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WRONG FAMILY ??? HELP

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Alan

Alan Report 18 Jul 2010 14:28

I HAVE GURTRUDE MAY COTTON MARRIED TO WILLIAM HENRY BOUCHER 1914 AT ST MARY KIDDERMINSTER THE ADDRESS IS 52 CHURCHFIRLDS FOR BOTH OF THEM. MY PROBLEM IS HER FATHER IS DOWN AS FREDERICK COTTON JUST REALISED THE FAMILY I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IS RICHARD COTTON COULD RICHARD BE FREDERICK ?
CAN'T FIND THEM BEFORE THE MARRIAGE GERTRUDE IS 20 A WINDER CAN'T MAKE OUT WHAT FREDERICK IS COULD BE NAILER/WEAVER?
THE ONE I'VE GOT IS 1901 CENSUS BUT FATHER IS RICHARD

jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 14:37

1911 census - household transcription
Person: COTTON, Gertrude May
Address: 2 Brewers Drive Portland ST

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census search results 1911 address search redefine current search
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born Original
census
image

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COTTON, Richard Head Married
24 years M 47 1864 Timber Labourer Waterloo Shropshire VIEW
COTTON, Sarah E Wife Married
24 years F 45 1866 Burslem Staff VIEW
COTTON, Edith Mary Daughter Single F 22 1889 Sorter Walsall Staff VIEW
COTTON, Joseph Son Single M 15 1896 Errand Boy Walsall Staff VIEW
COTTON, Gertrude May Daughter F 17 1894 Walsall Staff VIEW
COTTON, Minnie Daughter F 8 1903 Walsall Staff VIEW
COTTON, Nellie Daughter F 6 1905 Walsall Staff VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
17198 Reference:
RG14PN17198 RG78PN1058 RD370 SD4 ED11 SN72

Registration District:
Walsall Sub District:
Aldridge Enumeration District:
11 Parish:
Walsall

Address:
2 Brewers Drive Portland ST County:
Staffordshire



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jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 14:40

Name: Gertrude M Cotton
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1897
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Richard
Mother's Name: Sarah E
Gender: Female
Where born: Walsall, Staffordshire, England

Civil parish: Walsall
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Walsall
Sub-registration district: Walsall
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 196
Household Members: Name Age
Richard Cotton 36
Sarah E Cotton 34
Sarah J Cotton 13
Edith M Cotton 12
Joseph Cotton 5
Gertrude M Cotton 4


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Alan

Alan Report 18 Jul 2010 14:41

THAT IS THE FAMILY I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING WHY DID IT HAVE FREDERICK ON HER MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE??

I TAKE IT THEIR ISN'T A FREDERICK

jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 14:44

Marriages Jun 1887 (>99%)
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ARBLASTER Thomas Walsall 6b 919
ARNOLD Emma Walsall 6b 919
COTTON Richard Walsall 6b 919
MAYER Sarah Ellen Walsall 6b 919

Alan

Alan Report 18 Jul 2010 14:48

THANKS FOR THAT
BUT ARE WE SAYING THAT FREDERICK IS RICHARD IF SO WHY PUT FREDERICK ON THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 14:50

The occupations do not match either do you have her birth certificate?

jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 14:51

Name: Gertrude May Cotton
Year of Registration: 1895
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Kidderminster
County: Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire
Volume: 6c
Page: 234 (click to see others on page)

Gee

Gee Report 18 Jul 2010 14:51

You'd need her birth certificate to check the father

Births Dec 1895 (>99%)
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Cotton Gertrude May Kidderminster 6c 234

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Gee

Gee Report 18 Jul 2010 14:53

Or it could be tis one. But as you can see there are a few Gerts around

Births Dec 1896 (>99%)
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Cotton Gertrude May Walsall 6b 778

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jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 14:57

As the parents married in walsall I would think Ginny's birth is the correct one?? for a father called Richard

Alan

Alan Report 18 Jul 2010 14:58

THANK YOU , SO THEIR ARE 2 GERTRUDE COTTONS AS THE MARRIAGE IS IN KIDDERMINSTER I'LL TRY THAT ONE FIRST

jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 15:01

Is the marriage cert the correct one?

Alan

Alan Report 18 Jul 2010 15:02

IT WAS GERTRUDE WHO MARRIED IN KIDDERMINSTER

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 18 Jul 2010 15:08

There's this Frederick Cotton in Kidderminster, carpet weaver but no Gertrude with him.


1901 England Census
about Frederick Cotton
Name: Frederick Cotton
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Laura
Gender: Male
Where born: Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England

Civil parish: Kidderminster
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:


Registration district: Kidderminster
Sub-registration district: Kidderminster
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 249
Household Members:
Name Age
Frederick Cotton 30
Laura Cotton 28
Irene B Cotton 4


Christine

jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 15:10

There was a gertrude born in Kidderminster but the family you are following are from Walsall

jax

Alan

Alan Report 18 Jul 2010 15:14

SO THEIR IS A FREDERICK COTTON AND IT COULD BE HIS OCCUPATION ON MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE IS WEAVER . NOW TO FIND GERTRUDE. IS THIS FREDERICK IN THE 1911 CENSUS

Alan

Alan Report 18 Jul 2010 15:16

I THINK WE HAVE THINGS IN A BIT OF A MUDDLE GERTRUDE MARRIED IN KIDDERMINSTER, SO SHE WAS PROBABLY BORN IN KIDDERMINSTER

jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 15:17

1911 census - household transcription
Person: COTTON, Frederick Stephen
Address: 72 East St Coventry

Cost:
You will be charged 10 credits for a transcript and 30 credits for an image, unless you have purchased a subscription for this set of records.


census search results 1911 address search redefine current search
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born Original
census
image

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COTTON, Frederick Stephen Head Married
18 years M 40 1871 Weaver Kidderminster VIEW
COTTON, Laura Wife Married F 38 1873 Winder Kidderminster VIEW
COTTON, Laura Beatrice Daughter F 14 1897 Clerk Kidderminster VIEW >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Irene Laura B
COTTON, Ruth Daughter F 8 1903 School Kidderminster VIEW
COTTON, Laura Daughter F 6 1905 School Kidderminster VIEW

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should have 5 children 4 living 1 died 1 CHILD MISSING

Alan

Alan Report 18 Jul 2010 15:23

IS THEIR A GERTRUDE COTTON IN KIDDERMINSTER IN THE 1911 CENSUS SHE WAS A WINDER WHEN SHE MARRIED IN 1914 AS THEY WERE BOTH FROM THE SAME ADDRESS IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HOUSE OF CONVENIENCE