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Hi again!!
i finally got the marriage cert back today, the info on it is...........
Marriage 15th July 1905
Alfred William Gale 23ys Milk hand
place of residence (ithink it says) Bradpole Parish, Bridport, no name for the father

Emma Fone 30yrs spinster
place of residence South st, Bridport
Fathers name John Fone Labourer

witness Frederick Josiah Brown (he ties in with my Alfred Gale) and Elizabeth (can't read it clearly) Wal or wathire ( i really don't know what it says).
Caz.

I don't understand why you are waiting order this marriage certificate:

Marriages Sep 1905

FONE Emma - Bridport 5a 797
GALE Alfred William - Bridport 5a 797

It won't cost any different if you order in bulk, meanwhile we are all sitting here waiting to help you.

It is entirely up to you, of course. But we cannot advise further on your family without that certificate.

Thanks Meg, you are a star, thought i was going daft trying to see where it said adopted. I have not sent off for cert yet because there are a few certs for different people i want to get and would like to send for them all at the same time but still gathering info,
once again, thank you,
Caz.x

There is nothing to say she was adopted. She is with her family in 1881, and with her sister Eleanor in 1901 working as a nurse. The odd thing about the 1901 is that is also says "Asia, other colour" against her.

We advised you to get Emma's marriage certificate 10 days ago - has it not arrived yet?

Hi again, io have just been looking on the 1891 census on Genes's site, i have Emma Fone age 16yrs bn 1875 Hongking, living in Bridport, Dorset, Teacher in a public school.
When the results first came up and i clicked on Emma, the Gene's report said she was adopted but i viewed the actual census i can't see where it says adopted, anyone out there with good eye sight???
Ta,
Caz.x

Thank you Christine, much appreciated. I think im going crosseyed looking at all the info haha but seriously, i do appreciate all the time and searches everyone has done for me this evening,
Caz.x

This looks as if it's the one I found in 1881 on the 1891 census but mother's age is out.


1891 England Census
about Emma Foan
Name: Emma Foan
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation: Housekeeper Daughter (Housekeeper)
Gender: Female
Where born: Stone, Dorset, England

Civil parish: Allington
Ecclesiastical parish: Allington
Town: Allington
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Registration district: Bridport
Sub-registration district: Bridport
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Walbridge 50
Elizabeth Foan 50
Emma Foan 17
Elizabeth Foan 3

And in 1901

Name: Emma Fone
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Female
Where born: Bridport, Dorset, England

Civil parish: Bridport
Ecclesiastical parish: Bridport St Mary
Town: Bridport
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England


Registration district: Bridport
Sub-registration district: Bridport
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
James Bishop 64
Susan Bishop 62
Emma Fone 27
Thursa Norman 45

Christine

Well, IF she lied on census you can bet she lied on the cert! But you might get her father's name which would help enormously.
Jan

I sure do Meg, more than anything i really want to know her real age now haha,
Caz.x

There's no alternative - you have to get the marriage certificate.

But she got married and had children Michael, one of them being my Grandmother, she has got me totally confuddled Michael haha,
caz.x

There is still that death of Emma Fone aged 0 in Beaminster to remember.

Hiya Meg, she could be fibbing about her age, i just had a look at a photo of her and Alfred and she looks a lot older than him, more than the 8 year gap there is supposed to be haha,
Caz.x

Possible?

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Fanny Emma E Foan
Name: Fanny Emma E Foan
Year of Registration: 1873
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Yeovil
County: Somerset
Volume: 5c
Page: 507 (click to see others on page)

Moved to Blandford, Dorset:

1881 England Census
about Fanny Foan
Name: Fanny Foan
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Henry
Mother's Name: Emma
Gender: Female
Where born: Yeovil, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Blandford Forum
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England

Street Address: Oakfield Street
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Blandford
Sub-registration district: Blandford
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Foan 33
Emma Foan 36
Fanny Foan 7
Henry E. Foan 3
Bessie Foan 1
William Reader 28

EDIT - not her, she married James White, are on the 1911.

Moonshine, she SAID she was 37 on the census. We don't know if it was true. Please buy the marriage certificate and come back with the details. I've found a tree on Ancestry which seems to have the one born 1871 in Stoke Abbott (which ties in with the 1911 census), with father John and mother Elizabeth.

The 1881 census does have her born 1874, it's the 1871 that is out.

Yep, i think i need to get the marriage cert. Thanks to everyone of you for all your help, very much appreciated,
Caz.x

That sorts that out then !
Thanks Chris.

Hmmm, the plot thickens haha, it could be her Jan but the year would be wrong but i did find an Emma Fone on the 1891 census aged 16, that would make her birth year about 1875 but it says she was born in HongKong as a British subject and was adopted,
thanks,
Caz.

Snap Michael! I'm thinking maybe she lied a bit about her age? See also census above.

I repeat - get the marriage cert!

jan

There is this birth..
A few years out but
Beaminster covers Stoke Abbott on Dorset/Somerset border

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Births Mar 1871

Fone Emma - Beaminster 5a 407


EDIT :
Coincides with Emma above .
Remember people didn't also give correct age on census