Hi everyone,
Been a while since I was on here, I was determined to take a break from genealogy to concentrate on my masters degree, but then they released the 1911....... ;)
OK, my question: is there any way of finding records from what appears to be a private school?
I had not been able to find my wife's great grandma, Annie Jones, prior to her marriage in 1889. I had her married on the 1901 as age 37 born Cambridge, and aged 29 born Cambridge in 1891. Her marriage cert shows her as 26, father William Jones (deceased) in Jan 1889.
Now the 1911 shows her as born Royston, Cambridgeshire and I thought it would throw some new light on the subject, BUT....... I cannot find anything close to a birth, but I have found a possible match on the 1871.
On the 1871 there is an Anne Jones, born Royston, Hertfordshire (Royston was on the Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border) in 1864, but she is a pupil aged 7 in what appears to be a school. Ancestry have her transcribed as Head, but this is a continuation from the previous page, besides how many 7 year olds were head of household?.
The 'school' was 3 Blomfield Terrace, Paddington, and the head of household was Esther L Burth, occupation 'Keeper of School' with a governess, 2 servants, a boarder and 11 female pupils.
Would this have been a proper school, and are there likely to be any records for it that would identify Anne's parents? I have searched for both the street and the governess but drew a blank.
If this is a fairly 'posh' private school it doesn't really fit with the rest of the family history (she married a sewerman, for instance), or her future career as a charwoman.
Any ideas anyone?
Pete
Been a while since I was on here, I was determined to take a break from genealogy to concentrate on my masters degree, but then they released the 1911....... ;)
OK, my question: is there any way of finding records from what appears to be a private school?
I had not been able to find my wife's great grandma, Annie Jones, prior to her marriage in 1889. I had her married on the 1901 as age 37 born Cambridge, and aged 29 born Cambridge in 1891. Her marriage cert shows her as 26, father William Jones (deceased) in Jan 1889.
Now the 1911 shows her as born Royston, Cambridgeshire and I thought it would throw some new light on the subject, BUT....... I cannot find anything close to a birth, but I have found a possible match on the 1871.
On the 1871 there is an Anne Jones, born Royston, Hertfordshire (Royston was on the Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border) in 1864, but she is a pupil aged 7 in what appears to be a school. Ancestry have her transcribed as Head, but this is a continuation from the previous page, besides how many 7 year olds were head of household?.
The 'school' was 3 Blomfield Terrace, Paddington, and the head of household was Esther L Burth, occupation 'Keeper of School' with a governess, 2 servants, a boarder and 11 female pupils.
Would this have been a proper school, and are there likely to be any records for it that would identify Anne's parents? I have searched for both the street and the governess but drew a blank.
If this is a fairly 'posh' private school it doesn't really fit with the rest of the family history (she married a sewerman, for instance), or her future career as a charwoman.
Any ideas anyone?
Pete
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