Where can I try? Any ideas how to find out about Mary Jacobine Kirk, born Alexandroffka, near Odessa, Ukraine, Dec 1866.
She was the eldest of the four children of James Kirk & Johanna Rahtz to be born in Russia. I have located the other 3 in 1911 census in London, BUT the eldest, Mary Jacobine (or Jakobina) has me stumped.
Kirk timeline
1861 – James Kirk unmarried and managing his father’s farm in Norfolk – father died in 1862, everything to be sold and money divided amongst all his 14 children (They wouldn’t get much each.)
1871 census no sign – family in Russia
1876 birth of a daughter in Woolwich
1879 & 1881– family in the Rheinland (2 children born Dusseldorf)
1881 census no sign
1884 - child born in London
1891 census – no trace of mother, father or any of the 8 known children
1890’s – James in reduced circumstances and working for his Rahtz brother-in-law, who had a coal retail business in Woolwich.
1901 census – parents in Greenwich, with their 5 younger children. 1 other daughter located.
1911 census – parents in Greenwich & 7 of their children located.
FreeBMD – can’t find either a death or marriage for Mary Jacobina
The family did travel, but I think they only popped backwards & forwards across the channel., rather than embarking on long distance voyages.
IF Mary Jakobina married and lived in Germany, are there any online records I can use? Any help or advice welcome.
Jay
She was the eldest of the four children of James Kirk & Johanna Rahtz to be born in Russia. I have located the other 3 in 1911 census in London, BUT the eldest, Mary Jacobine (or Jakobina) has me stumped.
Kirk timeline
1861 – James Kirk unmarried and managing his father’s farm in Norfolk – father died in 1862, everything to be sold and money divided amongst all his 14 children (They wouldn’t get much each.)
1871 census no sign – family in Russia
1876 birth of a daughter in Woolwich
1879 & 1881– family in the Rheinland (2 children born Dusseldorf)
1881 census no sign
1884 - child born in London
1891 census – no trace of mother, father or any of the 8 known children
1890’s – James in reduced circumstances and working for his Rahtz brother-in-law, who had a coal retail business in Woolwich.
1901 census – parents in Greenwich, with their 5 younger children. 1 other daughter located.
1911 census – parents in Greenwich & 7 of their children located.
FreeBMD – can’t find either a death or marriage for Mary Jacobina
The family did travel, but I think they only popped backwards & forwards across the channel., rather than embarking on long distance voyages.
IF Mary Jakobina married and lived in Germany, are there any online records I can use? Any help or advice welcome.
Jay
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