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help needed im stuck :-(

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Lisa

Lisa Report 22 Apr 2013 00:44

is it possible that harriet cumberland 1858 could have been harriet jane or even just used jane instead?
where did she go after 1881?

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 22 Apr 2013 00:50

William and Jemima must be right. Just bear with me! I think William married Jemima Marcer . On checking out the person below, I am fairly sure she was Mary Marcer before marriage.


1891 England Census
Name: Mary Wragg
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, England

Civil parish: Ecclesfield
Ecclesiastical parish: Ecclesfield
Town: Ecclesfield
County/Island: Yorkshire

Registration district: Wortley
Sub-registration district: Ecclesfield

John Shorrock 34
Jane Shorrock 34
Annie M Shorrock 5
Mary L Shorrock 4
John C Shorrock 2
Edith A Shorrock 1
Mary Wragg 51


1881 England Census
Name: Mary Wragg
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Joseph Wragg
Gender: Female
Where born: Castle Donington

Civil parish: Castle Donnington
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England

Street Address: Clap Gun Street
Condition as to marriage: Married

Registration district: Shardlow
Sub-registration district: Castle Donington

Joseph Wragg 42
Mary Wragg 40
William Wragg 16
William Webb 7
Thomas Webb 6

Marriages Jun 1863 (>99%) (ONE NAME MISSING)
KIRK Joseph Shardlow 7b 517
TARLTON Mary Shardlow 7b 517
WRAGG Joseph Shardlow 7b 517

Marriages Jun 1863 (>99%)
MARCER Mary Shardlow 7b 617



brummiejan

brummiejan Report 22 Apr 2013 00:52

Just putting this as Mary looks to be Jemima's sister:

1841 England Census
Name: Mary Marcer
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Gender: Female
Where born: Leicestershire, England

Civil parish: Castle Donington
Hundred: West Goscote
County/Island: Leicestershire

Registration district: Shardlow
Sub-registration district: Castle Donington

William Marcer 45
Mary Marcer 40
Jemima Marcer 20
Rosannah Marcer 14
Harriet Marcer 11
Elizabeth Marcer 8
William Marcer 6
Frances Marcer 4
Mary Marcer 2



Lisa

Lisa Report 22 Apr 2013 01:01

its getting a little clearer... but jane still nowhere to be found!
:-S

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 22 Apr 2013 01:03

I totally agree with you - what a mystery! The only other thing I can suggest is to risk getting that birth cert just to be sure.
Jan

Lisa

Lisa Report 22 Apr 2013 01:06

ok i guess thats the way to go now
Thanks very much for your help :-D

Vicci

Vicci Report 22 Apr 2013 01:41

Name: Jane Cumberland
Age: Full Age
Marriage Date: 26 May 1883
Parish: Haughton, St Ann
Parish as it Appears: Haughton, St Ann
Father's Name: William Camberland
Spouse's Name: John Shonock
Spouse's Father's Name: James Shonock
Reference Number: GB127.L142/1/2/1

witnesses Robert Higginbottom & Maria Higginbottom

Name: Jane Cumberland
Marriage: Apr 1883 - Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire

Manchester area

Flip

Flip Report 22 Apr 2013 05:59

Has anyone had a better look at Harriet?

There is no birth reg 1855-60 that I can see, yet they registered their other children. She disappears after the 1881 census but no marriage or death. Brother Charles is back with his father in 1891, but Harriet is not with them or sister Fanny Green, I can't find her on any subsequent census. Nor can I see anything on immigration records.

Very much a mystery, but I would be pretty convinced that Harriet is Jane.

In 1881 Harriet is a winder in cotton mill, so if she is Jane this could explain the move to Lancashire where there was lots of work in the cotton mills.

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 22 Apr 2013 12:04

I think you are right Flip. The birth looks like Jane, if that is so it seems rather odd for her parents to call her Harriet! But there is no other explanation as far as I can see.
Jan

Flip

Flip Report 22 Apr 2013 16:44

Maybe dad wanted a Harriet, but mother registered her as Jane - or visa versa. Who knows what went through our ancestors thoughts (without the crystal ball). But I can't see any other explanation.

But of course will stand corrected if someone can find anything else.