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I am trying to find my grandfather on the 1911 census.
He was born in 1884 in Bristol son of william and Emma Broom. I have found him on 1891 and 1901 living in Jacobs wells Bristol but cannot find him in 1911.
He did not marry my grandmother until 1923. I know he was a tram driver then.
I never knew whether he was married before he married my grandmother- hilda Bevan, he may have been because he was 39 when he married her.
thanks for nay help

1911 Census Household Record
Household information
Address Deancry Stables Lower College Green Bristol
Parish Bristol
Town Bristol
Type of Building Rooms Stables
Number of Rooms 2
Inhabited Y
Reference RG14PN14850 RG78PN901 RD319 SD1 ED25 SN53
Administrative County Gloucestershire
Registration District Bristol
Registration Sub District Clifton
Enumeration District 25
Householder 1
Name M Herbert C Broom
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Condition / Years Married Single
Gender F
Age 27
Estimated Year of Birth 1884
Occupation Coachman
Employed Y
Working at Home Y
Place of Birth Bristol

Do you not have the cert for the marriage to Hilda to show if he was widowed

So is he

Births Dec 1883 (>99%)
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BROOM Herbert Charles Barton R 6a 56

I think this is the property which relates to the stables

1911 Census Household Record
Household information
Address The Deancry Lower College Green Bristol
Parish Bristol
Town Bristol
Type of Building Private House
Number of Rooms 15 Rooms
Inhabited Y
Reference RG14PN14850 RG78PN901 RD319 SD1 ED25 SN54
Administrative County Gloucestershire
Registration District Bristol
Registration Sub District Clifton
Enumeration District 25
Householder 1
Name Francis Pigon
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Condition / Years Married Married
Total Children Born Alive 3
Children Still Living 2
Children Who Have Died 1
Gender M
Age 79
Estimated Year of Birth 1832
Occupation Clergyman Ested Church
Employed Y
Working at Home N
Place of Birth Germany Resident
Nationality Brit Subject By Parentage
Householder 2
Name Maude Pigon
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Condition / Years Married Married / 42 Years
Gender F
Age 69
Estimated Year of Birth 1842
Occupation Private Means
Employed Y
Working at Home N
Place of Birth London
Nationality Brit Subject By Parentage
Householder 3
Name Mildred C Pigon
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Condition / Years Married Single
Gender F
Age 50
Estimated Year of Birth 1861
Occupation Private Means
Employed Y
Working at Home N
Place of Birth London
Nationality Brit Subject By Parentage
Householder 4
Name Elizabeth Durston
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Condition / Years Married Single
Gender F
Age 38
Estimated Year of Birth 1873
Occupation Cook Domestic
Employed Y
Working at Home N
Place of Birth Stone Allerton
Nationality Brit Sub By Parentage
Householder 5
Name Mabel Heath
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Condition / Years Married Single
Gender F
Age 25
Estimated Year of Birth 1886
Occupation Ladys Maid Domestic
Employed Y
Working at Home N
Place of Birth Clifton Co Bristol
Nationality Brit Sub By Parentage
Householder 6
Name Lillie Matthews
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Condition / Years Married Single
Gender F
Age 25
Estimated Year of Birth 1886
Occupation Parlour Maid Domestic
Employed Y
Working at Home N
Place of Birth Bristol
Nationality Brit Sub By Parentage
Householder 7
Name Ada Keevill
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Condition / Years Married Single
Gender F
Age 28
Estimated Year of Birth 1883
Occupation House Maid Domestic
Employed Y
Working at Home N
Place of Birth Kewstoke Som
Nationality Brit Sub By Parentage
Householder 8
Name Annice Brown
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Condition / Years Married Single
Gender F
Age 31
Estimated Year of Birth 1880
Occupation House Maid Domestic
Employed Y
Working at Home N
Place of Birth Urgunet Glos
Nationality Brit Sub By Parentage

The original 1911 is signed Herbert C Broom.
The M may be Mr??

