Eliza Twort (nee Pinnick)

WB:

I was wondering how you have Eliza on the 1901, I cant seem to locate her. I cannot find Ernest on any census either.

Me:

In 1901, I have Eliza, William, Robert and Ernest at:

42 Clarendon Road, Shirley, Hampshire, England

I just tried to find it again, but no joy - almost certainly a transcription error in there somewhere.

WB:

Found them at the address you said under the name Pivoot and came from Beanlisn (Beaulieu) it seems Bernard George has changed his name to Ernest, on the 1911 William is on the Isle of Wight with his family and Robert is overseas in the military 

 

George Willey

George Willey, b c1880, Hull, Yorkshire, England
son of Charles Willey and Annie Elizabeth.

George Willey, b c1880, Hull, Yorkshire, England
son of Henry Willey and Ann

So, lucky guess which is which, or what?

Scandal: Annie Gamwell Ashwell

Ooh, potential scandal:

1911 England Census - Ancestry.co.uk: "Annie Gamwell Ashwell"

Young Annie is 4 months old.

Head of the household is Herbert Gamwell, born c1881 in Hull, Yorkshire. MARRIED.

Also in the household, Gertrude Emily Ashwell, Housekeeper, born c1884 in Hull, Yorkshire. SINGLE.

I guess I'll have to wait for the 1921 Census :/

UPDATE:

Discovered Herbert's wife across town housekeeping and she has their child with her:
Hannah Elizabeth Turner, born c1883 in London, England.
Daughter: Nancy Helen Gamwell, born c1906 in Hull, Yorkshire, England

A Bird in the Hand

Researching BIRD in Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire; Woordborough, Nottinghamshire:

Samuel BIRD
b c1807 Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire, England
(1851 Census)

Yet to find a record for Samuel in 1861.

UNCONFIRMED death, Samuel Parker Bird Apr-May-Jun 1857, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England

Wife:
Elizabeth
b c1819, Stow, Cambridgeshire, England (1861 Census)
b c1816 Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire, England (1851 Census)
b c1796 Nottinghamshire, England (1841 Census)

Elizabeth Bird listed as married in the 1861 census, but Samuel is not present in the same dwelling.
UNCONFIRMED birth: Elizabeth Ann Bird Died Oct-Nov-Dec 1864 in Basford, Nottinghamshire.

UNCONFIRMED marriage:
Elizabeth NEWBUTT, Oct-Nov-Dec 1845, Basford, Nottinghamshire - location is accurate, but unable to locate a birth record for Elizabeth Newbutt.

UNCONFIRMED Christening, Elizabeth NEWBUT, 09 NOV 1823, Basford, Nottingham, England (IGI)
Father George, Mother Mary



Parents of

George BIRD
b c1842 Woodborough, Nottinghamshire, England
(1881 Census)

Maud Bird - There you are, Flo!

After hoping for three years, access to the 1911 Census has indeed revealed the connection I've been seeking.

Maud Bird, my great grandmother, is actually:

Florence Maud Bird b. c1898 in Counthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Father, John William Bird b. c1867 in St Peter At Gowts, Lincoln, England, a Railway Signalman as he is on the marriage certificate I have.

So why just plain Maud on the Marriage Certificate?

Back to the trail...

There's My Horse!

Wow! Hadn't realised it had been so long since I posted. So busy building UK Digital Marketing Agency, Tillison Consulting, that I've had little time for Genealogy.

If you've sent me messages via any forums, I apologise. I'll get to them and respond as soon as I can. I've been spending any Gene-time piecing together ancestors and their descendants over at http://www.familysearch.org/ for the most part - no small task.

For now, I'm deep in Holstein's, Furstenberg's and Rantzau's, among many other aristocratic lines across Europe in the 16th-19th centuries. See you on the other side.