Genealogy Chat

hi, im new to this and have found a few generations though genealogy, but have come to a stand still. the last people i have are charles conquest and lois hyman married in notts 1884. it was a double wedding with her brother william hyman and sarah ann george. i have found williams family but its the conquest side that in researching, i have a charles conquest in the 1901 cencus at the address where my grt grandad was born witch i thought could be him but his wife is louise and 2 years differnce is this the right family?? any help would be appriciated

Hi Karen It is quite possible for the age to be about 10 years different in my experience so 2 years is quite close!! People told fibs about their age for various different reasons in those days so if all other details match, I wouldn't worry too much about their age being slightly different. Also I would think that Lois and Louise are close enough for it to be the same person, she could have been mistranscribed on the census. Sam

the name on there marriage cert is lois but the cencus is louise also i cant find a birth cert for her i know here father was thomas but cant fine him either !! is there any way i could find out for sure

Have you found them on the 1891 or 1881 census? Do they come from Notts or was it just the marriage that was held there? Is this them on the 1891? Charles Conquest, head, 31, Bricklayers Labourer, born Cambridge Louise Conquest, wife, 28, born Leicestershire Charles Conquest, 1, born Leics. Alfred Conquest, 4 mths, born Leics Address is 12 Malt Office Lane, Belgrave, Leics Does Charles occupation match his marriage certificate? Are the ages consistent? there really is no way of being 100% certain as census information was often mistranscribed, people gave different places of birth from census to census, people gave different ages each tim etc etc I would say it is very likely you have the correct family. Sam