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Hi Christina

Yes been looking at this one too but cannot actually link this family to our cushing in the 1911 census.

However they is a tentative link looking at the family names, Thomas, Edward and Mildred. I will keep looking and try and track this family forward.

thanks for your help

Hi Potty

Yep that is where I got to and they are in the 1911 census in sheffield

thanks for your help

I keep looking at this Edward Cushing. He has the same occupation as Edward in St Alkmund in 1911 and he has a sibling named Mildred. Can't see anything for him in 1891 or 1901.

1881 England Census
Name: Edward Cushing
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Relationship to Head: Son
Father: Thomas Cushing
Mother: Susanna Cushing
Gender: Male
Where born: Shipdham, Norfolk, England
Civil Parish: Shipdham
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England
Street Address: Fairland

Occupation: Bricklayers Lab
Registration District: Mitford
Sub-registration District: Shipdham
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1976
Folio: 62
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Cushing 55
Susanna Cushing 50
Edward Cushing 14
James Cushing 12
Eliza Cushing 10
Mildred Cushing 5

Sorry, David, I still can't find anything! I found an Ellen Day, POB St Alkmunds, Derby, but she seems to have married a Whitehurst and is with him on the 1911.

Certificate arrived - back to square one !

so Mildred Mary Ellen Cushing was born 16/10/1908 with her father recorded as Edward Cushing b 1868 and her mother Ellen Cushing, formally Day b 1876

NO record exist of their marriage although the 1911 Census states about 1907

We are however able to confirm that the couple had another child Albert E T cushing in 1912 who died in 1913

There is always one, David!

Will do Potty - this one has got me baffled! I am normally good at sorting these things out but not this one .....

Come back when you have the cert, David.

Not yet dismissed although I am still searching for another likely candidate.

I have ordered a certificate to help the process am waiting for delivery from GRO next weekend

According to the tree on Ancestry, that Edward was in the Royal Artillery and was at Sheerness Barracks in 1891:


1891 England Census
Edward Cushing
Age:19
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1872
Relation:Soldier
Gender:Male
Where born:Stratford, Essex, England Civil Parish:
Minster in Sheppey
Ecclesiastical parish:St Paul
Town:Sheerness
County/Island:Kent
Country:England

ED, institution, or vessel:Royal Artillery Barracks Sheerness

Forgive me if this has already been mentioned, as I'm not sure I have read all the above correctly having just come across this thread, but have you dismissed this man as the father of Edward John, Thomas & David?

1911 England Census
Name: Edward John Cushing
Age in 1911: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Relation to Head: Inmate
Gender: Male
Birth Place: STRATFORD, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Islington
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: Islington Workhouse, Cornwallis Road, Upper Holloway N
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: GENERAL CARMAN
Registration District: Islington
Registration District Number: 10
Sub-registration District: Upper Holloway
ED, institution, or vessel: 21-26
Piece: 820

Thanks Maddie

shot in the dark
the"2nd" Elen
vil registration event: Death


Name: CUSHING, Ellen L

Registration district: [?] Ilkeston

County: Derbyshire

Year of registration: 1949

Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec

Age at death:72

Volume no: 3A

Page no: 332

This is all looking very possible and clearly I need to do more digging. Thank you to all for your help

If I find anything out I will let you know

There is a discrepancy on Ellens age. In 1911 she is 8 years younger than Edward but in 1901 only 1 year younger

Potty, your theory may add up

David you really need the childrens birth certificates

Ellen Day appears to be the maiden name of Albert E T Cushing in 1912 but I can find no trace of her marriage.

The 1911 census states they had been married since 1907 so your theory does stack up.

Perhaps therefore we have got the correct Edward Cushing but a different Ellen cushing ??

David, you should be able to view the tree mentioned on Ancestry on the Mundia site:

www.mundia.com/gb/

David, do you have the birth cert of any of the older children, to confirm the mother's maiden name.

Possibly if Edwards's first wife died, he might have remarried a woman with the same first name (it has happened in my family).

the 1906 death
age is out
Name: CUSHING, Ellen

Registration district: [?] Pancras

County: London

Year of registration: 1906

Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar

Age at death:34

Volume no: 1B

Page no: 96

If that Ellen died in 1906, it would explain the children being in the workhouse but the tree on Ancestry has Edward snr dying in 1941 in kent