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Barbara

Barbara Report 26 Aug 2008 22:45

William Foote b1908 Bethnal Green married to Daisy Caroline McCarthy b1905 Shoreditch.

Does anyone have any information on my grandparents ancestors or brothers and sisters. Managed to get back to 18th Century Paternal side, stuck on Matenal side.

Heather

Heather Report 26 Aug 2008 22:50

Have you bought their marriage certificate?

Lost for Words ;-)

Lost for Words ;-) Report 26 Aug 2008 22:51

Only one I can see on Freebmd

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Births Sep 1908 (>99%)
FOOTE William Bethnal G 1c 183

You need to get the birth cert to find his parents names and then hopefully find ancestors and siblings.

Regards
LfW

Heather

Heather Report 26 Aug 2008 22:52

But if you are back to 18th century on one side, you would know how to research backwards using certificates and census. Do you have a particular problem with this line?

Barbara

Barbara Report 30 Aug 2008 18:43

Hi everyone

My grandmother's birth certificate arrived at last, still wating for William's certificate. Tried to find Daisy's parents John McCarthy & Jane Elizabeth Maulkerson in earlier census' to narrow down search but no luck .

Thank you for your replies. Now that I have gt grandma's maiden name I have posted a new thread.

Barbara

Barbara Report 18 Sep 2008 23:51

I now have George William Foote m Caroline Brown as parents of William Foote on his b cert

Lost for Words ;-)

Lost for Words ;-) Report 19 Sep 2008 07:45

Hi Barbara

This looks like their marriage:

Marriages Jun 1906 (>99%)
>>> Brown Caroline Bethnal Green 1c 294
Faccini Albert Bethnal G. 1c 294
>>> Foote George William Bethnal G. 1c 294
HOLLAND Mary Ann Bethnal G. 1c 294

Lost for Words ;-)

Lost for Words ;-) Report 19 Sep 2008 07:48

All Foote/Brown children and possible siblings:

Births Mar 1912 (>99%)
Foote Henry Brown Bethnal G. 1c 317

Births Dec 1912 (>99%)
Foote Frederick Brown Bethnal G. 1c 351

Births Sep 1914 (>99%)
Foote Harold Brown Bethnal G. 1c 399

Births Jun 1916 (>99%)
Foote Caroline [M_] Brown Whitechapel 1c 429

Births Mar 1919 (66%)
Foote George D Brown Bethnal G. 1c 161

Births Jun 1921 (>99%)
Foote Doris Brown Bethnal G. 1c 253

Births Mar 1923 (>99%)
Foote Arthur Brown Whitechapel 1c 339

Births Jun 1924 (>99%)
Foote Joan O Brown Lambeth 1d 388

Births Mar 1926 (>99%)
Foote Eileen Brown St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 596
Foote Eileen Brown Brentford 3a 141

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 19 Sep 2008 07:57

Heres the other marriage.
Jane Maulkerson married 1891 dec qt Shoreditch to John McCarthy gro ref 1c 232

What is John McCarthy occ from Daisy birth cert?

Barbara

Barbara Report 22 Sep 2008 00:49

John McCarthy was a French Polisher

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 22 Sep 2008 01:15



You need to get the marriage cert of John McCarthy and Jane Maulkerson to determine their ages both fathers names and occupations.

Nothing showing up on the census in 1901 that I can see.
They could however be mistranscribed so an age would help

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 22 Sep 2008 02:35



The only Jane Elizabeth Maulkerson birth is 1850 dec qt Bethnal Green gro ref vol 2 page 69.

This Jane is too old to be the mother of Daisy. Im wondering if Jane Maulkerson has been married before so her maiden name is different

This is her marriage.
Jane Elizabeth Maulkerson married 1871 june qt Bethnal Green gro ref 1c 761. Probable spouse Thomas Johnson


1881 census.
Thomas Johnson 1849 city occ stuff merchant
Jane wife 1852 B Green
Jane dau 1873 B Green
Lilley 1876 B Green
Thomas 1878 B Green
Mary Ann 1880 B Green

address 14 Fournier St Bethnal Green


1891 census. another child
Eliza Johnson 1883 Stratford Essex
Matilda 1876 Bethnal Green( possible Lilley in 1881)
John Maulkerson father 1819 Bishopgate London occ carpenter

address 41 Gibbins Rd West Ham


1901 census.
Thomas Johnson 1854 Holborn Middlesex occ general lab.
Jane E wife 1851 Bethnal Green
Mary Ann 1880 Bethnal Green occ jute spinner
Eliza 1883 Stratford occ soap packer

address 10 Wharf Rd West Ham

SO THAT RULES HER OUT

Barbara

Barbara Report 26 Oct 2008 16:17

John is listed as a French Polisher on my Grandmother Daisy's b cert

Barbara

Barbara Report 31 Dec 2009 19:39

Hi everyone who responded to my request. Just to let you know I have traced William Foote's family back to his Gt Gt Grandfather in Clifton Gloucestershire. Also have managed to trace Daisy's maternal and Paternal lines back to circa 1805

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 31 Dec 2009 20:12

Thats good news. Did you find them on the 1911 census?

John McCarthy 1872 occ french polisher.
Jane 1873
Susannah 1893
Eliza 1896
Daisy 1905.

Living Shoreditch

Barbara

Barbara Report 11 Jan 2010 23:45

Yes thanks found them 1911 and made a breakthrough found Daisy's Grandmother Susannah Maulkerson living at same address but diff household with Daisy's aunt Annie.

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 12 Jan 2010 01:50

Well done Barbara. Its great to see a result