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This is just a guess as it's the only death in that area between 1871 and 1891. Would give a birth as c1836, possibly a bit old for him.

Deaths Mar 1880 (>99%

Thorpe Elizabeth 44 St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 299

this might be here living nearby...she is an apprentice


1871 England Census about Eliza Ann Thorpe
Name: Eliza Ann Thorpe
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1853
Relation: Assistant
Gender: Female
Where born: Thame, Oxfordshire, England
Civil parish: St George Hanover Square
Ecclesiastical parish: Hanover Square
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: St George Hanover Square
Sub-registration district: Hanover Square
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 59
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Phillips 38
Kate Phillips 16
Elizabeth Montroy 40
Sopha M Dotesois 15
Eliza Ann Thorpe 18
Elizabeth K Stenning 15
Elizabeth Harrison 22
J N Imlay 42

this is getting more and more interesting as it is unfolding

I don't know if this means anything. I have no idea how far Tower Hamlets is from St George Hanover Square.
Place of abode is Watford.



Match quality: 2 out of 5 Constance Thorpe Baptism 17 Oct 1880 born 11 May 1876 Victor Thorpe, servant
Eliza Thorpe St Paul, Old Ford Tower Hamlets


No perhaps not. This appears to be her with her mother remarried.



1881 census transcription details for: 136, Armagh Rd, Bow Aka St Mary Stratford-Le-Bow
National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG11 Piece: 490 Folio: 48 Page: 37

Reg. District: Poplar Sub District: Bow
Parish: Bow Aka St Mary Stratford-Le-Bow Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 136, Armagh Rd, Bow Aka St Mary Stratford-Le-Bow
County: Middlesex
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation ,
Disability Where Born
ASHMAN, Walter Head Married M 23 1858 Checker In Goods Depot (Oth Rly)
Cranmore
Somerset
ASHMAN, Eliza Wife Married F 29 1852
Watford
Hertfordshire
ASHMAN, Ethel Daughter Single F 0 1881
Bow
Middlesex
THORPE, Constance Sister Daughter Single F 4 1877
Marylebone
Middlesex
MISSLEBROOK, Sophia Visitor Single F 28 1853
Kennington
Middlesex

i know in 1881 he was a waiter at 10 compton st paddington london down as married and was visited by mary ann forrester and her two children

not far probably a couple of miles between westminister and tower hamlets

so they did have children by the sound of things

Eliza didnt die

she remarried so she must have got divorced???


1881 England Census about Constance Thorpe
Name: Constance Thorpe
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Walter
Mother's Name: Eliza
Gender: Female
Where born: Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Bow
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 136 Armagh Rd
Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Poplar
Sub-registration district: Bow
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Walter Ashman 23
Eliza Ashman 29
Ethel Ashman
Constance Thorpe 4
Sophia Misslebrook 28

Then took the new name of Ashman

1901 England Census about Constance Ashman
Name: Constance Ashman
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Walter
Mother's Name: Eliza
Gender: Female
Where born: Walworth, London, England
Civil parish: Hackney
Ecclesiastical parish: St Augustine South Hackney
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Hackney
Sub-registration district: South-East Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel: 22
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 64
Household Members:
Name Age
Walter Ashman 43
Eliza Ashman 49
Constance Ashman 24
Ethel Ashman 20
Sidney Ashman 19
Edmund Ashman 10
Walter Ashman 9
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well i never that has come as a shock so he married mary ann forrester? or did he

Marriages Mar 1880 (>99%)

ASHMAN Walter Henry Poplar 1c 979

Thorpe Eliza Poplar 1c 979

I wonder if this is Eliza?


1861 census transcription details for: Leavesden, Abbots Langley
National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG09 Piece: 836 Folio: 44 Page: 7

Reg. District: Watford Sub District: 4 Abbots Langley
Parish: Abbots Langley Enum. District: 3
Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough:
Address: Leavesden, Abbots Langley
County: Hertfordshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation ,
Disability Where Born
GRAVESTOCK, James Head Married M 52 1809 Labouring Gardener
Abbots Langley
Hertfordshire
GRAVESTOCK, Jane Wife Married F 50 1811
Abbots Langley
Hertfordshire
GRAVESTOCK, Robert Son Unmarried M 21 1840 Labouring Gardener
Abbots Langley
Hertfordshire
GRAVESTOCK, James Son Unmarried M 14 1847 Agricultural Labourer
Abbots Langley
Hertfordshire
GRAVESTOCK, Eliza Daughter F 10 1851 Scholar
Abbots Langley
Hertfordshire


I think you really need to invest in a few certificates to sort this one out. We might be heading in the totally wrong direction!!

Liz

Abbots Langley is a village north of watford

thanks liz i think i will as i thought it was going to so straight forward how wrong was i

Marriage for Constance.


London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Constance Thorpe
Name: Constance Thorpe
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Spouse Name: Philip Edward Andre Scherzer, warehouseman
Spouse Age: 30
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 4 Aug 1906
Parish: St John of Jerusalem
County: Middlesex
Borough: Hackney
Father Name: Victor Thorpe, dec gentleman's servant
Spouse Father Name: Francis Edwarda Scherzer, dec Hat manufacturer (born in Paris, France)


Witnesses were Walter Henry and Ethel Frances Ashcroft.


and 1911.



1911 census transcription details for: 81 Islip St St Pancras N W
National Archive Reference:
RG14PN713 RG78PN25 RD9 SD3 ED3 SN67

Reg. District: St Pancras Sub District: East St Pancras
Parish: St Pancras Enum. District: 3
Address: 81 Islip St St Pancras N W
County: London
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born
SCHERZER, Edward Head Married M 34 1877 Caretaker Wholesale Boot Warehouse London Bloomsbury
SCHERZER, Constance Wife Married
4 years F 34 1877 Essex Bow
SCHERZER, Edward Son M 2 1909 London St Pancras