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Marcella May Woodhurst was born in 1890 to parents named as "Charles Woodhurst" and "Annie Woodhurst formerly Riley". The only known candidate for her father is Charles (2) Woodhurst, but no marriage of his has yet been discovered. Her birth is registered under Woodhurst only, not under Riley. Her birth certificate [Birth Index: Shoreditch 1c 133, 1890 (June)] states that she was born on May 14th 1890 at her parents' home whose address was 28, Flemming Street in Haggerston. The certificate misspells the name of this street as "Flemmings". Her father was occupied as a "blacksmith (harnessman)" and her mother was the informant.
It is suspected that she was named Marcella after a cousin or other relation of Annie, and that her middle name marked the month in which she was born.
The 1891 Census finds her at age "11 months" living with her "widowed" mother at Stanley House in Stanley Road, Leyton, Essex. She is named as "Marcella May Wood Hurst", having birthplace Shoreditch.
The 1901 Census finds her at age "10" living with her mother - now married to William Henry Hurst - at 1, Pendleston Road in Walthamstow. She is named here simply as "Marcella M. Hurst".
In 1910 she married as "Marcella M. Hurst" to a stockbroker's clerk Theodore Ambrose Edward Winckworth [Marriage Index: W. Ham 4a 423, 1910 (Sept)]. He was born in Hackney on October 19th 1888 [Birth Index: Hackney 1b 484, 1888 (Dec)].
The 1911 Census finds them living at a property named "Eastwood" in Canterbury Road, Leyton. They subsequently produced at least the two children listed below.
By the early 1920s they were living at 61, Casimir Road in Clapton. They divorced in 1931, the decree absolute being granted on June 8th. Later in 1931 Marcella remarried to Leonard Alfred Thurston [Marriage Index: Pancras 1b 209, 1931 (Sept)], whilst Theodore remarried in 1933 to another presumed divorcee Edith Julia (nee Kendal) Clapcott [Marriage Index: W. Ham 4a 802, 1933 (Sept)]. Edith was born in 1891, on October 14th [Birth Index: Mile End Old Town 1c 518, 1891 (Dec)] and first married in 1911 to Charles Richard Clapcott [Marriage Index: Stepney 1c 498, 1911 (June)]. He was rather older than her, being born in 1883 [Birth Index: Poplar 1c 604, 1883 (Dec)]. He died in 1943 [Death Index: Willesden 3a 503, 1943 (March)].
Theodore died in 1953 [Death Index: Barnet 5a 608, 1953 (Dec)]. Probate was granted on March 19th 1954 to his son Trevor George Winckworth, his estate being valued at just £125. Edith died in 1977 [Death Index: Brent 11 0893, 1977 (March)]; the latter source misrecords her birthyear as 1890.
Leonard was born in 1891 [Birth Index: Hackney 1b 561, 1891 (Sept)]. His marriage to Marcella did not last long as he died aged just "45" on November 15th 1936 [Death Index: Hendon 3a 481, 1936 (Dec)]. Probate was granted to Marcella on December 30th, his estate being valued at £2196. They had been living at 31, Beechcroft Gardens in Wembley Park, Middlesex.
Marcella died in 1969 [Death Index: Hove 5h 1115, 1969 (Sept)]; the latter source misrecords her birthdate as the 7th of May instead of the 14th.