Hello Folks,
I have a small/large mystery on my hands so your input will be much appreciated....
Edward Ward b 1851 in Coventry, he is with his parents on all censuses up to the 1871 when he is a 19 year old Brassworker ( his father is a shoemaker).
1881 census 77 Lombard Street B'ham
Edward Ward, 27, b Coventry, Bootmaker.
Matilda Ward, 26, b Coventry ( No marriage is found for this couple)
Edward Ward, b 1880
NOTE: Death of Edward Ward 27/10/1883 aged 29, shoemaker, LOMBARD ST.
Informant was Matilda Ward.
This was the last sighting I had of Matilda & her son Edward ( although Edward is on the 1901 census staying with an uncle & Cousin in B'ham )
Then I heard from a chap on GR who says that there is a daughter of Edward & Matilda born after Edward's death, Phoebe in 1884. So once again I look at the 1891 for Matilda, Edward & Phoebe...the only match is for a family called CAPP but now with a girl called Susannah between Edward & Phoebe.There are also younger Capp children with William & Matilda Capp.
RG12/2413/93/37...at this point I send for the birth certs of Edward in 1880. the address is the same as the one on the 1881 census, Matildas maiden name is given as MASON. This is the same name on the cert for Susannah
b 1882 in LOMBARD STREET, although fathers job is Brass Founder. BUT..the
name for Mother on Phoebe's cert is given as Matilda Wilson DIXON. , but the address is 12 court LOMBARD STREET. There are NO births for any children called EDWARD/SUSANNAH or PHOEBE CAPP...so is this the same Matilda Ward & her children or are there two Matilda's ????? OH..Matilda Ward died 1905...:(
Regards,
Margaret ( with a major headache !!! )
I have a small/large mystery on my hands so your input will be much appreciated....
Edward Ward b 1851 in Coventry, he is with his parents on all censuses up to the 1871 when he is a 19 year old Brassworker ( his father is a shoemaker).
1881 census 77 Lombard Street B'ham
Edward Ward, 27, b Coventry, Bootmaker.
Matilda Ward, 26, b Coventry ( No marriage is found for this couple)
Edward Ward, b 1880
NOTE: Death of Edward Ward 27/10/1883 aged 29, shoemaker, LOMBARD ST.
Informant was Matilda Ward.
This was the last sighting I had of Matilda & her son Edward ( although Edward is on the 1901 census staying with an uncle & Cousin in B'ham )
Then I heard from a chap on GR who says that there is a daughter of Edward & Matilda born after Edward's death, Phoebe in 1884. So once again I look at the 1891 for Matilda, Edward & Phoebe...the only match is for a family called CAPP but now with a girl called Susannah between Edward & Phoebe.There are also younger Capp children with William & Matilda Capp.
RG12/2413/93/37...at this point I send for the birth certs of Edward in 1880. the address is the same as the one on the 1881 census, Matildas maiden name is given as MASON. This is the same name on the cert for Susannah
b 1882 in LOMBARD STREET, although fathers job is Brass Founder. BUT..the
name for Mother on Phoebe's cert is given as Matilda Wilson DIXON. , but the address is 12 court LOMBARD STREET. There are NO births for any children called EDWARD/SUSANNAH or PHOEBE CAPP...so is this the same Matilda Ward & her children or are there two Matilda's ????? OH..Matilda Ward died 1905...:(
Regards,
Margaret ( with a major headache !!! )
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