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Census look up please

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Loren

Loren Report 22 Jun 2007 15:45

Can anyone please help me on this please, Ada Alice Stokes born 1862, Father Edwin Stokes Engine Turner, mother Henrietta Stokes fomerly Colman, i have the marriage of Edwin Stokes and Henrietta Colman 1862 Deptford, I also have Marriage certificate of Ada Alice Stokes father Edwin Stokes Enginer, Trouble is i cant find them on any census!!!! However a kind person did find a Ada Stokey in 1871 census, born 1862 Kent, mother Harriette Vaughan, with lots of children and never a husband through out the census!!!!! Can anyone please help me on this one, thankyou Loren x

kaz

kaz Report 22 Jun 2007 16:02

Hi Loren I have found this for 1881, any good? Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability Claud BROWN Head W Male 30 New South Wales Curate Of St James Norlands Claud Leonard BROWN Son Male 1 Hammersmith, Middlesex, England Eliza JANES Serv U Female 27 Hambleden, Buckingham, England Cook Ada STOKES Serv U Female 20 Hythe, Kent, England Parlour Maid Jane SELL Serv U Female 45 Cawbury, Cambridge, England Nurse Hannah HARDS Serv U Female 38 Ashtead, Surrey, England Housemaid Jane WRIGHT Serv Female 15 Kensington, Middlesex, England Nursery Maid

Loren

Loren Report 22 Jun 2007 16:05

Hi Kaz, Thanks for that this family is driving me mad, Thankyou Loren.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 22 Jun 2007 16:06

Can you post some details from the marriage certificates please. How old were Edwin and Henrietta when they married. Where did Ada marry and whom Maureen

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 22 Jun 2007 16:08

1861 just wondering about this woman ? Name: Henrietta Colman Age: 29 Estimated birth year: abt 1832 Relation: Wife Spouse's name: Frederick Gender: Female Where born: Dover, Kent, England Civil parish: St Marylebone Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephen the Martyr County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: View image Registration district: Marylebone Sub-registration district: St John ED, institution, or vessel: 13 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 15 Household Members: Name Age Jane A Bevis 17 Baby Colman 1 Mo Frederick Colman 33 Henrietta Colman 29 Kate W Colman 1 Rebecca Marsh 65

Loren

Loren Report 22 Jun 2007 16:11

Just looked at Marriage records and Ada Stokes married George Rose in 1880, so thats not her in 1881 census thanks again Loren.

blueberry

blueberry Report 22 Jun 2007 16:11

searched for Ada Alice Stokes All England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983 Results You have saved this record to My Ancestry (Shoebox). You have saved this record to My Ancestry (People I'm Looking For). This record has been added to your shoebox. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983 about Ada Alice Stokes Name: Ada Alice Stokes Year of Registration: 1862 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun DISTRICT: Lewisham County: Greater London, Kent, London Volume: 1d Page: 720 (click to see others on page) View Image Could this be her. Barbara.

Loren

Loren Report 22 Jun 2007 16:14

Hi i have not got the marriage certificate of Edwin and Henrietta yet its in the post i hope!! Ada Alice stokes married George Rose 1880, Ada was 18 george was 21, father of Ada was Edwin Stokes. Thanks Loren

kaz

kaz Report 22 Jun 2007 16:14

Could this be Ada;s older brother? 1881 England Census about Edwin J. Stokes Name: Edwin J. Stokes Age: 23 Estimated birth year: abt 1858 Relation: Boarder Gender: Male Where born: Canterbury, Kent, England Civil parish: Canterbury St Peter County/Island: Kent Country: England Street address: 32 Black Griffin Lane Education: Employment status: Subscribe now to see this information. Occupation: Carpenter Registration district: Canterbury Sub-registration district: Canterbury ED, institution, or vessel: 33 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Mary J. Sidders 61 Sarah A. Sidders 24 Edwin J. Stokes 23

Loren

Loren Report 22 Jun 2007 16:17

Barbara, that looks like her i have 13 may 1862 Lewisham, Thanks Loren

kaz

kaz Report 22 Jun 2007 16:18

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983 about Henrietta Colman Name: Henrietta Colman Year of Registration: 1862 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun DISTRICT: Greenwich County: Greater London, Kent, London Volume: 1d Page: 814 (click to see others on page) England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983 about Edwin Stokes Name: Edwin Stokes Year of Registration: 1862 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun DISTRICT: Greenwich County: Greater London, Kent, London Volume: 1d Page: 814 (click to see others on page)

Loren

Loren Report 22 Jun 2007 16:22

Thanks Kaz, thats the one im waiting for in the post, I just cant work out why i cant find them in a census? Thanks to all of you who have looked for me, Loren x