Genealogy Chat

Thanks Erika

I agree "a cook" could well be her occupation, but it looks more to me like "a Cook" ie capitalised which might suggest a name?

I realise that the implication of no father's name is usually that the child is illegitimate, however in this case there was apparently a child (Frank) born two years previously who was legitimate (father's name = Wickens) and there were also children born afterwards who had a father's name = Wickens, so why was Florence recorded without a father's name? William Wickens denied that the child was his yet subsequently referred to her as Daughter?

Only the mother can answer those questions

That's Interesting ArgyllGran, I hadn't thought of looking up the address. Prospect Place seems to have disappeared by 1891, the Letchfords are living elsewhere and a search for "Prospect" in Sevenoaks gives no results. Not sure what to make of that yet.

William & Sarah were together in 1891.

And what about this:

Name: William Wickens
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relationship to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Rotherfield, Sussex, England
Civil Parish: Tonbridge
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: Modest Corner
Marital status: Married <<<
Education:
Employment status:
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Occupation: Agl Lab
Registration District: Tunbridge
Sub registration district: Tunbridge Wells
ED, institution, or vessel: 29a
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 917
Folio: 79
Page Number: 44
Household Members:
Name Age
William Wickens 27
Sarah Pauling 22
Frank Pawling 11

Pawling sounds like Rawling(s)?

Could the "11" be a mis-transcription by the enumerator? It would make more sense - Sarah could have had a child at 11 but it's improbable, and it agrees with the birth record I have found. Am I bending the facts to fit?

That Sarah in 1881 was born in Wilts - which fits with the Trowbridge birthplace stated in 1891 census.

If Frank's age is supposed to be 11 months, written as years by mistake,
that would fit more or less with the 1880 birth.

The 1881 census also says he was born in Shipbourne - which was in Malling reg district, which again matches the birth record.

Even better, ArgyllGran, thank you for that!