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Minnie Ann COURT
1878 - 1952 (73 years)
Has 99 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Minnie Ann COURT Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 25 Aug 1878 Brentford, Middlesex, England 
- GRO ref: Court, Minnie Ann q4 1878 Brentford RD 3a 44; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Beaton
Birthplace Brentford itself from censuses; actual date from family Bible
Residence 1892 26, Avenue Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England - At the time of her baptism
Baptised 30 Mar 1892 St. Paul’s Church, Brentford, Middlesex, England - PR entry for bapt shows dob so it is clearly the right Minnie Ann. Parents shown as George Charles and Mary - the Charles made me 1st think it was a niece. Abode 26 Avenue Road, father's occupation shown as gardener (no mention that he was dead); by H F Nixon.
I don't know why Minnie was not baptised as a baby, some of her siblings were at least, nor what led her to be baptised aged 13. This being around the age children were often confirmed, I wondered if it was deciding she wanted to be confirmed that led to her realising she wasn't baptised. However, looking more closely at the baptism register, I see that the other 2 people baptised the same day (a Wednesday) were aged 17 and 19, and on the following twelve days there were 5 more baptisms, of 3 young women aged 17, 23 and 31 and then two young men aged 18 and 27. The earlier and later baptisms on the same 2 page spread are all of babies, so this doesn't generally seem to have been the norm, and the following and previous pages also show a vast majority of baptisms being infants, with a few children aged around 10 and just one adult. I suspect that Minnie Ann was baptised as a result of a mission, still possibly in preparation for confirmation.
Gender Female Residence 13 Jan 1897 3, Carlyle Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England - Living at 3 Carlyle Rd at the time of her son Archibald's baptism.
Occupation From 1908 to 1918 Stoke Fleming, Devon, England Ran the Royal Tuck Shop 
Occupation From 1918 to 1921 Ridge Hill, Dartmouth, Devon, England Ran Portelli Guest House Residence From 1924 to 1930 “Electra”, 84, Main Ridge, Boston, Lincolnshire, England First home in Boston - From accounts of her time in Boston she had 3 homes there, this being the first. It is where my mother was born in 1930 but she had moved from here by Mar 1933.
Residence From 1933 to 1936 2, Alma Villas, Freiston Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, England 2nd home in Boston - Not sure of dates, mid 1930s including 1933 (it was Minnie's address when she was the informant of her mother's death), 1935 and 1936; moved here after 1 Jan 1930 (when their granddaughter was born at their home) and had moved on before my mother spent a year in Boston in c.1940-41.
Residence From 1939 to 1952 “Park View”, 104, Tytton Lane East, Boston, Lincolnshire, England Last home in Boston - From late 1930s
Died 26 Feb 1952 The Gables Hospital, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England Cause: 1(a) myocardial degeneration/(b) arterio sclerosis - GRO ref: HAMBLING, Minnie A q1 1952 aged 73 Spilsby RD 3b 453; GRO online index shows middle name as Ann
Of 104 Tytton Lane East, Boston when she died.
Funeral 29 Feb 1952 St. Botolph’s Church (“The Stump”), Boston, Lincolnshire, England Buried 29 Feb 1952 The Cemetery, Boston, Lincolnshire, England - Buried at the Cemetery following a service at the Stump
Siblings4 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
John COURT, b. 22 May 1654, Chiddingfold, Surrey, England, d. Yes, date unknown (5 x Great Grandfather) 
Mary HARRES, d. Yes, date unknown (3 x Great Grandmother)Person ID I8 All | Teresa's direct ancestors, The descendants of Charles Court and Frances née Tapner Last Modified 22 Nov 2022
Father George COURT, b. 9 Feb 1843, Chichester, Sussex, England , d. 17 May 1886, 2, Enfield Road, Brentford, Middlesex, England (Age 43 years) Mother Mary BEATON, b. 20 Jun 1843, South Mundham, Pagham, Sussex, England , d. 8 Mar 1933, The Poor Law Institution, 33, Skirbeck Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, England (Age 89 years)
Other Partners: David Leighton BLACK m. Sep Q 1899Married 25 Oct 1864 St. Paul’s Church, Churchside, Chichester, Sussex, England - This marriage was announced in the Sussex Advertised, on both Tues 1 Nov and Sat 5 Nov, thus:
COURT-BEATON.-Oct. 25, at St. Paul's, Chichester, by the Rev. C. T. Frampton, George, eldest son of Mr. Charles Court, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Charles Beaton, both of the above city.
Certificate for the marriage of George Court to Mary Beaton Documents 
Court Family Bible
Recording the births of the children of George Court and Mary nee Beaton, and a few other family eventsCourt Family Bible
A record of the births of the children of George and Mary Court, and the deaths of two childrenCourt Family Bible
A record of the death of George Court, the marriage and death of his eldest son and the death of his only daughter to survive infancy and her husband.Family ID F113 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Timothy LONGLAND, b. Jul 1876, Chichester, Sussex, England , d. 4 Apr 1898, 62, Carlyle Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 21 years) Married 4 May 1896 St. Mary’s Church, Ealing, Middlesex, England - GRO ref: q2 1896 Brentford 3A P154
Minnie's father's cousin also married a Longland - Richard Longland. I thought at first that maybe Minnie had married their son, i.e. her second cousin, but found that there was a connection but Timothy and Minnie were not already related: Timothy was the son of Richard's 1st cousin, another Timothy.
Children2 children Photos 
The Longland Family
My great grandmother Minnie nee Court's first family - her husband Timothy and 1st son ArchibaldLast Modified 6 Apr 2016 Family ID F114 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 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) Married 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 Children3 children Photos 
Last Modified 5 May 2011 Family ID F5 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Court, Minnie Ann q4 1878 Brentford RD 3a 44; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Beaton