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Scrambled brain syndrome !!!!!!!

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Kathlyn

Kathlyn Report 1 May 2011 18:28

Please can someone help me get my head around this as my mind iscompletely blank......

Arabella Matilda Thorn Hurrell
married
George Whybrow
in JAS 1887 in West Ham

She was born in JAS 1863 in Rochford Essex

I have been unable to find her in the 1871 or 1881 census. Am I thick, daft or just plain stupid...for she must be there somewhere.

Many thanks

Kathlyn

nuttybongo

nuttybongo Report 1 May 2011 18:31

HI there,
Try looking it up with a slightly different spelling of the surname and try not to put the full name in. That might help.

Researching:
Wood, Westnedge(spelling variants) padley, parkin, coulthard, (Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, ) Jenkinson,Pashley, Moss (America) Meechan, Meehan, Mofatt, (Scotland and Ireland)

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 1 May 2011 18:37

???

1881 England Census

Name: Matilda Hurrell
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Relation: Granddaughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Rochford, Essex, England

Civil parish: Canewdon
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street Address: Cottage

Registration district: Rochford
Sub-registration district: Rochford

Robert Ives 60
Caroline Ives 64
Matilda Hurrell 18
Harry Ives 28

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Kathlyn

Kathlyn Report 1 May 2011 18:38

Have tried that Allison but still can`t find an Arabella. I have found a Matilda Hurrell and I suppose she could have been known as Matilda, but as this is a parish council project I am working on, I am unable to buy certificates to prove the point.

Kathlyn

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 1 May 2011 18:39

1871 England Census

Name: Samuel Hurrell
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
Relation: Stepbrother
Gender: Male
Where born: Canewdon, Essex, England
Civil parish: Canewdon
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Registration district: Rochford
Sub-registration district: Rochford

Caroline Ives 57
Matilda Hurrell 8 Where born: Rochford, Essex, England Grandaughter
Samuel Hurrell 46
James Daniels 78

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Kathlyn

Kathlyn Report 1 May 2011 18:40

Hi Brummijan,

This is the one I found, so I suppose I will have to dig a little deeper. Thanks for your help.

kathlyn

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 1 May 2011 18:48

I don't think there is any way round it but to get the birth cert. A pity, you would expect it to be easy with that name!!

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 1 May 2011 18:53

Not sure it helps - probably not! - but Matilda is Caroline's grand-daughter rather than Samuel's I think. "Step-brother" means brother-in-law:

Marriages Mar 1860 (>99%)
Hurrell Caroline Rochford 4a 159
Ives Robert Rochford 4a 159

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

PriscillaEmilywasMoonbeam

PriscillaEmilywasMoonbeam Report 2 May 2011 02:07

Could it be that her parents decided to use her second name - Matilda - when she was a child but she changed to Arabella when she married.

Researching:
Ash, Bassett, Godwin, Elsley, Jackson, Webster, Gisbey, Arnold, Bowles, Vockenson