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Hi Nicky
found this
Birmingham Daily Post December 20th 1895
Davidson Wilkinson on the 7th ins by special licence at St Thomas church Dudley (by the Rev Llwellyn Jones Evana M A )Robert Stewart ,third son of Rev John Wright Davidson rector of Compton Martin Sommerset to Beatrice grandaughter of the late Charles Allen Du Val
of Manchester
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Just a thought but could your Charles have also been Mr. Charles Du Val the entertainer and sketch artist who died in 1889 on board the Oceana?
Quoy

1891 census transcription details for: 2, Chapel Street, Ardwick, Manchester

National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG12 Piece: 3165 Folio: 116 Page: 31


Reg. District: Chorlton Sub District: Ardwick
Parish: Ardwick Enum. District: 6
Ecclesiastical District: St Thomas City/Municipal Borough: Manchester
Address: 2, Chapel Street, Ardwick, Manchester
County: Lancashire

DAVAL, Charles Head Married M 45 1846 Photographer
Scotland
DAVAL, Elizabeth Wife Married F 24 1867
Carlisle
Cumberland
DAVAL, Charles Son Single M 5 1886 Scholar
Manchester
Lancashire
DAVAL, Cecily Daughter Single F 4 1887 Scholar
Manchester
Lancashire
THOMPSON, Margaret A Servant Single F 21 1870 General Servant
Manchester
Lancashire
THOMPSON, Elena Servant Single F 16 1875 General Servant
Manchester
Lancashire


Maureen

Ancestry's 1891 version:

Name Age
Charles Daniel 45
Elizabeth Daniel 24
Charles Daniel 5
Cecily Daniel 4
Margaret A Thompson 21
Eleanor Thompson 16
Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 3165; Folio 116; Page 31;

Maureen

Thank you so much you wonderful people - amazing!!! To deal with your points in order:-
(1) Beatrice must be Beatrice Wilkinson, daughter of James Wilkinson and Catherine Duval - I had wondered what happened to her. Her grandfather, 'the late Charles Allen Du Val' was, in his day, a very well known artist and photographer and father of my mystery great-grandfather Charles.
(2) Charles Du Val the entertainer was a cousin of my Charles. I've read a book about him - a remarkable man.
(3) Yes that must be my mysterious great-grandfather Charles lurking under two mis-spelled surnames in the 1891 census. I had tried all the addresses I had in connection with him but must have missed that one.
Now, if we could only find his marriage and/ or his death.... Bless you all, Nicky

Am going away for the weekend. Thanks to everyone who has been so helpful in my researches. Best wishes. Nicky

Hi Nicky
there is a Private C Duval 3154 Royal Lancs Regiment on the Boer War site
Quoy

Thanks Quoy, but I don't think that's my great-grandfather as he seems, from trade directories, to have been running a photographer's business in Manchester in the 1880s. He is thought to have died in 1891 or 1892 - I wonder if anyone has access to Manchester newspapers - death notices or obituaries for that period? Nicky