Genealogy Chat

Had a check up to 1920. No Dodd/Louth marriage either.

I dont think the Mary Jane Louth figures in the family for sure Ursula, it may be just another Louth family in Wisbech. Its the first boy, Henry that has both Dodd and Louth as his name. Luckily your gran was the last and you have her birth cert so you shouldnt have to worry which one was dad!!

The name 'Louth' in the children's names could come from Mary Jane's parents marriage.. ................Joseph Cooper .................Jane Louth James Lowe Harriet Rolfe Jane Louth 1863 Q2 Wisbech Cambridgeshire, Norfolk Volume: 3b Page: 1013 Gail.

I think that at least the first three children were Samuels and maybe the rest Henry Dodds. Mary Jane Louth born in 1889 in Wisbech 3b 586 is the first born (I think) but she vanishes so maybe she died in childhood. I found a marriage for Samuel Arthur Louth and Mary Jane Cooper in 1887 in West ham 4a 94, it could be them. I also wandered if Mary A Dodd (Crosby) is Henry senior sister? They were living in the same house in 1881 Got any ideas? Ursula

Think I found Henry in 1881. He was married before: Name: Chas.H. Dodd Age: 25 Estimated birth year: abt 1856 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Mary A. Gender: Male Where born: Halsted, Essex, England Civil parish: West Ham County/Island: Essex Country: England Street address: 33 Shipwright St Condition as to marriage: Married Education: Occupation: Bricklayers Lab Registration district: West Ham Sub-registration district: West Ham ED, institution, or vessel: 26a Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Alice Dodd 3 months Catherine Dodd 1 Chas.H. Dodd 25 Laura Dodd 3 Mary A. Dodd 20 Rose

Think that's him because the only birth for a Henry Dodd in Halstead c1856 is for a Henry Charles Dodd. Plus, he has sisters called Laura and Alice in 1871. Rose

See my posting earlier Rose, His wife is a Crosby on the 1891 with the children mistranscribed as Crosby when they clearly say Dodd, So did Charles H die? or has the wife just run off with John Crosby..... Interestingly enough John Crosby is from the same place as Henry Dodd's (updated this name, not Crosby I meant Dodd) father........ Gail. x

Sorry Gail. Rose

I did not mean you to be sorry ....I am pleased you picked that one up as well - just did not want you spending time looking for them in 1891 as I knew they had been mistranscribed. It took me a while to find them. I could not find a marriage for a Mary A Dodd to a John Crosby..., but there is a John Crosby from Ceylon on the 1901 saying he is a widower. So has Mary A Dodd/Crosby died? Gail. x

I can't find a marriage for them either and we probably know why. Rose

Wondering if this is the first marriage? Marriages Dec 1876 Burns Mary Ann Stockton 10a 154 DODD Henry Stockton 10a 154 There is a Mary A Burns who fits in 1871 and the neighbours are in the brick trade like Henry Charles was in 1881. Rose

me too have drawn a blank on my grandparents marriage.i'm looking for the marriage of hilda warren d.o.b 26/08/1915 hampshire, on mother birth 10/10/1935cert says father name arthur castle and hilda castle look back to10 years before and after mums birth but they split when she was 6months,mum born in hartley witney hampshire