My husband's uncle died suddenly a couple of weeks ago & at the funeral, his twin (my fil) and sister were discussing family history. The sister is interested & so my husband is taking over some of my reseach today, when his uncle is buried.
One of my brickwalls with this family is their grandmother Edith Shaw. She apparently left the family sometime after 1924 & seems to have vanished, although I am hoping hubby's aunt might know more.
According to her marriage cert, her father was Thomas Shaw, an ag lab, she shown as being 21 although I now think she was only 20. In 1901 Edith Shaw aged 13 was a servant in Tyrely Shropshire, in the same place was a family Thomas Shaw 39, wife Mary 38, daughter Elizabeth 11 & son Thomas 4. Thomas senior is a carter. in 1891 the same family, less Thomas junior, are in Little Drayton, Thomas is an ag lab, there is additionally a daughter Adelaide aged 4. I raised this a few years ago & Julie pointed out that Adelaide and Edith were versions of the same name, so I was confident that this was the right family. I have been unable to find a birth for Edith Shaw that fits & although I found a marriage for Thomas to a Mary Ann Bowler it was in 1888, after Edith was born (1888 Market Drayton). I have now found a birth for an Adelaide Bowdler which fits (1887 Market Drayton) & I wonder if this was a mistranscription & it should actually be Bowler? There is no Adelaide Bowdler in 1891, the only Adelaide i could find being Adelaide Shaw & I couldn't find a death either. The index was typed & could easily have been mistranscribed.
I'd welcome your thoughts please?
One of my brickwalls with this family is their grandmother Edith Shaw. She apparently left the family sometime after 1924 & seems to have vanished, although I am hoping hubby's aunt might know more.
According to her marriage cert, her father was Thomas Shaw, an ag lab, she shown as being 21 although I now think she was only 20. In 1901 Edith Shaw aged 13 was a servant in Tyrely Shropshire, in the same place was a family Thomas Shaw 39, wife Mary 38, daughter Elizabeth 11 & son Thomas 4. Thomas senior is a carter. in 1891 the same family, less Thomas junior, are in Little Drayton, Thomas is an ag lab, there is additionally a daughter Adelaide aged 4. I raised this a few years ago & Julie pointed out that Adelaide and Edith were versions of the same name, so I was confident that this was the right family. I have been unable to find a birth for Edith Shaw that fits & although I found a marriage for Thomas to a Mary Ann Bowler it was in 1888, after Edith was born (1888 Market Drayton). I have now found a birth for an Adelaide Bowdler which fits (1887 Market Drayton) & I wonder if this was a mistranscription & it should actually be Bowler? There is no Adelaide Bowdler in 1891, the only Adelaide i could find being Adelaide Shaw & I couldn't find a death either. The index was typed & could easily have been mistranscribed.
I'd welcome your thoughts please?
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