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HALL, Emma
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Name HALL, Emma Birth 1856 Emneth, Norfolk, England
Gender Female Death 1923 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire
Person ID I1984 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Family HORRY, George, b. 23 Mar 1858, Holbeach, Lincolnshire
d. 14 Apr 1904, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 46 years) Marriage 1885 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
Children 1. HORRY, George Cecil, b. 30 Aug 1892, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
d. 1954, Norwich Registration District, Norfolk
(Age 61 years)Family ID F727 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
EMMA HORRY née HALL 1856-1923
The birth of an Emma HALL was registered in 1856.
(GRO September Q 1856 Wisbech 3b 565)
The marriage between George HORRY and Emma HALL was registered in 1885.
(GRO June Q 1885 Wisbech 3b 1311)
At the time of the 1891 census George and Emma HORRY were living in Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
George HORRY, head, aged 33, miller and baker, born at Holbeach in Lincolnshire;
*Emma HORRY, wife, aged 34, born at Emneth in Norfolk;
Mildred HALL, niece, aged 16, born at West Walton in Norfolk;
Horace DESBROUGH, aged 12, nephew, born at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire;
Mabel EDGOOSE, aged 14, visitor, born at West Walton;
James HOLMES, aged 12, an apprentice miller and baker, born at Pinchbeck.
(RG12/2559/42/4)
Mildred HALL and Horace DESBROUGH must have been the children of Emma HALL's brother and sister: George HORRY had no sisters.
The 1901 census of Broadgate, Sutton St. James, Lincolnshire:
George HORRY, head, aged 43, miller and baker, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
*Emma HORRY, wife, aged 45, born at Emneth, Cambridgeshire;
George C. HORRY, son, aged 8, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
George BAILEY, servant, aged 19, journeyman miller, born at Sutton St. Edmunds, Lincolnshire;
Walter HARRISON, servant, aged 18, journeyman miller, born at Holbeach;
Emily STRICHSON, servant, aged 20, general domestic servant, born at Pinchbeck.
(RG13/3036/118/10)
Her husband George HORRY, miller and baker, died on 14 April 1904.
(National Probate Calendar 1904)
From the 1911 census of Sutton St. James, Lincolnshire:
*Emma HORRY, head, aged 54, widow, miller baker &c, employer, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
George Cecil HORRY, son, aged 18, single, miller baker &c, employer, born at Pinchbeck West, Lincolnshire;
Wildfred [sic] GODREY, lodger, aged14, aprentice [sic] to grocer, born at Sutton St. James, Lincolnshire;
Fred GODFREY, lodger, aged 9, school, born at Sutton St. James, Lincolnshire.
(RG14PN19532 RG78PN1172 RD414 SD2 ED18 SN723 19532)
The death of Emma HORRY aged 66 was registered in 1923.
(GRO March Q 1923 Holbeach 7a 457)
(revised 01.03.2016)

