Genealogy Chat

Hi T.C. have sent you a message thankyou Margaret

Have you seen this one in the 1861? Note Haverhill shown as Essex instead of Suffolk. They are all silk weavers, including the boy apparently. There is another family of Pages next door. Could Maria be William's auntie? David Page 1819 Haverhill, Suffolk, England Head Haverhill Essex Maria Page 1819 Haverhill, Suffolk, England Wife Haverhill Essex William Pool 1850 Haverhill, Suffolk, England Relative Haverhill Essex

Margaret, have you seen these two, Risbridge covers Haverhill in Suffolk: Surname First name(s) District Vol Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Dec 1845 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POOL William Risbridge 12 371 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Sep 1849 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POOL William Risbridge 12 396

Hi Thankyou for your that, if William Poole was 24 in 1871 when he married he would have been born 1847 if he was 44 in 1881 as the census says he would have been born 1837 and I have found one William Poole born in 1831 with a father George which made him 39-40 when he married in 1871. What is just as puzzling is I can't find a death certificate for him, and I know his wife Emma remarried in 1893 in a church and she was down as a widow as she was in the 1891 census. On the 2 eldest children both born in Haverhill the name was Pool without the e. so his name was either William Poole-Pool although on his marriage certificate it has the E thank you Margaret

Just a thought, but say Poole wasnt his birth name and he had a step father and took his name? In which case we should be looking for a William born Haverhill in what, 1827?

This is the workhouse lot, but the image does say 14 years old: Emily Poole 1830 Haverhill, Suffolk, England Kedington Suffolk Emily Poole 1861 Haverhill, Suffolk, England Kedington Suffolk Harriett Poole 1859 Haverhill, Suffolk, England Kedington Suffolk Joseph Poole 1863 Haverhill, Suffolk, England Kedington Suffolk William Poole 1857 Haverhill, Suffolk, England Kedington Suffolk

I have looked for the James Smith but not found him and I do know the Rebbeca Lloyd married a John Darking found her marriage and found her on the 1891 census Margaret

I thought that the witnesses on one of my marriage certs were insignificant. I tried to investigate those people anyway. I found one of them lived next door to the groom, and that he was in fact married to the grooms sister! With a name like Smith though! pat

No clues there it was a James Smith and a rebbeca Lloyd Margaret

What about witnesses on the marriage cert? Any clues there? Pat

Hi Pat yes he was single on his 1871 marriage cerificate and the 2 girls born on Haverhill Emma and Jate born 1872 and 1874 plus marriage certificate have no address on them just in the Paeish of Haverhill his fathers occupation was a weaver and William a cutter. Margaret

Is he a batchelor on his marriage cert in 1871? Pat

I have been to the records office many times to find his death have also had a search done at the local office and phoned cemetrys but can't find no record of hos death the only census I have foound him on is the 1881 census age 44 I can't check it with anything else Margaret

Hi how old was the William Poole in the workhouse because he did not get married until the November 1871 of that year so that was after the census , if he is the one I found on the 1841 census there was a George and James and Hannah siblings Margaret

Margaret Are you sure Williams father was called George? Also, have you checked 1837 for his death ? Debby

The only other William Poole born Haverhill I can find in the 1871 is in a workhouse with his mum and bros and sisters and he is aged 14. So I guess we can discount that one.

Hi, How many census do you definatley have him on? and what was his age on each of them? Pat

Hi Debby no I have not found him on a census with his father there is one census the 1841 census that has a Father George mother Maria and son William age 9 thats whom I though he was ant the mother died before the 1851 I even bought that death certificate but I can't think someone would lie for that amount of years Margaret

Hi yes his wifes details are all the same and have gone back some way on her family, they had a baby born Edmonton in 1889 which I have the certificate for that is how I know he died between her having the baby and the 1891 census when she is a widow Margaret

Or maybe he's lied about his dads name? Have you found him on a census with his dad? Debby