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Surname query on 1891 cenus - could someone please

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~Looby Loo~

~Looby Loo~ Report 1 Jul 2009 14:08

Hi all, I can't make our the surname on the 1891 census and wondered if someone could look it up and let me know what it says please?

1891 RG 12 /2276 Folio 41; Page 36; GSU roll: 609738

Mary Onions b 1828 Tipton Staffordshire Head Wid
Mary ??????b 1852 Tipton Staffordshire Widow daughter ****
Eliza J Onions b 1861 Tipton, staffordshire, daughter
Elizabeth A Onions b 1864 Tipton, Staffordshire daughter.

On the census it says the surname of Mary b 1852 is Onions but on the actual image it states Mary junior is a widow - I can't read the surname but it doesn't look like Onions.

Just wondered what other people thought her surname was?

Thanks, Lou

Researching:
Baker, Blann. Coyne, Jackman, Parr, Price,

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 1 Jul 2009 14:19

It looks as if it starts with an "M". It doesn't look much like it but I wonder if it could be Merrall. There is this marriage:-

Name: Mary Jane Onions
Year of Registration: 1869
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Wolverhampton
County: Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands
Volume: 6b
Page: 897

Also on the page is a George Merrall.

Just a guess really.

Kath. x

+*+blossom In Essex+*+

+*+blossom In Essex+*+ Report 1 Jul 2009 14:21

I think it looks like Marden or Marten.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 1 Jul 2009 14:24

There is also this marriage in 1877 to a Mary Onions:-

Marriages Jun 1877
Mander Henry W. Bromwich 6b 958

Could possibly be Mander.

EDIT - On the 1881 census for Henry and Mary Mander, Mary gives her birthplace as Gloucestershire so this might not be the correct one.

Kath. x

+*+blossom In Essex+*+

+*+blossom In Essex+*+ Report 1 Jul 2009 14:26

???

Marriages Jun 1879 (>99%)
Butler Ann Dudley 6c 141 Scan available - click to view
LANE John James Dudley 6c 141 Scan available - click to view
MARTIN JOHN Dudley 6c 141 Scan available - click to view
ONIONS Mary Dudley 6c 141 Scan available - click to view

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 1 Jul 2009 14:29

Possible death on John Martin:-

Name: John Martin
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Year of Registration: 1888
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 52
District: Dudley (To 1912)
County: Staffordshire, Worcestershire
Volume: 6c
Page: 20

Kath. x

~Looby Loo~

~Looby Loo~ Report 1 Jul 2009 14:49

Hi Kath & Blossom,

Thanks very much for taking the time to look for me, I really do appreciate it. Sorry it's taken a time for me to reply, I had a phone call and then the battery ran out of power.

I did think the first 3 letters were Mar and thought perhaps Markea or Marlea. Why didn't I think of Martin.......silly me. Thanks girls.

The marriage and death fit in, so thanks for all your help.

Many thanks, I shall now seek to get that marriage cert.

Thanks again, Lou

Researching:
Baker, Blann. Coyne, Jackman, Parr, Price,