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On the 1901 census my great-great-grandparents have an 8-year-old girl living with them. They share surnames and the relation of this girl to head of household is listed as 'medd grd child'. I'm pretty sure 'grd child' stands for 'grandchild', but does anyone know what 'medd' might mean?

Thanks in advance.

Can you give details so we can have a look?
Jan

The girl in question doesn't come up if you search for her directly, but if you look for her grandfather (Wm Chattaway, b. 1847 Coventry), she appears on the same household record, along with her grandmother (Elizabeth Harriet) and a number of her aunts and uncles. Her name is Etty Chattaway, b. 1893 in Lancashire, Blackpool.

Appreciate the help.

Isn't she Etty Medd though?

EDIT See what you mean!

Births Dec 1892 (>99%)
Chattaway Etty Fylde 8e 673

Births Dec 1892
Chattaway Etty Fylde 8e 673

Rose

Do you know who her parents were? No chance it's mother's name? (This is my way of saying I am stumped!!)

1911 in case you don't have it:

CHATTAWAY, William Head M 64 1847 Enginer England VIEW
CHATTAWAY, Harriet Wife F 60 1851 Coventry VIEW
CHATTAWAY, Arthur Son Single M 23 1888 Turner Coventry VIEW
CHATTAWAY, Frank Son Single M 19 1892 Turner Coventry VIEW
CHATTAWAY, Etty Granddaughter Single F 18 1893 Assistant In Plating Works Coventry VIEW
CHATTAWAY, Louis Son Single M 15 1896 Shopboy Coventry VIEW
NEVILLE, Edwin Grandson Visitor M 5 1906 VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
18550 Reference:
RG14PN18550 RG78PN1111 RD390 SD2 ED12 SN295

Registration District:
Coventry Sub District:
Holy Trinity Enumeration District:
12 Parish:
Coventry

Address:
24 Stockton Road Coventry County:
Warwickshire

I don't think it is the mother's name. I only say this because I tracked Etty Chattaway down on familysearch.org and her details were transcribed as this:

Relationship to Head of Household: Medd Grd Child

So unless it's been transcribed incorrectly, I'm stumped too!

As far as I'm aware, William and Elizabeth Harriet Chattaway had 12 children, and only four of them were (legally) old enough to parent a child born in 1893 - one of those four being my great-grandfather, who is not only missing from census records at this time, but who also abandoned other children later on in life. I'm probably way off the mark, though.

A search for Etty Medd seems to bring up the same page.
Perhaps Medd was simply her other grandparents name.
For some reason the census taker put in a ditto first or perhaps she was using both names.

Regards,
Mayfield

Interesting! I think you're right that it's just a case of records being transcribed incorrectly. A search for Elly Medd brought her up for me. I also searched marriage records, and a William Henry Chattaway (my great-grandfather) married an Ann Elizabeth Medd in 1893. I think I've found Etty's parents!

Thanks for all the help.

I read her name as Etty Chattaway Medd, and rel as Grd Child.

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1892
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
CHATTAWAY Etty Blackpool A Blackpool MEDD BLKA/4/68

This is what ancestry has for the 1891 Census

Name: Wm Chattaway
Age: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizh Harrth Chattaway
Gender: Male
Where born: Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Civil parish: Coventry
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England

Registration district: Coventry
Sub-registration district: Holy Trinity

Wm Chattaway 54
Elizh Harrth Chattaway 50
Mary Jane Chattaway 20
John Raymond Chattaway 16
Arthur Chattaway 13
Harriett Chattaway 11
Frank Chattaway 9
Louis Chattaway 5
Etty Medd 8 b.ca 1893, Blackpool, Grandchild
Wm Arthur Jenkin 22 Visitor
Emily Selina Jenkin 22 Visitor


Looking at the actual image, it is written as Etty " Medd .......... witht " repeating those on the above lines


thus her name is seemingly meant to be read as Etta Chattaway Medd



sylvia

Is this linked.......?

