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Emma's family in 1911, another Owen with them a grandson


1911 England Census about Violet Billinger
Name: Violet Billinger
Age in 1911: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1901
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Wst Ashby, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: Thimbleby
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street Address: Glebe Farm Thimbleby Horncastle
Occupation: School
Registration district: Horncastle
Registration District Number: 419
Sub-registration district: Horncastle
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Piece: 19801
Household Members:
Name Age
Elias Billinger 45
Emma Billinger 44
Edith Maria Billinger 15
Toy Billinger 13
Annie Billinger 11
Violet Billinger 10
Harry Owen 3
married 18yrs
6 children
5 living

EDIT

Deaths Dec 1902 (>99%)
Billinger Harry 9 Horncastle 7a 321

There might have been two, LiverBird?

Keith

Thanks Mary, that makes sense.

I'm not on Ancestry (yet?) but maybe there's a tree on GR now that I have a lot more background.

Thanks you all once again, this has been a great start.

Keith

oops did I get the wrong marriage?

Not sure :-S

On the index it has possible outcomes for further census, marriages etc for Harriet it has this marriage?

Name: Harriet Anne Owen
Date of registration: Apr-May-Jun 1884
Registration district: Horncastle
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume Number: 7a
Page Number: 1141
George Turner

Servant in 1881
George's wife in 1891

Name: Harriet Ann Turner
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Date of registration: Apr-May-Jun 1899
Age at Death: 33
Registration district: Horncastle
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 7a
Page: 340

Births Mar 1865 (>99%)
OWEN Emma Agnes Horncastle 7A 502

servant in 1881
servant in Leeds in 1891

Name: Emma Agnes W Owen
Date of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1892
Registration district: Horncastle
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume Number: 7a
Page Number: 1147
Elias Billinger

1901 England Census about Emma A W O Billinger
Name: Emma A W O Billinger
Age: 86<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815
[1865] <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Elias Billinger
Gender: Female
Where born: Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: West Ashby
Ecclesiastical parish: West Ashby
Town: West Ashby
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Horncastle
Sub-registration district: Horncastle
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 7
Piece: 3070
Folio: 42
Page Number: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Elias Billinger 38
Emma A W O Billinger 86
Alice Billinger 13
Harry Billinger 7
Edith Billinger 5
Ivy Billinger 3
Annie Billinger 1
Violet Billinger 3 Months


Name: Emma A W O Billinger
Birth Date: abt 1865
Date of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1945
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: Horncastle
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 7a
Page: 537

Maria Owen born 1843/4 married George Brackenbury O/N/D 1868 Horncastle 7a 1045.
There is only one male one the record so put in search George Brackenbury marriage 1868 and he comes up on his own. 7a

The two Owen girls were Maria's.
Emma Agnes Wright Owen 1865- 1945 and Harriett.

There is a tree on Ancestry with this but double check.

Maryb.

Does nurse child imply Maria was their wet nurse? Seems strange that the two little Owenses with the same age have different status.

What's the most likely interpretation here? That Maria had been married before (or had had children before) and George adopted them?

Keith

What do you make of that, LiverBird?

There were two little Owenses living with them in 1871, then in 1911 another little Owen(s). I suppose we can treat Owen and Owens as the same?

Might Gladys be the daughter of Emma W or Harriet AL? No surname change might indicate a "father not known"?

Keith

1871 England Census about Maria Brackenbury
Name: Maria Brackenbury
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: George Brackenbury
Gender: Female
Where born: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: Hemingby
Town: Hemingby
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Address:>>>>>>>New End
Registration district: Horncastle
Sub-registration district: Horncastle
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 26
Piece: 3381
Folio: 44
Page Number: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
George Brackenbury 37
Maria Brackenbury 27
Harriet A L Owens 6>>>>>>Nurse child
Emma W Owens 6>>>>>>>>>Step dau
John W Turner 4>>>>>>>>>Nurse child

Name: Harriet Ann Leeman Owen
Date of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1864
Registration district: Horncastle
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 7a
Page: 485

Hmmm... thanks, LiverBird. That looks a likely match, but doesn't tie them in to the family. Maybe "relative" in the 1911 means adopted?

