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1901 England Census
about Martha Pitcher
Name: Martha Pitcher
Age: 61
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Norfolk, England

Civil Parish: Lambeth
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark Kennington
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

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Registration district: Lambeth
Sub registration district: Kennington First
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
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Household schedule number: 102
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pitcher 63
Martha Pitcher 61
Clara Pitcher 23

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Hi Tania

Yes thats the same family that I found - my problem is if you follow them through to 1901 William is still alive but according to the wedding cert he was dead before 1898. How can that be?
Su

1881 England Census
about Edith Pitcher
Name: Edith Pitcher
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Martha
Gender: Female
Where born: Shipdham, Norfolk, England

Civil Parish: Shipdham
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England

Street address: Pound Green
Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Mitford
Sub registration district: Shipdham
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
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Household Members: Name Age
William Pitcher 42
Martha Pitcher 39
Walter Pitcher 17
Fanny Pitcher 14
Harriet Pitcher 12
William Pitcher 8
Fredk. Pitcher 6
Clara Pitcher 4
Edith Pitcher 2
Ellen Pitcher 10

Hi

Her age is down as 19 and the witnesses are a William Pitcher (I am assuming this is her brother if her father was deceased) and the other witness is her husbands sister,so it all looks above board. I did wonder if she had fallen out with anyone too. No way of knowing.

the addresses that groom and bride lived at were a couple of doors away in the same street so I am guessing that family were all close.

Su

Was she 21 or over at the time of the marriage?

She may have lied about her age and therefore lied about her father being dead to explain his absence at the wedding?

She may have fallen out with her father/family and therefore put him down as deceased to explain his absence etc?

Who were the witnesses? Were they her family or Alfred's family or maybe complete strangers?

Jill

Hi I have wedding certificate of Edith Pitcher married to Alfred Alexander Hampton, 7 aug 1898. It says that her father William Pitcher was deceased at the time of the marriage.

I know that she was born in Shipdham, Norfolk. On searching the census I found a family - father William, mother Martha and on 1881 census Edith appears age 2., and also on 1891 census. They moved to London as the marriage took place at Clerkenwell. However, when I did another search for martha in 1901 I find that she is living in London and so is William - he should be dead by now as it says he was dec on wedding cert of Edith. Help. Am I looking at the wrong family? I have tried relooking but keep coming up with the same findings. Could this be a mistake on the wedding certificate and that he was actually still alive at the time?

Anyone looking at this family tree and found a better answer than mine I would love to hear from you.

Su