Birth: 15 April 1900 Scruton House, Park Lane, Hay a Park, Knaresborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father: William Ernest Abbey 1879-1961
Mother: Mercy Winn 1865-1931
Christening: 6 May 1900 St John the Baptist, Knaresborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 29 November 1923 Whixley, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Herbert Cartwright 1902-1932
Marriage: October-December 1933 Knaresborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: George Ernest Wheelhouse 1899-1987
Death: 24 October 1972 Claro, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father unknown
Leonard Winn Abbey 1920-2000
By Herbert
Elizabeth I Cartwright 1924-2012
Mildred Cartwright 1926-2010
By George
Raymond Wheelhouse 1934-1934
Ivy Wheelhouse 1934-1934
Donald Wheelhouse 1936-2014
Eric Wheelhouse 1938-2012
Shirley Wheelhouse [Blakey]1940-a1966
Mavis Wheelhouse [Sadler] 1943-a1964
There are two entries in FreeBMD for the birth of Mabel Gertrude I Abbey and Mabel Gertrude L Abbey in April-June 1900 in Knaresbro' (9a 98), but only Mabel Gertrude I Abbey on the typed original, a note adding she was known as Rene and married George Ernest Wheelhouse.
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Mabel Gertrude Sreve (sic) Abbey born 15 April 1900 baptised 6 May 1900 at Knaresborough, St John the Baptist, parents William Ernest and Mercy Abbey. "Pabe 566 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Knaresborough in the County of York in the Year 1900 [...] May 6th Born April 15 No. 3644 Mabel Gertrude Irene [parents] William Ernest [a[ Labourer & Mercy Abbey [of] Scruton House, Park Lane".
In the 1901 census as Mabel G J Abbey aged 11 months, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and living with her parents (William E and Mercy), and cousin (Annie) in Hay a Park, Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
In the 1911 census as Mabel Gartride (sic - in the index, Gertrude on the original) Irene Abbey aged 10, born in Knaresborough, York, and living with her parents (William Ernest and Mercy Abbey), sister (Lillian), aunt (Esther Mabel Abbey), and a visitor (John Dixson - future uncle?) in four rooms at The Cottage, Hay a Park, Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
Her son was born on 1 August 1920, father unknown, and baptised on 3 October 1920 at St John the Baptist, Knaresborough when she waslivong at Windmill Cottages, Hay a Park.
In the 1921 census as Mabel Gertie Abbey born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire in 1900 and living wth William Ernest and Mercy Abbey (parents), Lillian Abbey (sister?), George Ernest Whitehouse (future brother-in-law and husband?), Leonard Winn Abbey (son?), and Stanley Brown (born in Harrogate, Yorkshire in 1904) in Knaresborough Outer, Knaresborough, Yorkshire (West Riding)
Marriage of Mabel G I Abbey and Herbert Cartwight in FreeBMD in October-December 1923 in Gt.Ouseburn (9a 181)
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for Mabel Gertrude Irene Abbey aged 23, father William Ernest Abbey, and Herbert Cartwright on 29 November 1923 at Whixley, Yorkshire. "Page 10 [...] 1923 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the parish of Whixley in the County of York. [No.] 20 29th November 1923 Herbert Cartwright [aged] 21 [a] Bachelor [and] Farm Worker [of] Whixley [father] Thomas Henry Cartwright [a] Carter, [and] Mabel Gertrude Irene Abbey [aged] 23 [a] Spinster [of] Hunsingore, father William Ernest Abbey [a] Farm Labourer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Caremonies of the Church of England after Banns [...] in the Presence of us George Ernest Wheelhouse [and] Dulcie Cartwright."
Her two daughters were born in Great Ouseburn in 1924 and 1926.
Four entries in Ancestry All West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Mabel Getrude Irene Cartwright address Hundingore, Ripon in 1930, other occupant Herbert Cartwright (husband); and Calverley Yard, Knaresborough, Ripon from 1931 to 1933, other occupant Herbert Cartwright (husband).
Her husband died at 11 Stockwell Road, Knaresborough on 28 October 1932.
Entry in in AncestryAncestry All West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Mabel Irene Cartwright address Oatlands Cottage, Ribston Great with Walshford, Ripon. Her father was living in Walshford.
Marriage of Mabel G I Cartwright and George E Wheelhouse in FreeBMD in October-December 1933 in Knaresbro' (9a 195)
Three entries in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Mabel Gertrude Wheelhouse address 21 Windsor Lane, Knaresborough, Ripon from 1935 to 1936, other occupant George Ernest Wheelhouse (husband?), and 44 Frogmire Lane, Knaresborough, Ripon in 1940, other occupant George Ernest Wheelhouse (husband?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Mabel G Whitecloud (sic - in the index, Wheelhouse on the original) born 15 April 1900, married and living with George E Whitecloud (husband?), Donald Whitecloud (son?), Mildred Cartwright (daughter?), Joan Whitehurst (stepdaughter?) and four others at 44 Frogmire Road, Knaresborough, Yorkshire (West Riding).
Her six daughters were born in Knaresborough from 1934 to 1943.
Eleven entries in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Mabel G I Wheelhouse address 44 Frogmire Lane, Knaresborough, Ripon changing to Harrogate in 1949, from 1945 to 1959, other occupants George E Wheelhouse (husband?), Irene E Cartwright (daughter?), Mildred Cartwright (daughter?) from 1946 to 1953, Joan Wheelhouse (stepdaughter?) from 1949, and Hilda Wheelhouse (stepdaughter?) in 1946.
Death of Mabel Gertrude I Wheelhouse, born 15 April 1900, in FreeBMD in October-December 1972 in Claro (2c 297).
There are sixty entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Mabel Gertrude/Gartride Irene Abbey.
Mabel Gertrude Irene Abbey. Abbey was the second cousin once removed of Thomas Abbey, husband of Ruth Cross, first cousin once removed of Albert Alfred Cross, husband of Florence Violet Luff, my half second cousin once removed. Her second husband was her brother-in-law.
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