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You look lonely.... I cannot find this one in 1901, I would appreciate some help Name: Drusilla May Kerswell Year of Registration: 1898 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: St Thomas County: Devon Volume: 5b Page: 40 I know she goes on to marry Charles Hiam in 1918 in St Thomas Cheers Sam

hello smiley-your protruberances look different somehow-less african imo .:))))

I think she was adopted and her name changed to mabel- using her original name for marriage.

Name: Mabel Kerswell Age: 3 Estimated birth year: abt 1898 Relation: Adopted Household: View other family members Gender: Female Where born: Totnes, Devon, England Civil parish: Dartmouth Ecclesiastical parish: St Saviour and Townstal County/Island: Devon Country: England Street address: View image Condition as to marriage: View image Education: View image Employment status: View image Occupation: View image Source information: RG13/2069 Registration district: Totnes Sub-registration district: Dartmouth ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Folio: 39 Page: 22 (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 140 View original image View blank form

better still.....they dropped the first name for the census and this entry is precisely the right area Name: May Kerswell Age: 2 Estimated birth year: abt 1899 Relation: Daughter Household: View other family members Gender: Female Where born: Topsham, Devon, England Civil parish: Topsham Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke Town: Countess Weir County/Island: Devon Country: England Street address: View image Condition as to marriage: View image Education: View image Employment status: View image Occupation: View image Source information: RG13/2032 Registration district: St Thomas Sub-registration district: Topsham ED, institution, or vessel: 7 Folio: 98 Page: 21 (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 24 View original image View blank form

mays parents are william and ellen but I expected the mother to be called drusilla aswell-because one was born 20 years before (and with a similar middle name)

Nice te see ya Alter !! - Still lookin for George !! Dea x Found the Tricker's yet??

Hi Alter, May I pose a question please? Details from marriage cert Aug 5 1901 in Kemble Glos. William Frank POOLE age 23 Occupation Platelayer (father Joseph POOLE labourer) married Emily Virginia SAUNDERS William's address at time of marriage All Saints Gloucester. The problem: I can't be sure if I have located William in the census 1881 - 1901, with or without his father. A second brain would be appreciated Pete

Name: Emily Virginia Saunders Year of Registration: 1878 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Malmesbury County: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire Volume: 5a ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- it ake it you realise that the marriage in gloucester and her birth there makes sense,but its possible thatthe poole family come from elsewhere? Ive looked at a few william pooles and frank pooles-the father could have been a soldier-the son could have been at grandparents-there is one such example-if you could find the mothers name it would help.

Yes, Kemble is near the Wilts and Glos border. Her family is all traced back to 1840's but I can't nail him at all. There is a William Frank POOLE on FreeBMD in Tewkesbury, born c1878 (from memory) but I can't follow a likely one through for him. I have tried using the 'real' 1901 site and doing occupation searches for POOLE but still nothing certain Gotta pop out, parental taxi duties, will check back later Pete

Found him- if you have ancestry- hes staying with his sister-enter william poole 1979 +/- 2 years gloucestershire-brother in law-he is staying at Coney hill-henry whitchead is head of household and married williams sister louisa-henry is 24. Occupation given for william as plate;layer-thats good enough for me.

Nice to see you kiddo, blah blah blah! :))

Ok back again. Yes I saw that one, but he's listed as married - his wife Minnie and their son are also in the house. The marriage cert (aug 1901 says bachelor for William. Not easy is it? Pete

something not right here-i cant find that marriage for a minnie whitchead and william poole- its still possible that he is the brother of the heads wife,and that his details wetre handed in in his absence-there is no other reference to someone with that name and occupation-dont believe in coincidences.

Yes, there is something about this household that required more delving. However, it is late, I have spent much of today musing this and making little progress. Tomorrow, with fresh eyes, I'll look again thanks for your time and efforts Pete

Ive checked again-they were not a married couple,and how strange that a lady called emily poole died in march 1901(time of the census)-the age given is 31,but this could be 21 mistranscribed.

Marriages Jun 1900 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Foxwell Edward De Courcey Gloucester 6a 648 Hill Henry John Gloucester 6a 648 >>>Poole William James Gloucester 6a 648 RICKETTS Clara Gloucester 6a 648 >>>Whitehead Minnie Catherine Gloucester 6a 648 I think that may exclude this William Poole

ah-a mistranscription on ancestry then-so william is now william james marrying minnie catherine WHITEHEAD>

Yup! and I want a William Frank Poole, or a william , or a Frank, etc