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I am trying to find info on my grandmother Cema Davis. Her fathers name was John & mother Eliza ???. She married Robert Arthur Yapp in 1900, her age was given as 26 y.o.The 1901 census says her name was Emma, born in Brierley Hill, Dudley. She died in 1943 in Wolverhampton.
I have been unable to find out when or where she was born.
Could anyone help?
Barrie

On her death it gives age 68 so birth c1875

Do you have the marriage cert for the occupation of her father

1891 this matches the name on the marriage registration. Image could be Cema

Name: Coma Davis
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Female
Where born: Dudley, Worcestershire, England

Civil Parish: Dudley
Ecclesiastical parish: St Augustine
Town: Dudley
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England

Street address: 46 Vine St

Registration district: Dudley
Sub registration district: Dudley
ED, institution, or vessel: 22
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Coma Davis 16
John Davis 42 Dudley
John W Davis 18
Lizzie Davis 6
Mary Davis 11
Phoebe Davis 2
Rhoda Davis 13
Sarah Davis 42 Dudley
Sarah Davis 4

Father is a boiler maker

1881 possibly the same family

Name: Rhoda Davis
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: John William
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Female
Where born: Dudley, Worcestershire, England

Civil Parish: Skelmersdale
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address: Pottery Field
Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Ormskirk
Sub registration district: Lathom
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age

John William Davis 32
John William Davis 8
Mary Davis
Rhoda Davis 3
Sarah Davis 32
*****Senna Davis 6 looks like Sema on image, born Dudley

John is a boiler maker

IGI has a listing for SERNA DAVIS

1874 parents of John Davis and Sarah

The batch also includes John William b1872

Barrie,

Any thoughts on this

Maureen

Melanie,
Thank you for your reply. The lady you found (i know she was alady) was my mother. It is her mother that is causing me the trouble & as we live in Australia it is difficult to find info.
Regards
Barrie

Barrie -- did you see all the rest of the posts in the thread?

They look on the money to me ...

Oops I must be invisible again


Maureen

Hi Glitter Baby,
May I call you Glitter Baby, thank you for all your info
it is very interesting. We live in Australia & have done for the past 38 years so trying to find info is very hard.On Cema's marriage certificate her fathers occupation is given as Boiler Maker Foreman, which matches your info but somewhere in the past I thought her mother was Eliza.
When she married her residence was given as 35 Bourne Street Dudley.
Maybe the info you list is the way I should follow, it is certainly more than I found.
Melanie has put on a boy called John who matches the brother in your list & a girl named Serna, which spoken with the midlands accent, could sound like Cema.
They did very strange things 100 years ago didn't they, in the 1901 census when she was married to my grandfather she gave her name as Emma. Maybe as his occupation was a clothier, she may have been putting on airs & graces.
Thank you again for your time & the results, I will certainly look down this path.
Regards,
Barrie

Melanie,
The John Davis you list could well be the brother of my grandmother Cema (Coma) (Emma) or which ever name she would call herself.
The question I wouldn't mind an answer to was you state he married Sarah Fox, in another reply from Maureen, she has found the family with the mother named Sarah. I was wondering if Sarah Fox was his mother not his wife?
thank you again.
Regards,
Barrie

Sarah Fox married John William Davis (in 1871) and they had a son also called John William Davis

Melanie,
The John Davis you list could well be the brother of my grandmother Cema (Coma) (Emma) or which ever name she would call herself.
The question I wouldn't mind an answer to was you state he married Sarah Fox, in another reply from Maureen, she has found the family with the mother named Sarah. I was wondering if Sarah Fox was his mother not his wife?
thank you again.
Regards,
Barrie

Hi Jenna,
Have you any more details on the marriage of Sarah Fox & John Davis? are the related in any way to you?
If so could I get it from you somehow.
Barrie

Barrie.

You will find that those who have replied are not related only doing census look ups for you.The only way you will get the marriage info is by sending for the marriage cert.Or wait and hope someone else related has already done so and is willing to share the details.

. You might have a very long wait as not everybody is interested in reseaching family history Apart from that getting the cert yourself is very satisfying. You also get the witness names and both fathers names and occupations which is your proof to take you furher back in the census.

You can order the marriage cert online from GRO using a credit card.

I have gt grandparents from Sedgley Staffordshire. I have found The Ancient Manor of Sedgley a useful site. It covers Brierly.


Margaret

Surname First Name(s) Spouse's
Surname Spouse's
First Name(s) Year Church / Register Office Region Registers At Reference
DAVIS John FOX Sarah 1871 Dudley, St Edmund West Midlands Dudley Register Office 201/005/170

You can order the marriage certificate from http://www.ukbmdsearch.org.uk/index.php for £7. do a marriage search and it'll give you the reference number. click on it then click on it again on the next page and it'll give you an order form to print out