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Thanks!

Just realised aswell...was looking at Charles' census and realised it is the same road as he has for his address on his marriage cert.. is 26 Wilford Road in 1901 but 48 on his marriage cert.

Alica also has an address! 34 Foster Road, Croydon....

Obviously she may not have been there 4 year before...but if someone could check the address in 1901 (if that's possible?) it would be great!

Thanks everyone for your help!!!

Clare

Only CROYDON birth I can find
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Births Sep 1882 (>99%)
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Wood Alice Croydon 2a 285

Jim

Death:

Alice Matilda Buckfield born 28/06/1887
Chichester
4th qtr 1971
gro: vol 5h page 1769

Found it in the depths of my computer!

Do you have her death? --- it should give age at death

Jim

Guess you have this

Births Dec 1881 (>99%)
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BUCKFIELD Charles Henry Reigate 2a 160

Yep that's what I had for him, it all fits in with my dad's story of how they met!

Thanks

If this is Charles in 1901, he is a flower seller. Would fit your scenario1901 England Census
about Charles Buckfield
Name: Charles Buckfield
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Stephen
Mother's Name: Emma
Gender: Male
Where born: Betchworth, Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Croydon
Ecclesiastical parish: St Saviour
Town: Croydon
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Croydon
Sub-registration district: Croydon
ED, institution, or vessel: 56
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 257
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Buckfield 19
Emma Buckfield 61
George Buckfield 18
Stephen Buckfield 60
Thomas Buckfield 16


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Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 643; Folio: 177; Page: 35.

I haven't seen that one before Brenda! This working away thing looks promising...if only someone someone had suggested earlier! Thanks!

I did just remember something my dad has mentioned somewhere along the line about her being in the work house...whether that means that was when she married Charles or when she was younger I don't know!

Thanks.
Clare

Hi

Charles Buckfield was the groom.

And she doesn't have a job on her marriage certificate but then again this is four years later than the 1901 census.

I never thought about her working away lol...didn't click...but either way...she seems to be non-existant in the birth records! :S Whether she really was 21 when she got married or not....seriously..she confuses me :D

Thanks,
Clare

This could be Alice in 1901. Father Charles described as a POTMAN (working in a pub?)
Marriages Mar 1905 (>99%)
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1901 England Census
about Charles Wood
Name: Charles Wood
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Camberwell, London, England

Civil Parish: Camberwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Camberwell
Sub-registration district: St George
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 289
Household Members: Name Age
Alice Wood 20
Charles Wood 50
Charles W Wood 18
Sarah Wood 48


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Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 517; Folio: 110; Page: 42.
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This is same family in 1891 where she is shown as Alice M

1891 England Census
about Alice M Wood
Name: Alice M Wood
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Charles
Mother's Name: Sarah A
Gender: Female
Where born: Bermondsey, London, England

Civil Parish: Camberwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Camberwell
Sub-registration district: St George
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Alice M Wood 10
Charles Wood 40
Charles W Wood 8
Sarah A Wood 38


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Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 489; Folio 63; Page 40; GSU

Is this her marriage?

Marriages Mar 1905 (>99%)
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Buckfield Charles Croydon 2a 435
LEONARD John Joseph Croydon 2a 435
VAUGHAN Thirza Mary Croydon 2a 435
WOOD Alice Matilda Croydon 2a 435

If so, who was the groom?

Jim

The most likely reason you can't find her living with her Dad is that she would have been working for some years by 1901 (aren't you glad you were born a bit later?) and the most common job for an uneducated girl was domestic servant. I expect you have seen the following which does not seem a very good fit. There are a lot of Alice M Wood's in service and if I were you I would go through each of them looking for a clue.

1901 England Census
about Alice Matilda Wood
Name: Alice Matilda Wood
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Bath

Civil Parish: Worthing
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
Town: Worthing
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: East Preston
Sub-registration district: Worthing
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 116
Household Members: Name Age
Amelia M Dent 43
Amy A Fedden 41
Alice Matilda Wood 21
Minnie Agnes Wood 23

I've been looking for her for ages but I've only got as far as he marriage...but only because I knew her husbands name! She's my great-grandmother and this is driving me mad! Her marriage certificate says she was 21 in 1905 (but someone found from find my past that she was born in 1887 - I think), it also says her father was Charles Wood (and it doesn't say he's deceased) who was apparently a market gardener. However, there is no Alice Matilda with father Charles on the 1901 census!! Her husband was from Croydon, where they got married but they met in Convent Garden. I think she was a Londener as my dad said he remembers her having the accent! But, the thought occurred to me today, that she might have been illegitimate and therefore I wouldn't find her with a father Charles in 1901...now I just don't know where to go!! I can't find a birth for an Alice Matilda WOOD and the whole thing has just confused me!!!!!!!

Any suggestions?!

Thank you!!

Clare