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Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 90 Send Message	Victoria	Report	18 Mar 2010 19:55
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 90 Send Message	i'm looking for a lena betts but wondering if this is a nickname as there is no record for her. she was born in 1883. i was looking for other siblings for her. i only know of one younger tom shadrach betts born 1886. thier parents were tom bets ans eliza jackson. can't find them on cencus was bornin rutland but moved to norfolk and trying to find out why. vicky
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 1,047 Send Message	Sally	Report	18 Mar 2010 22:29
	hello i had an aunt lena her full name was aderline or similer spelling sally
	Researching: stephen taafe*muriel denley1917 he died 3 weeks later
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8 Send Message	Ann	Report	19 Mar 2010 01:35
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8 Send Message	The only Lena I knew was actually Kathleen! Ann
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	19 Mar 2010 02:52
	Her parents married at the end of 1883 so perhaps she was born a Jackson. Did she marry? Rose
	Researching: I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	19 Mar 2010 03:20
	Eliza in 1901: 1901 England Census about Eliza A Betts Name: Eliza A Betts [Eliza A Jackson] Age: 48 Estimated birth year: abt 1853 Relation: Head Mother's Name: Eliza Gender: Female Where born: Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England Civil parish: Leverington Ecclesiastical parish: St Leonard Town: Leverington County/Island: Cambridgeshire Country: England Registration district: Wisbech Sub-registration district: Leverington ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 81 Household Members: Name Age Eliza A Betts 48 Sarah A Betts 17 Empingham, Rutland Ernest R Betts 12 Lesster Blazston Alice M Betts 11 Outwell, Norfolk Percy W Betts 7 Jasdey, Northamptonshir Eliza Jackson 82 Mother Rose
	Researching: I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	19 Mar 2010 03:22
	1891 England Census about Alice M Bett Name: Alice M Bett Age: 1 Estimated birth year: abt 1890 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: Thomas Mother's Name: Eliza A Gender: Female Where born: Outwell, Norfolk, England Civil parish: Outwell Ecclesiastical parish: Outwell Town: Outwell County/Island: Norfolk Country: England Registration district: Wisbech Sub-registration district: Upwell ED, institution, or vessel: 2 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Thomas Bett 34 Eliza A Bett 38 Sarah A Bett 6 John S Bett 3 Earnest R Bett 2 Alice M Bett 1 Alice Bett 21 Rose
	Researching: I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	19 Mar 2010 03:31
	No sign of a Tom Shadrack or Lena for this couple. How do you know they are the parents? Do you have Tom Shadrack's birth cert? Rose
	Researching: I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 90 Send Message	Victoria	Report	19 Mar 2010 10:25
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 90 Send Message	tom shadrach betts(born 1886 died 1953) is my husbands grandad, my husbands mum knew of an auntie called lena. i've found a lena on the 1911 census right age and area living alone at age of 28 so wasn't married then. eliza ann jackson and tom betts(born 1860 died 1909) are definitly parents. eliza was also from rutland.
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 69 Send Message	Alan	Report	19 Mar 2010 11:56
	It may be worth trying Selina as I have an ancestor of this name who used Lena as a shortened version
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 5,758 Send Message	lancashireAnn	Report	19 Mar 2010 16:16
	could also try Elena - it was only when I started looking into family history that my OH discovered the lady he knew as 'Auntie Lena' was actually 'Aunt Elena' - try saying both of them!
	Researching: Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 5,616 Send Message	MaureeninNY	Report	19 Mar 2010 18:03
	This is the only 28 yr. old Lena Betts I can see,but she's married: 1911 census transcription details for: The Street Saham Toney Saham Toney Watton Norfolk RG14PN11705 RG78PN647 RD238 SD1 ED20 SN47 Reg. District: Swaffham Sub District: Swaffham Parish: Saham Toney Enum. District: 20 Address: The Street Saham Toney Saham Toney Watton Norfolk County: Norfolk BETTS, Percy Head Married 5 years M 28 1883 Boot Repairer Blakeney Norfolk BETTS, Lena Wife Married F 28 1883 Gt Cressingham Norfolk BETTS, Dorothy Daughter F 4 1907 Blakeney Norfolk BETTS, Albert Son M 1 1910 Carbrook Norfolk FRASER, Reginald Boarder M 0 (8 MONTHS) 1911 Watton Norfolk Victoria-could you point out the one you found?? Maureen
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	19 Mar 2010 22:53
	Perhaps the John S Betts in 1891 is Tom S Betts. He was born Nevill Holt. Is this where Tom was born? If you could list the details from his birth cert that would help. Rose
	Researching: I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	19 Mar 2010 22:58
	Several points: You said Tom died in 1953 but there's a death for a Tom S Betts in 1958. Is this what you mean? Eliza is listed a widow in 1901. You said her husband died in 1909 but I don't see a death that fits. Rose
	Researching: I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!
Member Since: October 2007 Posts: 273 Send Message	AllanC	Report	19 Mar 2010 22:59
Member Since: October 2007 Posts: 273 Send Message	Lena short for Magdalena or Madeleine?
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,063 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	20 Mar 2010 05:38
	OH had a great-aunt by marriage called Lena I found her marriage a few months ago and discovered that she was really Paulina She was born in 1881 in Westmorland so there's another possibility for you sylvia
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,063 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	20 Mar 2010 05:43
	just spotted this 1901 Census Eliza A Betts 48 Sarah A Betts 17 Empingham, Rutland <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Ernest R Betts 12 Lesster Blazston Alice M Betts 11 Outwell, Norfolk Percy W Betts 7 Jasdey, Northamptonshir Eliza Jackson 82 Mother Sarah A Betts was born ca 1884???? what did the A stand for???? Could she have been known as Lena??? sylvia
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,063 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	20 Mar 2010 05:47
	Sarah's birth registration????? Births Sep 1884 (>99%) Betts Sarah Ann Oakham 7a 336 Oakham is the registration district that includes Empingham. sylvia
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

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