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Is it short for anything else as I am having trouble finding a birth record for a relative and it seems like she was using different DOBs and different times so that isn't making things easier!! Many Thanks

I found this for you if it's any good? ADA Gender: Feminine Usage: English, Polish Pronounced: AY-da [key] Short form of ADELAIDE. This name was borne by Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (known as Ada Lovelace), a daughter of Lord Byron. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of the analytical engine, an early mechanical computer.

Great stuff - anything is worth a try!! Thank you very much

Ada is a name in its own right. Perhaps it could be an abbreviation of Adelina etc. Have you checked individual index pages and looked for births for just 'female' in case she wasn't named when registered, or looked at the bottom of the page where they put additions after the index was compiled? nell

Hi Nell Will give that a go but it seems as if her surname is one of those that has changed over the years too. On everything I have she is called Ada Mary Gantlett but I have been informed Gauntlett is a variation of this. She is listed on the 1901 census with her husband Charles W Heaton as being born aorund 1874. On her death certificate in 1941 she died aged 66 which makes it around 1875 that she was born and her wedding certificate states that she was full age in 1897. Father Edward Gantlett. Cannot find her birth or her on any census prior to 1901. It is going my head in!!

1881 Ann GAUNTLETT Wife (Head) M Female 29 Gosport, Hampshire, England Ada GAUNTLETT Dau Female 8 Healey, Hampshire, England Scholar Florence GAUNTLETT Dau Female 7 Healey, Hampshire, England Scholar Annie GAUNTLETT Dau Female 5 Healey, Hampshire, England Scholar Lydia GAUNTLETT Dau Female 2 Blackmoor, Hampshire, England 2 Bath House Farnham Rd Selborne, Hampshire, England RG11 Piece / Folio 1246 / 137 Page Number 10

Hi Thanks for your reply will have a look at this one but have a feeling this is one that I've already had a go at. x Just had a look - the 1901 census I have says that she was born in Battersea.

Births from freebmd Gauntlett Adelaide Jane Woolwich 1d 812 Might match - well at least it's London! GAUNTLETT Ada Alton 2c 519

Marriages Mar 1897 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Churchyard Walter John Kensington 1a 277 Gantlett Ada Mary Kensington 1a 277 Heaton Charles Willis Kensington 1a 277 Smith Blanche Fanny Kensington 1a 277

what was her father's name?

Hi Jan Yes that is the marriage where I have the certificate. Her father's name is Edward. I have also been informed that my relative thought that Ada had a brother called Edward so I have tried putting all that in and can't come up with a suitable family!

This is the only Edward I can find in the 1881: Edward Gantlett Age: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 Relation: Head Spouses's Name: Elizabeth Gender: Male Where Born: Hankerton, Wiltshire, England Civil parish: Wanborough County/Island: Wiltshire Country: England Street address: Wythe Farm Condition as to marriage: Married A farmer with 1 son Tivian R

Thanks for your help Jan I think they just appeared from thin air!!

Forget Adelaide Jane above (Births Jun 1869) she's on the 1881 with her parents: Francis Thos. GAUNTLETT Head M Male 38 Lymington, Hampshire, England Sergeant Major Rl Arty Adelaide Caroline GAUNTLETT Wife M Female 32 Malta Soldiers Wife Adelaide Jane GAUNTLETT Daur Female 11 Woolwich, Kent, England Scholar Francis William GAUNTLETT Son Male 9 Woolwich, Kent, England Scholar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Institution ' Royal Military Academy' Woolwich Census Place Woolwich, Kent, England

Sorry - every lead fizzles out! All I can think is that she's been mistrancribed somewhere or made up her name!!! Jan