Genealogy Chat

I cannot see Mary J Cooper in 1891 either. Gail. x

Where is Mary Jane in 1891? A Mary Jane Cooper from West Ham married a Samuel Arthur Louth in 1887 but I don't see them in 1891. Rose

I cannot find Chas. H Dodd or Henry Dodd on the 1891 census.. I am posting this 1891 census................Children's names are DODD on the actual image.......purely because they are the children from the 1881 census above. Husband Chas. H. Dodd may have died. 1891 census. Laura Crosby (image says DODD) Age: 13 (1878) Daughter Father's name: John Mother's name: Mary A Where born: Coxhoe, Durham, England Civil parish: West Ham Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke Street address: 126 Lyles Road. Alice Crosby 10 Image says DODD, born Canning Town Harriett Crosby 8 image says DODD, born Canning Town John Crosby 48 born East Indies, Brit Sub, General Labourer. Laura Crosby 13 Image says DODD, born Coxhoe, Durham. Mary A Crosby 30 born Darlington, Yorkshire. Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 1317; Folio 25; Page 14; GSU roll: 6096427. Gail.

1901 for information Henry Dodd born Wilstead, Essex, (image says Halstead) Age: 50 (1851 Head Spouse's name: Jane Civil parish: West Ham Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke Street address: 21 Hill Street. Occupation: Dock Labourer Clarence Dodd 8 months Henry Dodd 50 Head. Henry Dodd 9 Jame Dodd 8 Jane Dodd 38 Wife. Cambridge, Wisbech. Maud Dodd 2 Rose Dodd 5 William Inch 50 Boarder Alfred Jones 22 Boarder Blanch Jones 22 Boarder Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 1580; Folio: 61; Page: 17. Also the 1881 that I mentioned earlier... 1881 Chas.H. Dodd born Halsted, Essex Age: 25 (1856) Head Spouse's name: Mary A. Civil parish: West Ham County/Island: Essex Street address: 33 Shipwright St Condition as to marriage: Married Occupation: Bricklayers Lab Alice Dodd 3 (image says 3 months) born Essex, Cann Town. Catherine Dodd 1 Born Essex, Cann Town Chas.H. Dodd 25 Laura Dodd 3 Born Durham, Coxhoe. Mary A. Dodd 20 Born Durham, Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 1717; Folio: 123; Page: 57; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341410. Gail.

Did you get the mother's maiden name from the birth cert of one of the children? Reg

When you say you can't find the marriage 'anywhere'..........have you checked the full records? Not just the freebmd extracts........... If you have found these people on 1901 census, please could you post the details for info. Reg

My great grandparents lived together for twenty years and had seven children before they got married. It was more common than you think it would be. Sylvia.

At a wild guess, this chap is a customs officer - Wisbech is also a port so he must have been stationed there when he met Mary,. I believe Kew has Customs Officer records?

There is a Chas. H. Dodd married to a Mary A on the 1881 census, he is born abt.1856 Halstead, Essex. They are in West Ham and he is a bricklayers labourer. Looking at the correct chap on the 1901 I don't think it is anything relevant tho'. Gail.

''that was pretty much unheard of in those days'' - not in my family lol Where have you looked so far? There's a marriage for Henry Dodd and Mary Cooper, but it's in 1867 lol

Pretty unheard of - no, youre wrong there! Lots of couples never married or they married decades after they had a child - perhaps conscience pricked them - so if you have only looked just before the birth of the child, try looking in the years after. Where was Mary in 1891?

I've been searching for months now for my Gr grandparents marriage but can't find it anywhere! I have no idea what to do next. My Grgrandfather was Henry Dodd born c. 1856 in Halstead, Essex. He married Mary Jane Cooper born 1865 in Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire. I estimate that they got married about 1892ish as Mary is single in 1891 and had her first child in 1892. All 7 of their children were born in Custom House Essex. Of course they may never have married but I think that was pretty much unheard of in those days. Has anyone got any ideas? Any help would be greatly received. Ursula