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There are banns of marriage of William Harding to Ada Cook Drinkwater in May 1879 in Hayes (LMA again) and the marriage was in West Kensington in August 1879.

Ok people seem to think That Drinkwater is the path I should be following so I am going to try that while I order the birth cert of May harding ..
What if anything can be found on Ada Drinkwater from before her marriage ... please

I think i will bookmark this Beverly,
i am helping my friend with her tree and her Mother's maiden name was Drinkwater, although we hardly have any info and she's not able to buy cert's at the moment , but i will keep this info in case we come across any of these names and then i will be able to contact you.

Pam

Lovely match to 1861 census!

Name: Ada Cook Drinkwater
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relation: Granddaughter
Mother's Name: Emma
Gender: Female
Where born: Hayes, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: Hayes
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Registration district: Uxbridge
Sub-registration district: Hayes
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 110
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Cook 67
Sarah Cook 63
Emma Drinkwater 21
Ada Cook Drinkwater 1

1871 is more difficult - there is an Emma Drinkwater of the right age, born Hayes, staying with an aunt (also named Emma) and I can't help wondering if this is a mistake on the part of the enumerator - maybe it should have been Ada.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Ada Cook Drinkwater
Name: Ada Cook Drinkwater
Year of Registration: 1860
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Uxbridge
County: Middlesex
Volume: 3a
Page: 31 (click to see others on page)

This is the marriage record with the details you need to order the certificate:

Name: Ada Cook Drinkwater
Year of Registration: 1879
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Fulham
County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 421 (click to see others on page)

My only concern about this one is that at the 1911 census they stated they had been married 30 full years. If this one is their marriage they should have stated 31 years (as the census was taken in April 1911 they hadn't reached their 32nd anniversary). But maybe they'd had such fun they'd just lost track of the years ...

We didn't stand a chance with this one!!
1871 Ancestry
Name: Add Dunkwater
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relation: Granddaughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Hayes, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Hayes
Town: Botwell
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district: Uxbridge
Sub-registration district: Hayes
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household schedule number: 127
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Cook 81
Sarah Cook 72
Add Dunkwater 11
Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1310; Folio: 102; Page: 28

Name: Emma Cook
Spouse Name: Joseph Drinkwater
Spouse Age: Full Age
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 13 Jun 1859
Parish: St John the Evangelist, Paddington
County: Middlesex
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: Henry Cook
Spouse Father Name: George Drinkwater


Maureen

Trust you to come up trumps Maureen!! Add Dunkwater indeed ...

Chris x

LOL! I know,Chris.I had this overwhelming urge to do my laundry after that.

Maureen