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HUNT, Mabel Beatrice
1889 - 1981 (91 years) Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.
1889 - 1918 (29 years)-
Name HUNT, Mabel Beatrice Birth 14 Mar 1889 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Female Death 1981 Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, England Person ID I1150 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family HORRY, Robert John, b. 1889, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. 10 Nov 1918 (Age 29 years) Marriage 1914 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. HORRY, Joyce M., b. 19 Sep 1915, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 2006, Cambridge Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 90 years)Family ID F740 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MABEL BEATRICE HORRY nee HUNT 1889-1981
A Mabel Beatrice HUNT was born in 1889. The 1939 Register records her date of birth as 14 March 1889. This is confirmed by the date of birth on her death certificate.
(GRO June Q 1889 Wisbech 3b 612)
The 1891 census of the farmhouse, Islington Parish, Tilney cum Islington:
John HUNT, head, married, aged 38, farmer, born at Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire;
Mary J. HUNT, wife, married. aged 35, born at Guyhirn, Cambridgeshire;
*Mable (sic) HUNT, daughter, aged 2, born at Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire;
Alice DESBOROUGH, servant, aged 16, single, domestic servant, born at Tilney cum Islington, Norfolk
(RG12/1307/76/2+3).
From the 1901 census of Rosedale House, Station Road, Walsoken, Norfolk:
John HUNT, head, married, aged 48, farmer, employer, born at Wisbech St. Mary, Cambridgeshire:
Mary J. HUNT, wife, aged 45, married, born at Wisbech St. Mary, Cambridgeshire;
John W. HUNT, son, aged 21, single, farmer's son, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
George E. HUNT, son, aged 19, single, farmer's son, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
*Mabel B. HUNT, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Alice M. PARKER, niece, aged 26, mantle maker [tailor] born in Manchester, Lancashire.
(RG13/1559/59/6)
From the 1911 census of 2 Bowthorpe Road, Wisbech St. Peter's, Cambridgeshire:
John HUNT, head, aged 58, married, retired farmer, born at Wisbech St. Mary, Cambridgeshire;
Mary Jane HUNT, wife, aged 34, married 35 years, 4 children 3 living, born at Wisbech St. Mary, Cambridgeshire;
*Mabel Beatrice HUNT, daughter, aged 22, single, shop assistant at drapers, born at Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire.
(RG14/PN9296/RD187/SD2/ED2/SN33)
The marriage between Robert J. HORRY and Mabel B. HUNT was registered in 1914.
(GRO December 1914 Wisbech 3b 1473)
Able Seaman Robert John HORRY (R/1707) was killed on active service on 10 November 1918 aged 28. He was a member of the Anson Bn R.N. Div. and was described as the only son of John Thurbon HORRY and Ruth HORRY; husband of Mabel Beatrice HORRY, of 2 Bowthorpe Road, Wisbech. Born at Boston, Lincolnshire. He was buried in Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension.
"HORRY Robert John of Walsoken Norfolk died 10 November 1918 in France Probate London 24 April to Mabel Beatrice HORRY widow.
Effects £523 18s. 9d."
(National Probate Calendar 1919)
The 1939 Register of 2 Bowthorpe Road, Wisbech M.B., Cambridgeshire:
Mary J. HUNT, born 30 October 1855, unpaid domestic duties, widowed;
*Mabel B. HURRY (sic), born on 14 March 1889, unpaid domestic duties, widowed;
Lucy L. NICHOLSON, born on 24 July 1891, headteacher (elementary), single;
John BAXURDEN, born on 15 November 1892, schoolmaster (physics), married.
(RG101/6337B/004/24 TCED)
The death of Mabel Beatrice HORRY was registered in 1981. The date of birth on her death certificate was 14 March 1889.
(GRO December Q 1881 Newmarket 10 2959)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Mabel Beatrice HORRY's husband lost his life on the day before the Armistice was declared.
(revised 02.03.2016)