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Oh my gosh! Thank you so so so much!!!! You are all amazing! My Grandad will be pleased to hear that his Grandmother was called Minnie and that she was indeed a Bowring as he was told. I think you may be right in thinking that Mr Dare was her father and that she couldn't marry him until his wife died! All very sad, but that's life I guess?
You are all so quick on here, I'm still learning.
Catherine xxx

This looks like the marriage of Mrs Dare to Mr Brown in Poole in 1920

Marriages Jun 1920
Brown Alfred J Dare Poole 5a 843
Dare Mary Brown Poole 5a 843

So it looks like Henry John Dare married Mary Davis in 1910 and it is she (Winnie's Stepmother) who married Mr Brown not Minnie

Probate for Minnie

Dare Minnie Hilda of No 4 Southdown-view Westham Dorsetshire (wife of Henry John Dare) died 14 August 1909 Administration Blandford 26 March to the said Henry John Dare boatman £198 4s 6d

Probate for Henry John

Dare Henry John of 4 Southdown View Westham Dorsetshire died 14 July 1916 Administration London 13 December 1920 to Mary Brown (wife of Alfred Jesse Brown). Effects £265

Gosh this gets so confusing, however very very interesting xx

The 'Dorothy' born 1904, on the 1911 is using her middle name

England, Select Dorset Parish Registers, 1538-1910 about Emily Dorothy Ellen Dare
Name: Emily Dorothy Ellen Dare
Baptism Date: 7 Aug 1904
Baptism Place: St. Paul's, Weymouth, Dorset, England
Father: Henry John Dare
Mother: Minnie Hilda
FHL Film Number: 2427678

and the one given as 'Elda' is Hilda

Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about Hilda Elizabeth Dare
Name: Hilda Elizabeth Dare
Baptism Date: 8 Jul 1906
Baptism Place: Weymouth St Paul, Dorset, England
Father: Henry John Dare
Mother: Minnie Hilda Dare

Dorothy's marriage, with Emily and Dorothy being noted as first name .

Marriages Sep 1923 (>99%)
Dare Dorothy E Thornhill Poole 5a 699
Dare Emily D E Thornhill Poole 5a 699

THORNHILL Herbert E Dare Poole 5a 699

Just out of interest ,was looking at the 1871 census for Minnie's grandparents that she was with in 1881

1871 England Census about Eliza Bowering
Name: Eliza Bowering
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: George Bowering
Mother's name: Eliza Bowering
Gender: Female
Where born: Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England
Civil Parish: Melcombe Regis
Town: Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England
Registration district: Weymouth
Sub-registration district: Weymouth
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 133
Piece: 2001
Folio: 16
Page Number: 23
Household Members:
Name Age
George Bowering 52
Eliza Bowering 50
Sarah Bowering 20
Thomas Bowering 12
George Bowering 10
Eliza Bowering 9
Martha Bowering 7

It's likely I think that either the older daughter Sarah, or even perhaps Eliza was Minnie's mother? but you could, if you wanted to confirm, get Minnie's birth cert

Births Mar 1877 (>99%)

BOWRING Minnie Weymouth 5a 326

edit, on the other hand she could be the daughter of one of the older children from the 1861

1861 England Census about Sarah A Bowring
Name: Sarah A Bowring
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: 1850
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: George Bowring
Mother's name: Eliza Bowring
Gender: Female
Where born: Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England
Civil Parish: Melcombe Regis
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Weymouth
Sub-registration district: Melcombe Regis
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 64
Piece: 1350
Folio: 8
Page Number: 9
Household Members:
Name Age
George Bowring 42
Eliza Bowring 40
William Bowring 19
Jane A Bowring 18
Elizabeth Bowring 15
Henry J Bowring 13
Sarah A Bowring 11
Richard Bowring 7
Thomas Bowring 3
George Bowring 1

This is fascinating stuff! My grandad will be amazed to hear this when he gets home from hospital :)
Thank you xx

This is incredible! Thank you everyone...it’s only taken me several years to figure out how to get on here and read all of this properly.
If anyone has any further information about the mystery of my Great Nana Winifred, feel free to post on here....a huge thank you x