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Hi, with the help of several members I managed to track my great great grandmother Elizabeth Rose down to the Golden Lion, Stratford upon Avon on the 1881 census but where did she go next? I can't find her on the 1891 census. I spent the early hours searching marriages on Ancestry between 1881 and 1891 and checking the census for the people who married to see if any of them were her but no luck. Have I missed something, again? Please help!

Carol If that is her, here she is married to John Crowhurst on the 1891 Name: Elizabeth M Crowhurst Age: 34 Estimated birth year: abt 1857 Relation: Wife Spouse's name: John J Gender: Female Where born: Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, England Civil parish: Stratford On Avon Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity Town: Stratford On Avon County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Street address: 29 Henley Street Stratford Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Stratford On Avon Sub-registration district: Stratford on Avon ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth M Crowhurst 34 Frances J Crowhurst 6 John J Crowhurst 33 John V Crowhurst 8 Mary A Lawrence 20 Sarah A Wright 41 View Original Record View original image View Her husband is shown as a Vetinary Surgeon regards Looby

Have you checked the full marriage indexes on Ancestry rather than the partial ones? Have you checked the deaths, just in case? Could she have emigrated?

Hi Looby and Sam, the Elizabeth Rose I am looking for had no middle name, so unfortunately it rules out Elizabeth Minna Rose. I have checked the full marriage index on ancestry not just the partial one. I haven't considered the possibility of her having emigrated, in 1878 she gave birth to her son in the workhouse and on 1881 census she was a domestic servant so I would have thought money would have been an obsticle there. Am I wrong to assume that? I have definately missed something somewhere. Carol

Have you seen and discounted this one? Marriages Dec 1881 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROSE Elizabeth Minna Stratford 6d 980 regards Looby

Hi Michael and Looby, unfortunately the lady I am looking for didn't marry John James Crowhurst I have already checked that out. Thanks anyway. Carol

Hi Carol apologies - Elizabeth Minna is not yours - have her on the 1881 as well as a visitor in Alcester and her future husband is also a visitor in the same house Will keep looking for yours for you - sorry!! Looby

I know Looby I checked her out too. I can't tell you how much I wish she had married the vet. Carol

Hi Carol do you have her birth cert without a middle name - I know several of mine 'dropped' them on later censuses, but are shown on certs with them - if you're really stuck might be worth the £7 for the cert just to finally rule her out. Everything else seems to fit - or you could try tracing Elizabeth Minna back on the census to prove it - will have a look for you. regards Looby

Hi, I haven't got her birth certificate yet but I had some help from Stratford on Avon records office and my Elizabeth and Elizabeth Minna Rose definately are two different people. Carol

I wouldnt rule out emigration either, on the grounds of poverty - the Workhouses, parish authorities, churches etc all had a vigorous programme of assisted (free) emigration). OC

Thanks OC I didn't know that. Could you give me some pointers on where to look please? Thanks Carol

Hi Carol Could she have died, I am afraid my geography for that part of the country is not very good, so this could be way of the mark. Elizabeth Rose Estimated birth year: abt 1856 Year of Registration: 1883 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun Age at Death: 27 District: Kings Norton (To 1912) County: Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire Volume: 6c Page: 259 Gail. x

Thanks Gail, I'm not sure of the geography either but Warwickshire and Worcestershire were definately areas she had lived in. I will send for the cert and keep my fingers crossed because the age seems to fit. Will the death cert show her occupation? as I can't think of what else to use to check against but her last known occupation. Thanks again Carol

Hi Michael, thanks for your interest. I have tracked my Elizabeth and the Elizabeth who married John James Crowhurst back and I am sure they are not the same person. Unfortunately. Thanks again Carol

Hi Michael Just to confirm this is the 1881 for John J Crowhurst and Elizabeth M Rose. Sarah Adcock 57 John J. Crowhurst 23 Elizabeth M. Rose 24 Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 3106; Folio: 51; Page: 6; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341740. and this is the 1881 for Elizabeth Rose working at the Golden Lion. Elizth. Rose Age: 23 Estimated birth year: abt 1858 Relation: Servant Statford On Avon, Warwickshire, England Street address: Golden Lion Inn 30 Bridge Street Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 3100; Folio: 45; Page: 31; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341739. Gail. x

Hi again Gail, I've just googled the distance between Kings Norton and Alderminster, Loxley and Stratford upon Avon which were the areas she is known to have lived in and it is approximately 30 miles from each of them, so not too far is it? It will be very sad if she did die aged 27 as her son died in 1907 aged 28. Thanks again for your interest. Carol