A possible first marriage:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Name: Herbert C Broom
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1911
Registration district: Bristol
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 268

married either Maud M Curnock or Edith B Nash

EDIT: It was Maud Mary Curnock - see record below.

Definitely a copy of the cert needed to determine his marital status

England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Name: Herbert C Broom
Spouse : Hilda M Bevan
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1923
Registration district: Bristol
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 359

Looks like it was Maud Mary he married in 1911, then he divorced her:

Divorce Court File: 6459. Appellant: Herbert Charles Broom. Respondent: Maud Mary Broom. Co-respondent: Nelson Roper. Type: Husband's petition for divorce [hd].
Covering dates 1921
Held by The National Archives, Kew
Legal status Public Record(s)
Language English

Thank you everyone. yes I think the M herbert c is him and I know the place "The Deanery".

Thank you Marieceleste for the information re his marriage and divorce.
I cannot believe I have not got the marriage certificate. Because my mum was born in Hildas first marriage to William Bevan I have everything relating to that, and somehow have omitted getting the information on Herbert Broom!

all a learning experience for doing Family history.

Again thank you so much to everyone

Must have been a scandal at the time:

Western Daily Press - 1 December 1921
LOCAL DIVORCE CASE

In the divorce division yesterday, before the president Sir Henry Duke, Herbert Chas Broom, taxi-cab driver of Radnor Road Bristol, was granted a decree nisi on the grounds of the misconduct of his wife, Maud Mary Broom, with a co-respondent named Roper, pianoforte tuner of Kingsdown Bristol.
The petitioner was married on October 31 1911 at Westbury-on-Trym and subsequently lived various places in Bristol. In April 1915 he joined the army and was demobilised in August 1919 when he and his wife went to live at Melbourne Road, Bishopston, Bristol. She began to drink and insisted on a separation, eventually he agreed and left his wife in the home.
On July 15 last he went to the home in Bishopston and broke open the bedroom door. His wife was in bed and Roper was also in the room. Both admitted misconduct.
Thos Wm Lurway, St Michael's Hill, Bristol corroborated. He said the co-respondent was a pianoforte tuner but at the time he was employed at a dairy in Kingsdown, Bristol.
The decree was made with costs awarded against the co-respondent.

Just to tidy up a loose end, looks like Maud Mary reverted to her maiden name:

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006
Name: Maud Mary Curnock
Birth Date: 1886
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1974
Age at Death: 88
Registration district: Leicestershire Central
Inferred County: Leicestershire
Volume: 6
Page: 2039

Nelson Hope Lucy Roper (to give him his full name) was married in 1910 and 1938 and died 1948, all Bristol

Wow!
How interesting.
I have looked Nelson roper up on 1911 census and he had a wife Kate, they were living with her parents in Longmead Avenue Bristol, which is about 2/3 streets away from Melbourne Road!! Wonder if Kate and Nelson divorced too , she most probably knew about it if it was in the paper.
Thanks Marie celeste

I can't see a divorce for the Ropers, maybe the poor women just put up with him or they just separated?

Divorce was very expensive in those days - Nelson would probably be wiped out after paying Herbert Broom's costs.

One good thing, I can't see any Broom/Curnock births so there were no children suffered as a result of the divorce.

Yes I hear divorce was expensive, thats why some had bigamist marriages wasn't it.

It will be interesting to see where they were in the 1921 census, but have a long wait for that!

Poor old Nelson would have loads of Pianos to tune or milk to be delivered to pay for the Costs !

Thanks Marie celeste. I did wonder if there were any children. Well I hope Herbert ended up happy as he married my nan and took on her two girls ( one was my mum)
Herbert and Hilda went on to have one son Desmond who they adored. I was
5 when Herbert died but have some vague memories but some great photos of us all together. My mum certainly thought the world of him too so a happy ending!

Well, I'm pleased everything worked out well for Herbert - sounds like he deserved some happiness!