Mabel Fox

Born: 1st April 1886

Died:

Married: Wyndham Carter

Mother: Charlotte Garlinge

Father: George Fox

Descendant: Eve Carter

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Mabel Louisa Agnes Fox was born on the 1st April 1886 in Womenswold (Kent) to George Fox and Charlotte Garlinge.

Womenswold is about 5 miles north-west of Dover (halfway to Canterbury from Dover) and about 2 miles south-west from the village of Nonington.

In 1891 she was 5 years old and living with her parents George and Charlotte and 7 other siblings at Woolwich Green, Womenswold, Kent.

In 1901 she was 15 years old, still living with her parents in Woolwich Green, but now only one sister remains, and her niece and nephew.

The photo on the right would have been taken around 1913-14 based on the age of Margaret.

Birth

Mabel Louisa Agnes Fox was baptised on the 15th August 1886 in the parish of Wymynswold, Kent. Her parents were George and Charlotte Fox, from Woolwich Green, Womenswold. Her father George was a labourer.

Marriage

She married Wyndham George Carter on the 12th January 1910 at the register office.

1910. Marriage solemnized at the Register Office in the District of Bridge in the Counties of Kent & Canterbury
When Married.	Name and Surname.		Age	Condition.	Rank or Profession	Residence at the Time of Marriage	Father's Name and Surname	Rank or Profession of Father
Twelfth January 1910	Whyndon George Carter		25 years	Bachelor	Farm Labourer	Barhau	William John Carter	Farm Labourer
	Mabel Louisa Agnes Fox		28 years	Spinster	---------	Barhau	George Fox (deceased)	Farm Labourer
Married in the Register Office by certificate before me ? Croft, Registrar
This marriage was solemnized between us		Whyndon George Carter			In the Presence of us		Charlotte Fox
		Mabel Louisa Agnes Fox					Annie Morgan

Children

They had at least seven children together:

• Thomas Frederick Carter (born circa 1910, Bridge, Kent)
• Margaret Elizabeth Carter (born 17th October 1912)
• Doris J. Carter (born circa 1914, Bridge, Kent)
• Kathleen M. Carter (born circa 1916, Bridge, Kent)
• Violet M. Carter (born circa 1918, Bridge, Kent)
• Winifred A. Carter (born circa 1920, Bridge, Kent)
• Eve Carter (born 15th May 1923, Bridge, Kent)

In 1911 she was 25 years old, now living with her husband of one year in Kingstone, Kent, she has a son Thomas. Her sister Emma is a visitor with three children. Her house has five rooms.

They had a daughter, Eve Carter on the 15th May 1923 in Kent.

In 1939 he was living at "The Bungalow", Black Robin Lane, Bridge-Blean, Kent. The residents in the house were:

• Margaret E. Carlisle, born 17th October 1912, unpaid domestic duties.
• closed record (person born after 1914 - probably Eve Carter)
• Mabel L. A. Carter, born 1st April 1886, unpaid domestic duties
• George W. Carter (Whyndam George), born 14th March 1884, Cowman and Acting Special Constable (Kent)

Their house was next door to the post office at the time, which was next door to "The Black Robin".

Records

FreeBMD: Births, June 1886, Mabel Louisa A. Fox, born in district of Bridge (Kent), Vol 2a, Page 822.

Note: District of Bridge includes Womenswold.