Genealogy Chat

Thanks for that Steve. The first entry can't be her because Baron wasn't born until the 25th April that year. If it was Ada in Aldershot I can't imagine what she would have been doing there. Any suggestions how I should proceed with my enquiries? A BIG thanks to everyone!

From 1903 Jan Feb Mar Death records Ada Louis Freeman age 19 Bedford (covers St Albans) page 3b 185. also found an Ada L Freeman of right age on 1901 census at Aldershot military camp

The census location was Grantchester.......... Reg

Thanks Reggie, I take it that Riversdale was in Meesden? JeSS, thanks for the birth registration details. Neither Ada or any of her 11 siblings appear to have been given 2nd names. Other branches of the family did, but not this lot. I have no idea where MOORE comes from. I had hoped that it would have given some clue to the father's identity, but if it is true that Ada died in childbirth then it's unlikely that she would have had a say in naming him. Thank you both for our help. Regards Lyndsey

The address was Riversdale. Head's occ: Scientific Investigation (Biology) Living on own means I wonder if he investigated the biology of his female employees...........lol! Reg

Thank you Reggie for a very prompt reply. Forgive my ignorance, but was there an address where they lived? Regards Lyndsey

his birth reg. Name: Baron Moore Freeman Year of Registration: 1903 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: St Albans County: Hertfordshire Volume: 3a Page: 776 ( Where does the MOORE come from ? any ideas? Did ada have a middle name at all?

Here she is.............. Name: Ada Freeman Age: 17 Estimated birth year: abt 1884 Relation: Servant Household: View other family members Gender: Female Where born: Meesden, Hertfordshire, England Civil parish: Grantchester Ecclesiastical parish: Grantchester St Mary and St Andrew Town: Grantchester County/Island: Cambridgeshire Country: England Source information: RG13/1527 Registration district: Chesterton Sub-registration district: Shelford ED, institution, or vessel: 2 Folio: 41 Page: 29 The complete household Frances A E Assheton abt 1866 Lymm, Cheshire, England Wife Grantchester Cambridgeshire View Record Richard Assheton abt 1864 Downham, Lancashire, England Head Grantchester Cambridgeshire View Record Richard T Assheton abt 1895 Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, England Son Grantchester Cambridgeshire View Record Emily K Berris abt 1873 Emsworth, Hampshire, England Servant Grantchester Cambridgeshire View Record Jane Brown abt 1857 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England Servant Grantchester Cambridgeshire View Record Edith Davis abt 1881 Ascot, Berkshire, England Servant Grantchester Cambridgeshire View Record Ada Freeman abt 1884 Meesden, Hertfordshire, England Servant Grantchester Cambridgeshire View Record Marie Krull abt 1879 Hanover, Germany Governess Grantchester Cambridgeshire Reg

Could some kind person please look up Ada Freeman on the 1901 census. She was born in 1884 in Meesden in Hertfordshire. In 1903 she bore an illegitimate son in St. Albans Workhouse, who was named Baron Moore (Freeman). On his birth certificate she is described as a Cook/Domestic Servant, so it's my guess she was 'taken advantage of'. It has been said that she died in childbirth but I've not been able to find her death registered. I'm not sure if she was in service in St. Albans or just sent there 'out of the way' to have her baby. Many thanks Lyndsey