Are there Owens in West Street Horncastle in the 1901?

Keith

Name: Joseph L Cowlam
Spouse Surname: Nancy B Lee
Date of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1932
Registration district: Sleaford
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume Number: 7a
Page Number: 1079

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 about Joseph Leonard Cowlam
Name: Joseph Leonard Cowlam
Birth Date: 28 Dec 1906
Date of registration: Jul 2003
Age at Death: 96
Registration district: Lincolnshire
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Register number: B2D
District and Subdistrict: 609/1B
Entry number: 39

Name: Charles Robert Cowlam
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1905
Date of registration: Feb 1992
Age at Death: 87
Registration district: Grantham
Inferred County: Leicestershire, Lincolnshire
Volume: 7
Page: 1777

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Marriages Jun 1868 (>99%)
>>>>>BARBER Maria Boston 7a 683
>>>>>Brackenbury George Thomas Boston 7a 683
FENDELOW Mary Ann Boston 7a 683
GROOM Farndon Boston 7a 683

1881 England Census about Charles Cowlam
Name: Charles Cowlam
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Charles Cowlam
Mother's name: Mary Cowlam
Gender: Male
Where born: Old Sleaford, Lincoln, England
Civil parish: Old Sleaford
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street Address: 7 New Street
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Sleaford
Sub-registration district: Sleaford
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3223
Folio: 86
Page Number: 26
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Cowlam 48>>>>>>Coal Porter
Mary Cowlam 31
Elizabeth Anne Cowlam 11
Charles Cowlam 8
Elizabeth Haldenby 69>>>>>Lodger

Tscha! If only we had the 1921 census!!

So Gladys seems to have benn "given" to the neighbours before her 4th birthday and grew up with the Brackenburys.

But she is listed as a relative so probably on the Mrs Brackenbury side?

What was her name before she married?

Keith

Thank you again, Vera, that 1911 on Gladys could fit, "fell out with her parents" could mean at very early age and she went to live with the Brackenburys.

The death record for Gladys ties with another piece of family hearsay, that she committed suicide around that time. Thanks LiverBird.

Keith

1901 England Census about Maria Brackenbury
Name: Maria Brackenbury
Age: 55
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: George Brackenbury
Gender: Female
Where born: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: Horncastle
Ecclesiastical parish: Horncastle
Town: Horncastle
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street Address:>>>>>>>>>>>>24 West St

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Horncastle
Sub-registration district: Horncastle
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 12
Piece: 3069
Folio: 5
Page Number: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
George Brackenbury 63
Maria Brackenbury 55
William Brackenbury 17>>>>>>Carpenter

Your ex-brother-in-law's birth certificate will have his Mother's maiden name on it, for confirmation.

You can find a lot of information for yourself here:
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

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Births Jun 1906 (>99%)
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Owen Gladys Horncastle 7a 548


Regards Vera

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England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 about Gladys Cowlam
Name: Gladys Cowlam
Birth Date: abt 1906
Date of registration: Apr-May-Jun 1968
Age at Death: 62
Registration district: Sleaford
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 128

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1911

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BRACKENBURY, Inos Maria Head Widow F 67 1844 Housekeeper Domestic Boston Lincs VIEW
BRACKENBURY, John William Boarder Single M 27 1884 Labourer Bricklayer Builder Roughton Lincs VIEW
OWEN, Gladys Relative F 4 1907 Horncastle Lincs VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
19792 Reference:
RG14PN19792 RG78PN1185 RD419 SD2 ED1 SN17

Registration District:
Horncastle Sub District:
Horncastle Enumeration District:
1 Parish:
Horncastle

Address:
11 West Street Horncastle

Regards Vera