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- In 1873 - Herbert Pettit was born March 8, 1873 in Harrold. This date comes from Census, Newspaper Articles, and the Harrold School Record which all tally.
In 1878 - at age 5 , he was registered at Harrold National/Lower School by Mary (identified under the parent column but she could have been his aunt whose name was Mary or mother) living at Brook Lane in Harrold.
In 1881 - at age 8, living with his grandparents at Brook Lane and identified as scholar.
In 1891 - at age 18, living with his grandparents and his grandfather's single/unmarried son George. Herbert now works as a Leather dresser.
In 1897 - at age 24, marries Mary Lizzie Geary. No father identified on certificate.
In 1901 - at age 28, now living with wife and less than one year old daughter Eveline Doris and working as a leather dresser
In 1909 - at age 36, his uncle Charles Pettit makes him and James Goodes partners in leather business
In 1915 -at age 42, his wife Mary Lizzie passes away in Harrold . In her obituary it is noted that Herbert's mother had passed three weeks previously
Sometime after 1915 his daughter marries Sydney Fred Richardson and lives in Ware.
In 1917 - Herbert marries Emma Miriam Geary, his deceased wife's older sister.
In 1934, September 12 - at age 61, Herbert passes away in Harrold
In 1941 - second wife Emma passes away in Carlton.
The candidates for his father would be Charles' brothers if he was a direct nephew:
.George Pettit b 1840, lived his whole life in Harrold and never married
.Thomas Pettit b 1846, married Fanny and had 5 other known children beginning in 1888 with her all in Northamptonshire
Charles' other brothers who probably weren't Herbert's father were:
-Henry Pettit b 1842 and died before 1861 at less than 19 yrs old, well before Herbert's birth
-John Pettit b 1849 and died before 1861 at less than 12 yrs old, well before Herbert's birth
Charles did have three sisters including one named Mary, which would match the School records. The other piece of information that would suggest that this unmarried sister Mary Pettit was his mother is that her date of death is May 25, 1915 which would match the comment in the newspaper saying that Herbert's mother had passed three weeks before his wife who died on June 9 , 1915. Mary also left her estate to Herbert Pettit
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1873 - 1934 (61 years)
