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Thanks very much Merry You have told me a lot more than I had before I started and every little helps doesn't it. Thanks again and good luck Jen

I don't see what else anyone could do........If you trawled the GRO indexes, either expensively on 1837online or free at a County Record Office or library, it would still be difficult to know if you were looking at the correct entry. Only other thing you could do would be to track down the Electoral Roll for where they were living in Wem and see how long Walter lived there...... Otherwise you may have to wait for the next census to come out (in 2012) and see what they were doing in 1911 !! Merry

Hi Merry Still stuck on Edith & Walter. All I know is that they lived in Whitby. The Whitby adjacent to Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Is there anything else you can do or have we to give up tonight? Jen

Hmmm, not a lot to go on then..... Merry

I was told that she was married to a man called Dan. That's all I know I was very young. I was also told that she went 'mad' probably a nervous breakdown these days and consequently she committed suicide. There were no children to her and Dan. I just wonder now if all that was true. Jen

Oh, do you know that Madge didn't marry, perhaps? Not that I can help either way!! Merry

marriages up to 1920 for people named Rosina Nicholls: No Surname Forename(s) Spouse District Page No Event Quarter Year 1 Nicholls Rosina Townsend Bristol.6a 258 Marriage 2 1913 2 Nicholls Rosina M Autcliff Cardiff.11a 1011 Marriage 4 1915 3 Nicholls Rosina K Godstone.2a 509 Marriage 4 1911 4 Nicholls Rosina Hibbert Willesden.3a 639 Marriage 4 1919 5 Nicholls Rosina C L Wood Woolwich.1d 2981 Marriage 3 1919 Merry

Sorry I was replying at the time you sent your last message. Thanks for everything you have done for me tonight. Madge would have been short for Madeleine their daughter. Good luck and best wishes Jen

Hi Merry Can you find out when they died after 1901 or are your records just up to that date. If you can, could you also find out about Roseina Madeleine's death. Thanks Jen

I thought you knew a Madge? Without knowing where they lived after 1901 and having no idea when they died, this would be a very difficult task. There are so many people with their names and ages, how would you know if you were looking at the right entry? Even with the death certificates, it still might not be easy to work out where they were buried/cremated. Merry

I can't identify other children after 1901 as we don't know where the couple lived and there are several births in Wem district - they cannot all be the same family! Merry

Hi Merry Well done. Thanks. It looks as if they only had the one daughter? Could you find out when they died and where they might be buried for me? Jen

Birth reg for their dau: Births Dec 1895 Nicholls Rosina Madeline Wem 6a 652 Merry

At last! I promise this fantastic Ancestry transcription is them! View Record Edith Micholls abt 1872 Tarfwaley, Cheshire, England Wife Wem Shropshire View Record Roseina M Micholls abt 1896 Wem, Shropshire, England Daughter Wem Shropshire View Record Walter Micholls abt 1866 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Head Wem Shropshire Walter is a ''Manager Drapery Co''. Merry

I'M sorry it's getting confusing. I have Edith's siblings they are: William 1866 Selina 1867 Edith 1871 Jane Phoenix 1873 John Phoenix (my grandfather) 1876 Nat 1878 Sorry for the confusion!!!

1891, Edith was a housemaid for the Vicar of Dereham, Norfolk - he was Henry Arnold. Merry

Who is Jane Phoenix? Merry

When you say servant Norfolk do you mean Jane Phoenix as she worked as a servant in Norfolk or was Edith also a servant?

That's the right track. Selina was her sister and Selinas husband to be by the sound of it Edward Whittaker.

1891: Rogers, Edith abt 1872 Taporley, Cheshire, England Servant East Dereham Norfolk Getting there slowly! Merry