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How nice!

Lizx

That's great news. :-) :-)

I'm glad it had a happy ending. :-) :-)

Our regional news programme after 6 p.m. news yesterday featured this story.

Many people have been going into the shop just to see the letter.

Amateur genealogists have helped track a grandaughter of Marjorie, who was very pleased to hear of the letter and her family's connection to it.

The lady has several postcards, which Marjorie sent to her daughter, the lady's mother, so it sounds like a family who will treasure this Christmas letter.

Marjorie lived in Sussex and died there in 1965 and is buried in Mayfield

Visited great-grandson (4 yesterday) last week who instantly wanted to show me how he could write his name!

This is a lovely story.

Shirley, back in the day most children could write that well at 5. I have a letter from my mother, aged 5, to her father telling him she loved him. It starts off "this is the first letter I have written..." and the writing is at least as good as the one by Marjorie. No learning through play - you sat at a desk and practised the 3 R's until you could do it.

I just phoned the toy shop to tell them we are on the case!

The response was great and I said we hope to be able to give them an update of news at some time.

Thank you all for your searching and well done Choccy.
That looks like the correct family.

Seems that the children's father died very young

Deaths Dec 1893
Pennington William Tipping 28 Wigan 8c 63


More about the family here

https://archives.wigan.gov.uk/archive/civic-histories/civic-hindley/pennington-richard

My son's headmaster was Mr Pennington, think he's retired now.

Lizx

Births Dec 1893

Pennington Marjorie Wilhelmina Wigan 8c 87



1939 Register

Collingwood Household (2 People)

Green Mead , Uckfield R.D., Sussex, England


Marjorie W Collingwood 01 Sep 1893 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 23 2
Guy C Collingwood 11 Oct 1894 Male Regular Army Officer Retired Married 23 1

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census

>>>>>>>83, Enys Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, England



Annie Pennington Head Widow Female 39 1862 Living On Own Means Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire, England
Richard Pennington Son Single Male 9 1892 - Hindley, Lancashire, England
>>>>>>Marjory Pennington Daughter Single Female 7 1894 - Hindley, Lancashire, England
Amelia Watson Mother Widow Female 72 1829 Living On Own Means Duddington, Northamptonshire, England
Mary Edmunds Governess Single Female 21 1880 Governess (Child's) Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Alice Cade Servant Single Female 21 1880 Cook Domestic Mayfield, Sussex, England
Edith Burt Servant Single Female 18 1883 Housemaid Domestic Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England

Well we are in the road !!!

Record Transcription:
1911 Census For England & Wales
41 Enys Road Eastbourne, Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Marjorie Maude Walker's Household Members
Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Maude Walker Head Widow Female 54 1857 Private Means Berwick Rectney Sussex
Marjorie Maude Walker Daughter Single Female 19 1892 - Berwick Rectney Sussex
Emily Warren Plummer Cousin Single Female 68 1843 Private Means Barnet Common Middlesex
Elizabeth Anna Blight Servant Single Female 60 1851 General Servant Domestic Exeter Devonshire


But they aren't in enys Road in 1901

I wonder though if she was really aged 5 as that's excellent writing for a five year old

Looks like writing of a much older child

1901
Marjorie E Stone
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: Albert Stone
Mother: Minnie Stone
Birth Place: Seaford, Sussex, England
Civil Parish: East Blatchington
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Ecclesiastical parish: East Bletchington
Town: East Blatchington
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England
Street address:Belgrave Road >>>>

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Lewes
Sub-registration district: Newhaven
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 918
Folio: 15
Page Number: 21
Household schedule number: 113
Household Members:
Name Age
Albert Stone 38
Minnie Stone 35
Albert E Stone 10
Marjorie E Stone 7
Cyril M Stone 5
Constance M Stone 1
Storgina Dancy

1901 census

Margorie Holter
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: Alfred Holter
Mother: Alice Holter
Birth Place: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Civil Parish: Eastbourne
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Ecclesiastical parish: Eastbourne St Mary
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Eastbourne
Sub-registration district: Eastbourne
ED, institution, or vessel: 03
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 879
Folio: 61
Page Number: 21
Household schedule number: 143
Household Members:
Name Age
Alfred Holter 51
Alice Holter 52
Alfred Holter 22
Nora Holter 19
Bertha Holter 15
Thomas Holter 11
Margorie Holter 8

Address 1Parsonage Road

Maybe
Births Mar 1893
Holter Marjorie Eastbourne 2b 74

Births Jun 1893
Stone Marjorie Eliza Eastbourne 2b 91

STONE, MARJORIE ELIZA WOOLGER
GRO Reference: 1893 J Quarter in EASTBOURNE Volume 02B Page 91



But she may have lived in Eastbourne but not born there

Wouldn't it be great to get this back to the family?

Lizx

An article on the local BBC news site .........

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-46561449



I think the super sleuths on here might be able to find this family.