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I will be taking your advice and obtain certificates, look at wills and obituaries also. I will keep you updated.
Thank you Jan and Kay.....
.No age for Florence, knowing she was unmarried
i worked on the date 1880 - + 10 years as a starting point.

Census detailsFirst name(s) Emma
Last name MacHin
Relationship Daughter
Marital status Single
Gender Female
Age 17
Birth year 1864
Occupation Cigar Maker
Birth town Boston
Birth town as transcribed BOSTON
Birth county Lincolnshire
Birth county as transcribed LINCOLNSHIRE
Birth place England
House number 36
Street Stanbow Lane
Town -
Parish Boston
County Lincolnshire
Country England
Registration district Boston
Archive reference RG11
Piece number 3218
Folio 136
Page 26
Record set 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Category Census, land & surveys
Record collection Census
Collections from Great Britain

1881,,with Mahloa and Sarah Machin.

oddly enough in the 1871 census in the same row as Machins household.
Kate Wilson age 5 a boarder with Challands? family.

Its correct you need Emmas birth details and her marriage details may help by way of witnesses.

Still think you should think about getting Emma's birth cert!
Jan

Emma Platt Wilson was bn 1864 -Boston.


You are welcome,,,,,,but its looking as Emma P Wilson maybe the link to Florence.

The marriage details for Emma and James are at Lincoln Archives or maybe the church at Boston still has the register to find Emmas father Mr Wilson....pieces could fall in place.

have you an age for Florence.?

Thank you Kay for your helpful posts.....I will look into these

Lincolnshire Chronicle.

"20th August Edition" 1886.

Marriages---------

James Thurlby Elsom,on the 19th inst. at Parish Church Boston,to Emma Platt >>>WILSON>>>

This is something to think about,,,,,,,,,,,was Florence related to Emma......Emma was Boston bn and bred,,,,,,,,

Have you looked for a Will that the Mayor may have made,,,,,,,or the obituary or even the Will for James Elsom in 1925 to see who attended his funeral.....?these could unearth something.

(Boston municipal building/town hall will have robed photos of all past Mayors,,,,,,,possibly they line the walls of the Mayors Parlour?)

No.....neither related to the Mayor.
James and Emma raised their niece, Martha ( Marcie ) as their own and adopted Fred
Fred died aged 43

Fred is with James and Emma in 1901&1911.

1911,they had been married 24 years with one child born and still alive ? Fred is down as a son,hes aged 0 !! they are in their 40s ,,,,,


1901/1911,shows no other children,only a neice and Fred ,?

Was Emma or James related to the Mayor?

Apologies.....I should have stated James Thurlby Elsom

Apologies.....I should have stated James Thurlby Elsom

You wrote:-

Elsom was the surname of adoptive parents.

Then you say they were called Thurlby

As already clearly shown, Elsom was his second forename

Jan.....that is very interesting. Many thanks.....Possibility regarding Florence Wilson marrying Charles!! I will look into that one as i thought it unusual that the adoption papers only state James Thurlby as adopting him.......

It's pretty confusing. Her mother Mahala is on 1851census as a Machin, unmarried, assuming I have the right Emma in 1881.
You will have to excuse me, but I am using my new tablet and have no idea how to copy &paste!!
There is a marriage for a Charles Machin to a Florence Wilson1906, but that is a stretch isn't it.
Have you considered getting the birth cert for Emma Platt Wilson?

ADDED back on the PC! I am guessing this is Emma, I get it now. There is no way of trying to prove/disprove a family link to Florence without a birth cert, and even then it would be tricky.

1871 England Census
Name: Emma Willson
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Female
Where born: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish: Boston
Ecclesiastical parish: Boston
Town: Boston
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Registration district: Boston
Sub-registration district: Boston

Mahala Machin 41
William Machin 56
Sophia Stanwell 77
Emma Willson 7

Jan

Yes Jan, that's right. They were his adoptive parents. I am aware she was a Wilson too but can find no evidence to link Florence and Emma.
When Emma was young her mother died and she was taken in by someone called Machin....i have also traced her as Emma Machin. She always told my Mother she was called Emma Machin, it was only on finding her marriage certificate that i became
aware she was born Platt Wilson.

Were his parents James Thurlby and Emma? If so, James married Emma Wilson in 1886. If this is them, likely to be related to Florence??
Jan

Births Mar 1872 (>99%)
WILSON Florence Ann Southwell 7b 327


Births Mar 1875 (>99%)
WILSON Florence Ann Basford 7b 190

Elsom was the child's given second name when his birth was registered, as per the info posted on this thread.

Elsom was the surname of adoptive parents.
It is a known fact within our family about his biological father and
he looked out for him during his life, our family
believe he knew he was his Father.
Thank you for the interest and information Jacqueline

There is no birth registration on freebmd for Florence Annie Wilson in Nottingham.

And using Nottinghamshire as a search tool produces only one.............in Doncaster district, in AMJ 1887