Genealogy Chat

Please help, before I go mad! See Below

I think its too late you have already gone mad unless its me where is your message ????????

Valerie Think you jumped in before Peter had chance to write it, LOL Margaret

but my message is 4 minutes after his so where is he

??? Still waiting LOL Christine

I have large family of McDonald I am trying to trace. In 1891, 8 Ackmar Road, Fulham John, Head, 33, Bus Driver, b Stratford Anne, Wife, 36, b London Old Ford Frederick, Son, 12, b London Old Ford Anne, Daur, 11, b London Old Ford George, Son, 9, b London Chelsea Clara, Daur, 8, b London Chelsea Henry, Son, 7, b London Chelsea Alice, Daur, 6, b London Chelsea Albert, Son, 8, b London Fulham Arthur, Son, 3, b London Fulham Ernest, Son, 15, b London Fulham Infant, Daur, 2wk, b London Fulham Then in 1901, 79 Bayonne Road, Fulham John, Head, 42, Bus Driver, b Stratford Anne, Wife, 43, b London Whitechapel Anne, Daur, 20, b London Old Ford George, Son, 19, b London Old Ford Clara, Daur, 18, b London Chelsea Alice, Daur, 16, b London Chelsea Albert, Son, 15, b London Chelsea Arthur, Son, 14, b London Chelsea Ernest, Son, 12, b London Fulham Harriet, Daur, 11, b London Fulham Frank, Son, 8, b London Fulham Emma, Daur, 7, b London Fulham William, Son, 2, b London Fulham I know that there are some discrepancies with the ages and places of birth, but I am sure they are the same family. I cannot find any other records for them. I have checked FreeBMD and 1881 and 1871 census, and I cannot find any of them, and where were Frederick and Henry in 1901. I have spent hours and hours checking every permutation I can think of, and nothing. Am I going mad. Were they deposited on the planet by aliens just before the 1891 census, and the whiked away again just after the 1901. Any fresh ideas would be appreciated. Peter

I think he has fallen asleep thats where I am going now goodnight everybody

Sorry, it's a long message, hence the delay!!!

thats funny Peter I lived in Fulham for years so did my Husband he was born there and lived there till we got married glad to see you are real got worried then

Peter I'm v. tired but I will have a look at this tomorrow when I will hopefully be refreshed. nell

I am tired as well, I'm off to bed. Will check back in the morning. Thanks for your patience. Peter

Here's a possible marriage: Marriages Jun 1878 McDonald John Poplar 1c 1126 Price Annie Poplar 1c 1126 Tabret Helen Poplar 1c 1126 Turnbull William Sadler Poplar 1c 1126 (Old Ford is in the parish of Bow, which is in the Poplar reg. district).

And 5 of the births, from FreeBMD: McDonald, Henry Albert 1883 September Chelsea 1a 323 McDonald, Ernest 1890 March Fulham 1a 302 McDonald, Harriet 1891 June Fulham 1a 282 McDonald, Emma 1895 June Fulham 1a 271 McDonald, William 1898 June Fulham 1a 315

And Alice's birth on the IGI, which confirms that the mother's maiden name is Price: ALICE MAY MC DONALD Birth: 22 SEP 1884 Chelsea, London, England Death: 08 NOV 1961 Parents: Father: JOHN MC DONALD Mother: ANNIE PRICE Batch Number: 7128026

Possibly Annie in 1871: Name: Annie F Price Age in 1871: 16 Estimated birth year: 1855 Relation: Servant Gender: Female Where born: Bromley by Bow Civil parish: St Pancras County/Island: London Country: England Source information: RG10/236 Registration district: Pancras Sub-registration district: Kentish Town ED, institution, or vessel: 8 Folio: 78 Page: 15 Household schedule number: 66 And, possible birth on FreeBMD: Price, Annie F 1854 September Poplar 1c 55*

Thanks for that Richard. It has given me something to work from. I noticed that on the IGI, McDonald has a space in it, which is a permutation I hadn't thought of, so I will give that a go.

It would also be worth checking that a transcriber hasn't written what they expected to see and opted for MacDonald instead of McDonald? Searching computers aren't always bright enough to know you might want to check both spellings simultaneously! Christine