On the 1939 Register Frank Brown in Nottingham is sharing his house with his Housekeeper, Elizabeth Bockin. She was born on 8 Apr 1871 and both are single. I think she might be Sarah Elizabeth Bockin b. Jun Q 1871 in Grantham, Lincs.
Trying to trace Sarah Elizabeth is proving very difficult - I have found her in the 1881, but nowhere else until 1939. She dies, still in Nottingham in Sep Q1952 as Sarah E Bockin, dob approx 1874.
In the 1911 census however, Frank Brown is living with his wife Lizzie in Nottingham, but with very few details entered, I cannot work out who this Elizabeth is, and have not been able to find a marriage that would fit.
Is it possible that the Lizzie of 1911 is the same Elizabeth in 1939 and also the same Sarah Elizabeth. Can anyone find any other trace of Sarah Elizabeth that would prove/disprove this theory. Also, how likely would it be that a painter/decorator would have a housekeeper especially as in the early 30's he was on the dole and had no money at all - surely if he was single with no money he would have been more likely to be a boarder somewhere?
1911 on Ancestry (transcribed as Frnak and Liggie!)
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/23...d=&usePUB=true
1881 for Sarah (she has been transcribed as Sarah G, but I think it is an E comparing it to the E's on the previous page)
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/75...3229_3233-0238
Trying to trace Sarah Elizabeth is proving very difficult - I have found her in the 1881, but nowhere else until 1939. She dies, still in Nottingham in Sep Q1952 as Sarah E Bockin, dob approx 1874.
In the 1911 census however, Frank Brown is living with his wife Lizzie in Nottingham, but with very few details entered, I cannot work out who this Elizabeth is, and have not been able to find a marriage that would fit.
Is it possible that the Lizzie of 1911 is the same Elizabeth in 1939 and also the same Sarah Elizabeth. Can anyone find any other trace of Sarah Elizabeth that would prove/disprove this theory. Also, how likely would it be that a painter/decorator would have a housekeeper especially as in the early 30's he was on the dole and had no money at all - surely if he was single with no money he would have been more likely to be a boarder somewhere?
1911 on Ancestry (transcribed as Frnak and Liggie!)
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/23...d=&usePUB=true
1881 for Sarah (she has been transcribed as Sarah G, but I think it is an E comparing it to the E's on the previous page)
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/75...3229_3233-0238
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