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WRONG FAMILY ??? HELP

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Alan

Alan Report 18 Jul 2010 16:12

THANK YOU CHRISTINE, I DID WONDER IF SHE WAS WITH A RELATIVE,
DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE HELPED ME BUT MY HEADS SPINNING, NOW I'LL ALTER MY TREE AND START OVER AGAIN

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 18 Jul 2010 16:10


1881 England Census
about Laura Hardwick
Name: Laura Hardwick
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Charles
Mother's Name: Maria
Gender: Female
Where born: Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England

Civil parish: St George
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England

Street Address: 36 Bromsgrove St
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Kidderminster
Sub-registration district: Kidderminster
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Hardwick 34
Maria Hardwick 29
Charles Hardwick 10
Laura Hardwick 8
Ellen Hardwick 4
Clara Hardwick 1
Betsy Pardoe 16 boarder
Maria Palmer 17 boarder

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 18 Jul 2010 16:03

Hardwick family in 1901, strange they have a daughter Gertrude of correct age for Gertrude Cotton.

49, Churchfields

1901 England Census
about Charles Hardwick
Name: Charles Hardwick
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: abt 1850
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Ammaria
Gender: Male
Where born: Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England

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


Registration district: Kidderminster
Sub-registration district: Kidderminster
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 264
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Hardwick 51
Ammaria Hardwick 50
Charles H Hardwick 31
Clara Hardwick 20
Henry Hardwick 17
George Hardwick 16
Albert Hardwick 13
Gertrude Hardwick 5


Edit, Just realised Frederick cotton's wife was Laura Hardwick so should she be recorded as grandaughter.


Christine

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 18 Jul 2010 15:57

Lucky she was at the same address in 1911.

Alan, you need her birth cert to be sure of her parents.

Christine

Alan

Alan Report 18 Jul 2010 15:56

THANK YOU WE SEEM TO BE GETTING SOMEWHERE GOING OFF THIS FREDERICK AND LAURA MUST BE HER PARENTS, IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHY SHE WASN'T LIVING WITH HER FAMILY FROM AN EARLY AGE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TIME

jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 15:51

found her mistranscribed ???

1911 census - address transcription
Address: 52 Churchfields Kidderminster

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.




Sched Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born Original
census
image

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297 HARDWICKE, Charles Head Married M 64 1847 Dye Labourer Worsted Wolverley Worcestershire VIEW
297 HARDWICKE, Ana Maria Wife Married
41 years F 60 1851 Adsingford Worcestershire VIEW
297 HARDWICKE, Clara Daughter Single F 30 1881 Worsted Spinner Kidderminster Lagland Worcestershire VIEW
297 HARDWICKE, Herbert Son Single M 28 1883 Kidderminster Worcestershire VIEW
297 HARDWICKE, George Son Single M 25 1886 Carpet Weaver Kidderminster Worcestershire VIEW
297 POTTON, Gertie Boarder Single F 15 1896 Worsted Winder Kidderminster Worcestershire VIEW >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
297 HARDWICKE, Reggie Boarder M 3 1908 School Kidderminster Worcestershire

wonder where she is in 1901?

jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 15:49

Hardwicke Family at that address

Alan

Alan Report 18 Jul 2010 15:47

GERTRUDE MAY COTTON BORN 1894
GERTRUDE MAY COTTON MARRIED WILLIAM HENRY BOUCHER 14/9/1914 ST MARY KIDDERMINSTER
FATHER FREDERICK A WEAVER
WIT -CHARLES HARDWICK
AGNES ANN ROBERTS

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 18 Jul 2010 15:43

Maybe someone could check who is living here in 1911.



52 CHURCHFIELDS KIDDERMINSTER Kidderminster Borough Kidderminster Worcestershire

We are presuming the family Frederick and Laura are her parents but without the birth cert we don't know for sure.

Christine

jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 15:39

Its the Kidderminster Gertrude we are trying to find with a father called Frederick we have the parents on 1901 and 1911 but no Gertrude??

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 18 Jul 2010 15:39

There is another Frederick Cotton in Kidderminster in 1911 but I can't view the details.

INSTITUTION COTTON FREDCK M 1848 63 Kidderminster Worcestershire



Can't find Gertrude in 1911


What are the names of the witnesses on the marriage cert?


Christine

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 18 Jul 2010 15:33

stupid site!!! lol it double posted

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 18 Jul 2010 15:33

is it possble his second name was Frederick and he was known as such? We had an Uncle Joe but finding his birth found he was is fact David Joseph but always known in the family as Joe

jax

jax Report 18 Jul 2010 15:25

cannot see a gertrude born kidderminster on 1911

parents marriage

Marriages Jun 1892 (>99%)
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Cotton Frederick Stephen Kidderminster 6c 316
Hardwick Laura Kidderminster 6c 316
REECE Rhoda Kidderminster 6c 316
Speechley Frederick M Kidderminster 6c 316

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

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 15:16

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

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

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

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