1911 census records that Gertrude had had had 16 children, of whom 11 were then living. The last one listed above is Harry born in 1905 and by pure coincidence this is the same in the 1911 census aged 6. QED?
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: MORRIS, CHARLES DAVID GROOM
GRO Reference: 1882 D Quarter in ST GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 390
MORRIS, HARRY BENJAMIN GROOM
GRO Reference: 1888 M Quarter in SAINT GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 400
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
MORRIS, WALTER WILLIAM GROOM
GRO Reference: 1881 J Quarter in NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Volume 10B Page 23
MORRIS, ROSANNA GROOM
GRO Reference: 1885 J Quarter in NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE Volume 10B Page 36
MORRIS, ROBERT GROOM
GRO Reference: 1887 J Quarter in NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE Volume 10B Page 40
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
MORRIS, LOUISA JANE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1884 M Quarter in ATCHAM Volume 06A Page 647
MORRIS, JOHN GROOM
GRO Reference: 1886 S Quarter in ATCHAM Volume 06A Page 643
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
MORRIS, FREDERICK GEORGE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1884 D Quarter in RICHMOND SURREY Volume 02A Page 390
MORRIS, JOHN HARRY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1886 M Quarter in RICHMOND-SURREY Volume 02A Page 408
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: MORRIS, WALTER THOMAS GROOM
GRO Reference: 1892 S Quarter in MILE END OLD TOWN Volume 01C Page 481
MORRIS, ETHEL MARY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1890 S Quarter in MILE END OLD TOWN Volume 01C Page 433
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: MORRIS, LILY ANN GROOM
GRO Reference: 1889 M Quarter in ATCHAM Volume 06A Page 623
MORRIS, FRANCIS GEORGE WILFRID GROOM
GRO Reference: 1909 J Quarter in ATCHAM Volume 06A Page 616
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: MORRIS, NELLIE AUGUSTA ISABELLA GROOM
GRO Reference: 1892 J Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 98
MORRIS, HENRY WILLIAM GROOM
GRO Reference: 1894 S Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 120
MORRIS, DOROTHY LILY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1896 S Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 88
MORRIS, ALICE ETHEL GROOM
GRO Reference: 1898 J Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 124
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: MORRIS, DOUGLAS MONTAGUE GROOM
GRO Reference: 1905 S Quarter in STAINES Volume 03A Page 11
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: MORRIS, BEATRICE MARY GROOM
GRO Reference: 1911 S Quarter in SWANSEA Volume 11A Page 2359
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It looks like she re-married in Q3 of 1936 1936 to Arthur Lees
In 1939 she was at 20 Burcote Road, Birmingham, Warks:
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Gertrude Lees 20 Mar 1897 Female Domestic Duties Married 79 1
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.
Graham (Andrew) Lees 09 Dec 1936 Male Under School Age Single 79 6
Ref: RG101/5496H/009/21
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No death found anywhere on FindMyPast or Ancestry, not even a Gertrude with no surname, born in 1897 +/- 1yr and died in 1881 +/- 2 yrs.
No third marriage found anywhere.
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The Muggleston births with a mother’s maiden name of Morris are:
Last name First name(s) Year Of Birth Year Of Death Year Location
Muggleston Rowland A 1921 — 1921 Leicester, Leicestershire
Muggleston Dorothea G 1924 — 1924 West Bromwich, Staffordshire
Muggleston June M 1927 — 1927 Birmingham North, Warwickshire
Muggleston Ronald W 1929 — 1929 Birmingham North, Warwickshire
Muggleston Geoffrey A 1931 — 1931 Birmingham North, Warwickshire
Muggleston Norma 1933 — 1933 Birmingham, Warwickshire
In the Ancestry Tree, the first is blanked out and the last is completely missing. But on the tree the blanked out one, in fact Norma, married a John W Bird who lived from 1928 to 2015 so this might be findable: they married in 1953; but his death was in Australia so the rest of the information will be a little hidden. So move on to the next child, Dorothea, as Rowland does not seem to have married.
Dorothea m. David J Hocking in 1953 and they had 2 children, girls, Carol A born in Newton Abbot in 1956 and Nicola E born in Launceston, Cornwall in 1964. Carol m. a Christopher J Palmer in 1979 and the electoral rolls of 2002 on show they had with them Cindy, David and Trevor, but the birth recoprds do not show any Palmer Children. Nicola E R Hocking m. a Bradley L Smith in 1990 aand there were a load of Smith-Hocking infants.
Moving on to the next Muggleston infant, June M who m. Ernest Arthur Hollinrake (should be easy to find). They m. in Q2 of 1957 in Birmingham and had 2 girls, Anne S in 1958 at Nuneaton and Gillian in 1960 in Sutton Coldfield. Anne looks like she m. Anrthony Rothin in 1983 in Lichfield and had no children. Gillian m.
Leslie C Sprason in Jan 1984 in Lichfield and no children found for them either.____________________