| Bessie Gertrude BLACKMORE
Born: 28 Aug 1890, Barnstaple, Devon, England 1Marriage (1): Stanley Donovan DICKSON on 10 Mar 1914 in Tooting, London, EnglandMarriage (2): Herbert D MORGAN Jun Q 1919 in Barnstaple, Devon, EnglandDied: Jun Q 1968, Bodmin, Cornwall, England aged 77   General Notes:  Births Sep 1890 Barnstaple  5b 452 Blackmore Bessie Gertrude
 Birth Certificate
 28 August 1890 at 18 Victoria Street Barnstaple. Bessie Gertrude, Girl, Thomas Albert Blackmore, Matilda Gertrude Blackmore formerly Hedden, Carpenter (Journeyman). The informant was T A Blackmore, father, of same address, on 29 September 1890.
 
 Marriages Mar 1914  Wandsworth   1d  716
 BLACKMORE Bessie G to Dickson
 Dickson Stanley D to Blackmore
 Hawkins Mary A toTallent
 Tallent Arthur to Hawkins
 
 The marriage certificate appeared to demonstrate that this was not the same Bessie Gertrude as the father's name and occupation, as well as her age, were wrong. However, on inspecting the witnesses and comparing with Bessie on the 1901 and 1911 censuses it is clear that it is the same Bessie
 
 Marriage Certificate
 Married on March 10th 1914 at Holy Trinity Church in the parish of Upper Tooting, London
 Stanley Donovan Dickson, 20, Bachelor, Compositor, 57 Sayna Road. Father Robert Edward Dickson, Compositor
 Bessie Gertrude Blackmore, 22, Spinster, - , 30 Lucien Road Tooting Gransney. Father William Blackmore, Farmer
 Witnesses were Walter F J Hodgson (aunt's husband), W E Dickson and B Hodgson (aunt)
 
 2nd Marriage
 Marriages June 1919 Barnstaple 5b 1291
 Dickson Bessie G to Morgan
 Morgan Herbert D to Dickson
 
 Death Jun 1968
 MORGAN Betty G age 77 Bodmin 7a 12
 
 1891 census
 18 Victoria Street, Barnstaple
 RG12/1774 F107 P6
 Thomas Blackmore, Head, M, 28, Carpenter & Joiner, London Fulham
 Matilda do, Wife, M, 29, , Devon Barnstaple
 Thomas do, Son, , 4, , Devon Barnstaple
 Bessie do, Daur, , 8mo, , Devon Barnstaple
 Hannah Hedden, Boarder, Wid, 58, Laundress, Devon Bishops Tawton (actually mother in law)
 
 1901 census
 RG13/665 F55 P42
 66 Kings Road, Kingston on Thames, Surrey
 Walter F J Hodgson, Head, M, 37, Stationers Assistant, London Chelsea
 Bessie do, Wife, M, 37, , Devonshire Barnstaple
 Hannah Hedden, Mother in Law, Wid, 69, , Devonshire Bishops Tawton
 Bessie G Blackmore, Niece, , 10, , Devonshire Barnstaple
 Ernest Williams, Boarder, S, 26, Journalist, London Wandsworth
 
 1911 census
 RG14PN2363 RG78PN78B RD26 SD5 ED78 SN162
 65 Mitcham Road, Wandsworth, London
 Walter Frederic James Hodgson, Head, Married, 47, Stationer Shopkeeper, Chelsea
 Bessie Hodgson, Wife, Married 22 years, 47, , Barnstaple
 Bessie Gertrude Blackmore, Niece, , 20, Shop Assistant Leather Fancy Goods, Barnstaple
 
 When her father died in 1929, probate was granted to her stepmother's sister as "being one of the closest relatives" - suggesting that Bessie had either died or emigrated. In view of the fact Bessie gave a different name for her father at her wedding it is likely that she totally lost touch with her father after he remarried
 
 If her husband did die in WW1 then this is a likely second marriage
 Marriages Jun 1919 Barnstaple   5b  1291
 Dickson Bessie G to Morgan
 Hitchcock Henry J to Knight
 Knight Helena E to Hitchcock
 Morgan Herbert D to Diskson (sic)
 
 possible child
 birth
 Name: MORGAN, Stanley H Registration District: South Molton County: Devon Year of Registration: 1920 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Mother's Maiden Name: Blackmore Volume No:  5B Page No: 762
 
 Bessie married Stanley Donovan DICKSON on 10 Mar 1914 in Tooting, London, England. (Stanley Donovan DICKSON was born circa Jun 1894 in Wandsworth, London, England, died on 21 Aug 1915 in Gallipoli, Turkey and was buried in Gallipoli, Turkey.) 
 Bessie next married Herbert D MORGAN Jun Q 1919 in Barnstaple, Devon, England.  
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