Marriages Dec 1893

CHATTAWAY William Henry Bridlington 9d 645 <<<<<<<<<<<
Francis Thomas Bridlington 9d 645
Medd Ann Elizabeth Bridlington 9d 645 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Spink Rachel Bridlington 9d 645

1891

Name: William Chattaway
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizth H Chattaway
Gender: Male
Where born: Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Civil parish: Holy Trinity
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
Town: Coventry
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England

Registration district: Coventry
Sub-registration district: Holy Trinity
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William Chattaway 43
Elizth H Chattaway 39
William H Chattaway 19 .....crossed through,' away from home '
Hetty Chattaway 19
Harry Chattaway 17
Eliza Chattaway 15
Emily S Chattaway 12
Mary J Chattaway 10
Lucy Chattaway 8
John R Chattaway 6
Arthur Chattaway 5
Harriet Chattaway 2

Just a thought but instead of Medd could the 1901 census return have been transcribed incorrectly and it should read Head? This would describe her as Head's grandchild i.e. grandchild to the head of the household.

Copperplate writing can often be mistranscribed especially when an "H" looks like an "M" and vice versa. Double vowels (ee, ea, eo) are often typed up incorrectly too.

On one my census returns, I found two grandchildren by the surname of Pendrey who had been typed up as Prudsey. This sent me on a while goose chase looking for a daughter who had married a Mr. Prudsey!

Sherlock Holmes had nothing on us family history reseachers!

Pamela


I looked at the image of the 1891 ..... it most certainly is Medd

and the description of relationship is certainly Gradnchild


and the marriage of a William Henry Chattaway to an AnnElizabeth Medd was found by Gwyn




sylvia

1881

William CHATTAWAY Head M Male 34 Coventry, Warwick, England Silk Weaver
E.Harriett CHATTAWAY Wife M Female 30 London, Middlesex, England Silk Weaver
Wm.Hy. CHATTAWAY Son Male 11 Coventry, Warwick, England Scholar
Etty CHATTAWAY Dau Female 9 Coventry, Warwick, England Scholar
Henry CHATTAWAY Son Male 7 Coventry, Warwick, England Scholar
Lizzie CHATTAWAY Dau Female 5 Leicester, Leicester, England Scholar
Emily S. CHATTAWAY Dau Female 2 Coventry, Warwick, England
Mary J. CHATTAWAY Dau Female 3 m Coventry, Warwick, England


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Source Information:
Dwelling 2 Court 5 House Cox Street
Census Place Coventry Holy Trinity, Warwick, England
Family History Library Film 1341733
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 3072 / 53
Page Number 3

1881 - two William's with same dob in Coventry!!!

William CHATTAWAY Head M Male 34 Coventry Worsted Weaver (Cloth)
Sarah CHATTAWAY Wife M Female 31 Coventry House Keeper
Arthur CHATTAWAY Son U Male 9 Bradford Scholar
Louisa CHATTAWAY Daur U Female 7 Bradford Scholar
Mary Jane CHATTAWAY Daur U Female 4 Bradford Scholar
William CHATTAWAY Son U Male 2 Bradford
Clara CHATTAWAY Daur U Female 3 m Bradford


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Source Information:
Dwelling 24 Skinhouse St
Census Place Horton In Bradford, York, England
Family History Library Film 1342066
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4458 / 80
Page Number 20

Etty Chattaway
England and Wales Census, 1881
birth: 1872 — Coventry, Warwickshire, England
christening:
baptism:
death:
burial:
residence: 1881 — Coventry Holy Trinity (With St Peter), Warwickshire, England
parents: William Chattaway, E Harriett Chattaway
spouse:
child:
marriage:

record title: England and Wales Census, 1881
name: Etty Chattaway
age: 9
gender: Female
birth year: 1872
birthplace: Coventry, Warwickshire, England
relationship to head of household: Daughter
marital condition: Single
profession/occupation: Scholar
address: Court 5 House 2 Cox Street
census place: Coventry Holy Trinity (With St Peter), Warwickshire, England
record type: Household
family history library film: 1341733
the national archives reference: RG11
piece/folio: 3072 / 53
page number: