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Hi,

I have a Scottish relative (Annie Aikenhead b.1857 Aberdeen) who moved to London some time around 1881 when her first child was born (Georgina Chamberlain). She then had another child (John William George Chamberlain b.1890 Kensington) The father is George Chamberlain b.1853 d.1918 but Annie is shown on the 1911 census re married living with her son John who has dropped the John and George from his name. The man Annie re married is Harry Lewsey b.1869 they married in 1906. Harry is probably a nickname because he married Annie as Henry in Fulham 1906. Annie's surname is shown as Aitkenhead not Aikenhead when she re marries in1906.

I know Annie had 1 sister Isabella b.1851 Forfashire (Angus) and 3 brothers John 1853, Alexander b.1860 and an un named son b.1861 I found this on the 1861 Scottish Census.

Annie's parents were Henry Aikenhead b.1826 Aberdeen and Charlotte Lawrie b.1829 Aberdeen. They married in 1849 Aberdeen.

They seem to disappear though, I can't find the parents, siblings or Annie on any census, Scottish or England and Wales until Annie pops up on the 1911 census living in London with her second husband and her son.

So please can I have help in finding the marriage between Annie Aikenhead and George Chamberlain?

I would also like to try and find where the rest of the Aikenheads went after the 1861 census.

Thank you. :-)

1861 just for info

Name: Henry Aikenhead
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Charlotte Aikenhead
Gender: Male
Where born: Aberdeen, Aberdeen
Registration number: 168B
Registration district: Old Machar
Civil parish: Old Machar
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: 10 Jacks Brae
Occupation: Basket Maker
ED: 5
Household schedule number: 540
Line: 22
Roll: CSSCT1861_26
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Aikenhead 35
Charlotte Aikenhead 32
Isabella Aikenhead 10
John Aikenhead 8
Ann Aikenhead 3
Alexander Aikenhead 1
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1871 poss
Name: Henry Aitkenhead
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Margaret Aitkenhead
Gender: Male
Where born: Aberdeen
Registration number: 685/5
Registration district: Newington
Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts
County: Midlothian
Address: 7 Hill Place
Occupation: Basket Maker
ED: 63
Household schedule number: 48
Line: 12
Roll: CSSCT1871_165
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Aitkenhead 45
Margaret Aitkenhead 39
Alexander Aitkenhead 11

Hello BM, it's unlikely that she did actually marry Chamberlain.

If she had, then her 1906 marriage would have been in the name of Chamberlain, not Ai(t)kenhead.

She most likely just lived with him and perhaps used his name. If he acknowledged paternity of the illegitimate children then they may well have been registered with his surname.

ADDED: Just realised you said Chamberlain died 1918, that most definitely suggests that they were never married as divorce was extremely rare back then. (Unless Annie was a bigamist)

1881 just for info

Name: Annie Chamberlain
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Scotland

Civil parish: Paddington
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address: 144 Clarendon St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Soldiers Wife

Registration district: Kensington
Sub-registration district: St Mary Paddington
ED, institution, or vessel: 6b
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3
Folio: 77
Page Number: 47
Household Members: Name Age
John Atchison 30
Matilda Atchison 23
Ada Atchison 1
Annie Chamberlain 23
Georgina Chamberlain
Elizabeth C. Phillinger 12



So they could have married abroad

Thank you very much for your help, I will have a look at the census records.

:-)

for info:-

Margaret Forest Aikenhead
Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth: 16 Apr 1855 SAINT NICHOLAS,?ABERDEEN,?ABERDEEN,?SCOTLAND
parents: Henry Aikenhead,? Charlotte Smith Laurie

Ann Carnegie Aikenhead
Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth: 29 Aug 1857 OLD MACHAR,?ABERDEEN,?SCOTLAND
parents: Henry Aikenhead,? Charlotte Smith Lawrie

................so Annie looks to have had a middle name!

Alexander Falconer Aikenhead
Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth: 14 Jul 1859 OLD MACHAR,?ABERDEEN,?SCOTLAND
parents: Henry Aikenhead,? Charlotte Smith Laurie

..................and the child who was not baptised in 1861 census:-

James Archibald Aikenhead
Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth: 02 Apr 1861 OLD MACHAR,?ABERDEEN,?SCOTLAND
parents: Henry Aikenhead,? Charlotte Smith Lawrie

Re change in Aikenhead family info between 1861 and 1871.

Death of 37yr old Charlotte Aitkenhead, other name Lawrie.
Registered in Newington, Midlothian in 1866.

Marriage of Henry Aikenhead to Margaret Kerr in Edinburgh on 27 Oct 1868.

Anne

there also seem to be other children born to this couple:-

child: Catharine Gray Aikenhead
name: Catharine Gray Aikenhead
gender: Female
birth date: 04 Dec 1862
birthplace: SAINT NICHOLAS,ABERDEEN,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
father's name: Henry Aikenhead
mother's name: Charlotte Smith Lawrie
indexing project (batch) number: C11168-1
system origin: Scotland-ODM
source film number: 6035516

name: Henry Aitkenhead
gender: Male
birth date: 30 Aug 1864
birthplace: EDINBURGH PARISH,EDINBURGH,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
father's name: Henry Aitkenhead
mother's name: Charlotte Lawrie
indexing project (batch) number: C11685-2
system origin: Scotland-ODM
source film number: 6035516

name: Charlotte Aitkenhead
gender: Female
birth date: 15 Feb 1866
birthplace: EDINBURGH PARISH,EDINBURGH,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
father's name: Henry Aitkenhead
mother's name: Charlotte Laurie
indexing project (batch) number: C11685-2
system origin: Scotland-ODM
source film number: 6035516

Georgina's baptism, just for background:

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Georgina Charlotte Chamberlain
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 4 Aug 1881 (born 14 Nov 1880)
Father's Name: George William Chamberlain - private soldier
Mother's Name: Annie Carnegie Chamberlain
Parish or Poor Law Union: Paddington St Mary Magdalene
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Registers

Address looks like 27 Cirencester Street

Thank you so much. :-)

There's a rabbit off somewhere! The 1881 posted above shows Annie and Georgina at 144 Clarendon Street.

Found these service records:

British Army Service Records 1760-1915

First name(s): George
Last name: CHAMBERLAIN
Calculated year of birth: 1852
Parish of birth: Marylebone
Town of birth: London
County of birth: Middlesex
Age at attestation: 22 years
Attestation date: 20 April 1874
Attestation corps: Army Hospital Corps
Attestation soldier number: 2634
Discharge rank:
Discharge corps:
Discharge soldier number:
The National Archives reference: WO97 / 2480 / 140

In the records it refers to his wife Annie at 144 Clarendon Street BUT under the marriage details it says he married Annie Catherine Kerr on 19 May 1876 in Leith, Scotland

(He was a habitual deserter but temperate, painter and glazer by trade when he attested 1874)

Might as well post JWG's baptism

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906

Name: John William George Chamberlain
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 28 Feb 1889 (born 20 Feb 1889)
Father's Name: George Chamberlain - Painter
Mother's Name: Annie Chamberlain
Parish or Poor Law Union: St John´s Wood St Mark
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Registers

Address: 13 Innis Road, Shepherd's Bush

Occupation ties in with army papers.

Looks like MarieCeleste is right.
SP does have an 1876 marriage in Leith, between George Chamberlain and CATHERINE Kerr.

Marie, thank you for the army record. Maybe he thought that Annie Carnegie Chamberlain's mother's maiden name was Kerr seeing as Annie's father re married Margaret Kerr?

Also, may I ask where you got the army record from?

Thanks. :-)

Hi BM - the army record is from FindMyPast.

Couldn't resist looking at that 1876 marriage!

He married Catherine Kerr, spinster, a 22 year old domestic servant who lived 27 Primrose Street, Leith. She was the daughter of George Kerr, a baker journeyman and Margaret nee Hunter

George was 24, the son of George Chamberlain, housepainter and glazer, and Rose nee Morgan.

The bounder!!

I guess on the service records he's added Annie's name in front of his real wife's to avoid awkward questions. What a knave.

Ok thank you.

This looks to be Ann in 1871:-

1871 Scotland Census about Ann Aitkenhead
Name: Ann Aitkenhead
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relationship: Inmate
Gender: Female
Where born: Aberdeen
Registration number: 685/1
Registration district: St George
Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts
County: Midlothian
Address: Magdalene Asylum
Occupation: Seamstress
ED: 110
Household schedule number: 146b
Line: 1
Roll: CSSCT1871_158

I reckon this is George Chamberlain in 1911:

CHAMBERLAIN, George Head Married10 years M 59 1852 Painter And Glazier Marylebone London

RG number: RG14 Piece: 151
Reference: RG14PN151 RG78PN5 RD2 SD2 ED12 SN125
Registration District: Kensington
Sub District: Kensington Central
Enumeration District: 12
Parish: Kensington

Address: 14 St Georges Road Kensington W County: London

Married 10 years - who to? Also says one child living, 1 died. (amended)

Having looked at George Chamberlain in the census's he never seems to live with Annie Aikenhead, neither does he seem to live with a Catherine Kerr.

So what do you think could have happened?

Could he have married Catherine and she died but he then met Annie and had children with her but never married? Or maybe married her abroad?

Seeing as Annie seems to be missing from a census, and George is on the same one (I think) could they have married abroad?

Thanks :-)

George in 1881:-

1881 England Census about George Chamberlain
Name: George Chamberlain
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Relation: Soldier
Gender: Male
Where born: Marylebone Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Aldershot
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street Address: "Army Hospital Corps Depot"
Education:

Employment status:

View image
Occupation: Private Army Hospital Corps
Registration district: Farnham
Sub-registration district: Frimley
ED, institution, or vessel: Depot Army Hospital Corp
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 785
Folio: 58
Page Number: 3
...................................................

1891?

1891 England Census about George Chamberlain
Name: George Chamberlain
Age: 39
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Marylebone, London, England
Civil parish: Hammersmith
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation: Painter Glazier

Registration district: Fulham
Sub-registration district: St Paul Hammersmith
ED, institution, or vessel: 35
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 40
Folio: 183
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah E Carr 53
Lizzie Carr 24
Sarah E Turner 75
George Chamberlain 39