stuck for 30 years- please help

[deniseann]

Hi
researching my family since I was in my 20's
Need help finding minnie opie born 1877 in cornwall
there is one in 1891 census born bere alston but cannot find her birth
thanks

[AlanC]

The surname is unusual and may have 'suffered' bad transcription ?

[Elizabeth Herts]

Hi
researching my family since I was in my 20's
Need help finding minnie opie born 1877 in cornwall
there is one in 1891 census born bere alston but cannot find her birth
thanks

Could this be her?
From Cornwall OPC site
Parish:Perranarworthal
Date:25-Apr 1877
Name:Miamie Carne OPIE
Sex:F
Father:Henry
Mother:Lucinda
Residence:Perran
Father's rank/profession:Moulder

[deniseann]

yes but still cannot find an opie of any variation for 1877

[Elizabeth Herts]

Alan, there are lots of OPIES in Cornwall!

[margaretmarch]

There's Ann Clara M Opie reg in Falmouth 1877 - could the M stand for Minnie?
Margaret

[Elizabeth Herts]

Deniseann, the one you found in 1891 was in Devon and born in Devon, not Cornwall. If she is the one living with with Elizabeth Eadie:

EADIE, Elizabeth Head WidowF82 1809 Living On Her Own Means Oystermouth
Glamorganshire South Wales
OPIE, Minnie Servant Single F14 1877 General Servant Domestic Beer Alston Devonshire

[deniseann]

I thought she may have died unmarried in 1951
If I am wrong then she must be the correct one
can anyone check if this one died in 1951 unmarried? as the one I saw never had C as a middle initialon death record

[deniseann]

anna clara m I think married
my g gran has no marriage record even tho she 'married' john williams

[AlanC]

If you visit FreeBMD and enter 'Minnie' and year of birth plus Cornwall, you can view all the 'Minnies' born that year.............maybe one might ring a bell ?
Good luck

[Elizabeth Herts]

Perhaps you could tell us all you know about your Minnie Opie and we can start from there?

[deniseann]

i thought minnie may be a knickname

[margaretmarch]

Minnie C Opie died 1957 in Falmouth. So not yours I don't think.
Did you see the one I gave details of in post No 6

[AlanC]

Sorry Elizabeth in Herts...............didnt realise. I transcribe a great deal but obviously not Cornwall.

[Elizabeth Herts]

Sorry Elizabeth in Herts...............didnt realise. I transcribe a great deal but obviously not Cornwall.

No criticism intended, Alan - just one of those common Cornish names. Cornwall OPC has 314 baptisms!

[Darksecretz]

Hello deniseann,

Welcome to Family Tree Forum

if we start at your great grandparents then perhaps we can help you get back to Minnie. Do you have your gt grandparents on any census at all? if so which please.

[deniseann]

well family story is
she was known as melinda (but all ones on records are not her as I have checked and double checked)
she was an only child, her mother died in childbirth and her father was james wh died when she was 7

[deniseann]

yes RE; post 6
that annie clara m seems possible but i thought she married pre 1901
my great gran was minnie williams formerly opie but as i said cannot find a marriage for her
all census are different dob
1901 is 1872 sancreed
1911 is 1868 liskeard
cannot find her on 1881 or 1891
nor a birth

[deniseann]

my gran (minnies daughter) was rosina williams dob 1898
Rosina's sister was was maud who dies in 1911 aged 17
thats all i know (oh they lived in plymouth in 1901)

[deniseann]

bere alston is near plymouth and my great aunt was born in 1893 in plymouth so thought she may have lived near in 1891