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Margaret

Margaret Report 12 Sep 2017 18:48

I'm looking for any information on my grandmother's parents from the northeast of England. My grandmother's name was Margaret Anne Embleton and she married Robert Blatchford Carr in Sunderland in 1921. Please help
Margaret Hodgson

safc

safc Report 12 Sep 2017 18:57


Robert B Carr on the 1939 Register

1939 Register Transcription

Carr Household (7 People) 104 Corporation Road , Sunderland C.B., Durham, England
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First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Robert B Carr 13 Sep 1898 Male General Labourer Married 417 1
Margaret A Carr 21 Jan 1899 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 417 2
Edith M Hodgson (Carr) 16 Feb 1921 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Single 417 3
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Robert B Carr 31 Oct 1932 Male At School Single 417 7

safc

safc Report 12 Sep 2017 19:00

Marriages Sep 1920 (>99%)
Carr Robert B Embleton Sunderland 10a 1875
Embleton Margaret A Carr Sunderland 10a 1875
Geldert Marion E Stobart Sunderland 10a 1875
Stobart Robert W Geldert Sunderland 10a 1875

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 12 Sep 2017 19:05

This looks like Margaret's birth:-

England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription
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First name(s) MARGARET ANNE
Last name EMBLETON
Birth year 1899
Birth quarter 1
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District Sunderland
County Durham
Country England
Volume 10A
Page 643
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006

and this looks like Margaret with her mother on the 1911 census:-

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
14 Vane Terrace Hendon Sunderland, Sunderland, Durham, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place

Margaret Annie Embleton Wife Married Female - 32 1879 Durham Sunderland
Margaret Annie Embleton Daughter - Female School 12 1899 Durham Sunderland<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
- Embleton Daughter - Female School 10 1901 Durham Sunderland (think the name on the image says Mary)
Edith May Embleton Daughter - Female School 7 1904 Durham Sunderland
William Embleton Son - Male - 5 1906 Durham Sunderland
Thomas Watson Embleton Son - Male - 2 1909 Durham Sunderland
Edith Watson Sister In Law Single Female - 20 1891 Durham Sunderland
William Bell Lodger Widower Male Old Age Pensioner 81 1830 Yorks Appleton Wisk

Parents married 12 years. All five children still living in 1911.

Kath. x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 12 Sep 2017 19:08

This looks like Robert's birth (note the spelling of surname with no "T"):-

England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription
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First name(s) ROBERT BLACHFORD
Last name CARR
Birth year 1898
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District Sunderland
County Durham
Country England
Volume 10A
Page 630
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

This looks like Robert in the 1911 census with his parents:-

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
19 East Street Sunderland, Sunderland, Durham, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place

Charles Carr Head Married Male Electrician General Labourer 45 1866 Durham Sunderland
Mary Elizabeth Carr Wife Married Female - 44 1867 Yorks Borough Bridge
Elizabeth Ann Carr Daughter Single Female Domestic Servant 18 1893 Durham Sunderland
Georgina Rose Carr Daughter - Female Domestic Servant 14 1897 Durham Sunderland
Robert Blatchford Carr Son - Male School 12 1899 Durham Sunderland<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Edith Mary Carr Daughter - Female School 8 1903 Durham Sunderland
Charlotte Frances Carr Daughter - Female - 4 1907 Durham Sunderland
Sarah Carr Daughter - Female - 0 1911 Durham Sunderland

Parents married 25 years. 9 children born to the marriage and by 1911 one had died.

Kath. x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 12 Sep 2017 19:19

This is Margaret and her mother in 1901 (again no father with them) living with Margaret's grandmother and grandfather is also missing:-

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
14, Vane Terrace, Town, Sunderland, Durham, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place

Mary Watson Head Married Female 46 1855 - Sunderland, Durham, England
James W Watson Son Single Male 26 1875 Gas Stoker Sunderland, Durham, England
Margaret Embleton Daughter Married Female 22 1879 - Sunderland, Durham, England<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Thomas Watson Son Single Male 17 1884 Labourer Sunderland, Durham, England
Edith Watson Daughter Single Female 10 1891 - Sunderland, Durham, England
M Annie Embleton Grand Daughter Single Female 2 1899 - Sunderland, Durham, England<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Mary Embleton Grand Daughter Single Female 0 1901 - Sunderland, Durham, England

Kath. x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 12 Sep 2017 19:21

This looks like Robert's parents marriage:-

England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription
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First name(s) CHARLES
Last name CARR
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1885
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ CHARLES CARR married one of these people
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Mary Elizabeth Petty<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<, Catherine Ann Berry
District Sunderland
District number -
County Durham
Country England
Volume 10A
Page 789
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Kath. x

alviegal

alviegal Report 12 Sep 2017 20:53

1891 for Margaret Annie, the mother.


1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Vane Terrace, Bishop Wearmouth, Sunderland, Durham, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Mary Ann Watson Mother Widow Female 39 1852 Washer Woman Durham, England
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Margaret Annie Watson Daughter - Female 14 1877 Scholar Durham, England
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Thomas Watson Son - Male 6 1885 Scholar Durham, England
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Edith Watson Daughter - Female 1 1890 - Durham, England


and her marriage.

Marriages Jun 1898 (>99%)
>>Embleton William Sunderland 10a 1023 Scan available - click to view
Fairley Mary Ann Sunderland 10a 1023 Scan available - click to view
Smith John William Sunderland 10a 1023 Scan available - click to view
>>WATSON Margaret Ann Sunderland 10a 1023

Margaret

Margaret Report 13 Sep 2017 13:14

Thank you all so much for the help. As far as I know my great grandfather William was away at sea for much of the time I don't remember ever meeting any members of my grandmother Margaret's relatives.