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thanks Gwyn.....looks like a trip to wakefield then!

Old lists will be in an archive near to that address.

Yes sorry, I got called away mid post and the thread had moved on before I could press submit !

Gwyn

Hi Jude

yes they are both registered marriages
jane

Hi Gwyn

Is there electoral lists going that far back? the ones I see on Genes Reunited are only dated from 2002,
we think we have found her death a few posts up, but not 100% certain
if it is she was called Nellie Lillian Dobbs!
thank you for your post

Jane - you say definitely divorced because your nan married twice after...

Do you have her marriage certificates/references?

Jude

HI Pollypoppet, thank you for the1911 Census, its the finding out where he went after 1948 I am struggling with

The home address on the death certificate could be searched on electoral lists to find if Nellie was his wife's full name. A middle name might help track her.

It might show that she was registered there with a different surname.

.....Have you looked for her subsequent death?

Gwyn

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census



Household Information

Address 80 PENNS ROAD SHEFFIELD
Parish ECCLESALL
County Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West riding)
Country ENGLAND
Ecclesiastical District
Enumeration District 25
Registration District ECCLESALL BIERLOW
Registration District Number 509
SubDistrict Number 5
Category Census, Land & Surveys
Record set 1911 Census for England & Wales
Collections from Great Britain

Person 1

First Name WILLIAM
Last Name DOBBS
Birth Year 1869
Age 42
Where Born LOUTH LINCOLNS
Relationship To Head of Household HEAD
Gender Male
Condition MARRIED
Year Of Marriage
Years Of Marriage
Occupation ASSISTANT GROCERY
Military Info
Census Reference RG14PN27803 RG78PN1591 RD509 SD5 ED25 SN93
Archive Reference RG14
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Piece Number 27803

Person 2

First Name ANNIE
Last Name DOBBS
Birth Year 1873
Age 38
Where Born LONDON MIDDLESEX
Relationship To Head of Household WIFE
Gender Female
Condition MARRIED
Year Of Marriage 1894
Years Of Marriage 17
Occupation
Military Info
Census Reference RG14PN27803 RG78PN1591 RD509 SD5 ED25 SN93
Archive Reference RG14
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Page
Piece Number 27803

Person 3

First Name WILLIAM GEORGE
Last Name DOBBS
Birth Year 1895
Age 16
Where Born ROCHDALE LANC
Relationship To Head of Household SON
Gender Male
Condition SINGLE
Year Of Marriage
Years Of Marriage
Occupation GROCERS ERRAND LAD
Military Info
Census Reference RG14PN27803 RG78PN1591 RD509 SD5 ED25 SN93
Archive Reference RG14
Folio
Page
Piece Number 27803

Person 4

First Name ROBERT
Last Name DOBBS
Birth Year 1897
Age 14
Where Born ROCHDALE LANC
Relationship To Head of Household SON
Gender Male
Condition SINGLE
Year Of Marriage
Years Of Marriage
Occupation GROCERS ERRAND LAD
Military Info
Census Reference RG14PN27803 RG78PN1591 RD509 SD5 ED25 SN93
Archive Reference RG14
Folio
Page
Piece Number 27803

Person 5

First Name JOHN
Last Name DOBBS
Birth Year 1902
Age 9
Where Born BARNSLEY YORKS
Relationship To Head of Household SON
Gender Male
Condition SINGLE
Year Of Marriage
Years Of Marriage
Occupation
Military Info
Census Reference RG14PN27803 RG78PN1591 RD509 SD5 ED25 SN93
Archive Reference RG14
Folio
Page
Piece Number 27803

Person 6

First Name SIDNEY
Last Name DOBBS
Birth Year 1907
Age 4
Where Born SHEFFIELD YORKS
Relationship To Head of Household SON
Gender Male
Condition SINGLE
Year Of Marriage
Years Of Marriage
Occupation
Military Info
Census Reference RG14PN27803 RG78PN1591 RD509 SD5 ED25 SN93
Archive Reference RG14
Folio
Page
Piece Number 27803

Person 7

First Name FRANK
Last Name DOBBS
Birth Year 1910
Age 1
Where Born SHEFFIELD YORKS
Relationship To Head of Household SON
Gender Male
Condition SINGLE
Year Of Marriage
Years Of Marriage
Occupation
Military Info
Census Reference RG14PN27803 RG78PN1591 RD509 SD5 ED25 SN93
Archive Reference RG14
Folio
Page
Piece Number 27803

I had seen this in my searches, it could well be yes

Wonder if this is his wife's death?

Name: Nellie Lillian Dobbs
Birth Date: 10 May 1913
Date of Registration: Jan 1995
Age at Death: 81
Registration district: Wakefield
Inferred County: Yorkshire
Register Number: C43A
District and Subdistrict: 0991C
Entry Number: 199

hi Andy....yes they definitely divorced as nan was remarried twice after.

Married Lilian Winter December 1943 I have the cert

I have hit a wall and getting frustrated with it

I have the address in wakefield when he died, can I use this to do any searches?? not sure!

Surely he married Lilian Winter in 1943? Or was she previously married?

Marriages Dec 1943 (>99%)
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Dobbs Frank Winter Sheffield 9c 1042
Lovegreen Mary Pitt Sheffield 9c 1042
Pitt Joseph Lovegreen Sheffield 9c 1042
Winter Lilian Dobbs Sheffield 9c 1042

Did he and Lily ever divorce? If they didn't then he couldn't legally marry Nellie.

Andy

Been trying for many years to find out information about my Mothers absent father - he was born Sheffield Jan 30th 1910 married my nan Lily Spencer in 1943, disappeared around 1948 - I have just received the death cert for him Frank Dobbs, he died in Wakefield in 1972 his widow on the death cert is a Nellie Dobbs
I am struggling to find any marriage between him and a Nellie, so struggling to find anything else about them, any further children etc
hoping that anyone could help me at all
jane