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Ivy May HAMBLING
1903 - 1987 (83 years)
Has 829 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Ivy May HAMBLING Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 20 Dec 1903 Avondale, Above Town, Dartmouth, Devon, England 
- GRO ref: Hambling, Ivy May q1 1904 Totnes RD 5b 134; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Court
born at 2.20am
(time and address recorded in her father's "Birthday Book")
Birth certificate (short) for Ivy May Hambling Gender Female Occupation to 1921 Portelli Guest House, Ridge Hill, Dartmouth, Devon, England ‘Maid’ - Ivy assisted her mother in the Guest House, and is referred to in some of the visitor's book entries.
Occupation From 1922 to 1935 Post Office Employee (telephone exchange) - (1922-6 London; 1926-35 Boston)
Religion 1923 Wesleyan Church, Ealing Broadway, Middlesex, England Recognised as a Church Member - The church is now a Polish Roman Catholic Church.
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Residence 1939 14, Hartley Street, Boston, Lincolnshire, England - At the time of the registration
Residence From 1976 to 1987 34, Central Avenue, Polegate, Sussex, England Residence to 1976 55, West Street, Boston, Lincolnshire, England Died Aug 1987 St. Wilfred's Hospice, Eastbourne, Sussex, England 
Death Certificate for Ivy Stainton (nee Hambling) Siblings1 brother and 1 sister Half-siblings2 half brothers (family of Timothy LONGLAND and Minnie Ann COURT) Patriarch & Matriarch 
John HAMBLING, b. Est 1654, d. Nov 1732, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England (Age ~ 78 years) (6 x Great Grandfather) 
Mary WOODLAND, b. Abt 1759, d. Yes, date unknown (3 x Great Grandmother)Person ID I204 All | The descendants of Charles Court and Frances née Tapner Last Modified 18 Jun 2023
Father James Bartlett ("Bert") HAMBLING, b. 6 May 1876, 34, Delamere Crescent, Paddington, London, England , d. 4 Nov 1952, 55, West Street, Boston, Lincolnshire, England (Age 76 years) Mother Minnie Ann COURT, b. 25 Aug 1878, Brentford, Middlesex, England , d. 26 Feb 1952, The Gables Hospital, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England (Age 73 years)
Other Partners: Timothy LONGLAND m. 4 May 1896Married 21 Oct 1899 St. Mary’s Church, Ealing, Middlesex, England - My great grandmother was married first to Timothy Longland. My understanding is that he was a close friend of my great grandfather, who lodged with them. When dying TL asked JBH to take care of his wife (pregnant when he died). After TL died JBH did the respectable thing and moved out, waited until the year of mourning was up, and then married TL's widow - what better way of taking care of her?! Sadly in the intervening year or so between being widowed (aged 19) and remarrying my great grandmother had given birth to her second child, lost it and then a few months later her first born had also died, aged 2½.
She must have been in need of comfort! Hopefully too the birth of a child who survived, my grandmother, some 8½ months after her second marriage brought her comfort.
I have a copy of a letter my great grandfather wrote to his father after my grandmother got engaged complaining about the way his father was treating her - referring to it being like the way he had been treated (something that was news, but not a total surprise, to the family when we came across this after my grandfather's death). Not a total surprise due to my great grandmother's family history (17 years before the marriage my great grandmother's uncle had died in goal. He had been there at the time of both the 1871 and 1881 censuse, with another uncle and his family in the workhouse at the earlier date. At the same time, their mother had been in and out of the lunatic asylum and continued to be until her death in 1916. And had knowledge of an ancestor's brother in the C18th being a vicious smuggler survived?)
Clearly, though, my great grandfather had not been disowned in the way my grandmother was, as before her first birthday my grandmother along with both her parents and grandparents had moved from Brentford to Stoke Fleming, where they contined to live close to each other for some years, my great grandmother working in her father-in-law's shop / tea rooms.
The marr cert says "The Parish Church" - in Brentford district, no indication of which, so I assumed Brentford. But Golden Wedd newspaper article says St Mary's, Ealing (which is in B. district) (Vicar was W. (C/E.) Oliver)
Certificate for the marriage of James Bartlett Hambling to Minnie Ann Longland (nee Court) Wedding Anniversary 21 Oct 1949 Boston, Lincolnshire, England Golden Photos 
Family ID F5 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Sydney STAINTON, b. 9 Dec 1903, Boston, Lincolnshire, England , d. 23 Oct 1975, Boston, Lincolnshire, England (Age 71 years) Married 6 Jun 1935 St. Botolph’s Church (“The Stump”), Boston, Lincolnshire, England - Details from marriage certificate (which is in my possession)
The Rev L C Hodge officiated
Auntie Ivy married against the advise of her parents. Though willing to support her once she had decided to ignore their advice, they were not willing to take her back when she subsequently decided she had made a mistake. She stuck with the marriage for 40 years until Uncle Syd died, although it may never have been consumated - there were certainly no children.
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My now faint memories of visiting Auntie Ivey and Uncle Syd in Boston and of their visiting us once don't include anything to indicate that they didn't get on. But that this may have persisted is suggested by a story that Uncle Syd left a will leaving Auntie Ivy a shilling. The story goes that she destroyed this will - but in any case the business supposedly bequeathed elsewhere was in their joint ownership.
Talking of her earlier boyfriends, it seems to me that Auntie Ivy was too interested in the money that her boyfriends had rather than their character. (e.g. she would say with pride "he owned a car" rather than mentioning what she liked or disliked about them).
Last Modified 18 Jun 2023 Family ID F134 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Hambling, Ivy May q1 1904 Totnes RD 5b 134; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Court
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Born - 20 Dec 1903 - Avondale, Above Town, Dartmouth, Devon, England 
Occupation - ‘Maid’ - to 1921 - Portelli Guest House, Ridge Hill, Dartmouth, Devon, England 
Married - 6 Jun 1935 - St. Botolph’s Church (“The Stump”), Boston, Lincolnshire, England 
Residence - 1939 - 14, Hartley Street, Boston, Lincolnshire, England 
Residence - From 1976 to 1987 - 34, Central Avenue, Polegate, Sussex, England 
Residence - to 1976 - 55, West Street, Boston, Lincolnshire, England 
Died - Aug 1987 - St. Wilfred's Hospice, Eastbourne, Sussex, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
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Portelli Guest House - Guest Book (19)
The guest book for the Guest House my great grandmother ran, with the assistance of my great aunt Ivy, in Dartmouth for 3 years from early 1918 to early 1921.
Visitors included Prince George (the future Duke of Kent) who was then studying at the College, and Peter Rabbit (do look at page 12 to see his entry and mark)!
Gratitude was expressed in different ways including in verse - see page 10.