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So, if I get this right, Mary Ann Eady was an illegitimate child who had 2 illegitimate children, Walter & Rose, then Rose had illegitmate children? You're not going to have any fathers in your tree!

Hi again thanks for all the help everyone! I an off now till tomorrow. I hope the father was made up as he is being very elusive. Just to put the cat among the whatsits,
I have the marriage cert for Mary ann Eady to Jacob whittle 21/04/1882 (he was her lodger) and Mary ann Eady does not have a father on her marriage cert at all. My brain is starting to hurt
Di x

As Kath says, I think the father James Eady, deceased was a made-up name to hide his illegitimacy. I've got a few cases like that in my tree, I'm sure most of us do!

The only death I can see in the area....


Deaths Jun 1877

EADY James 36 Peterborough 3b 163


Misty x

Oh Kathleen,
the problem with my mother of Walter Eady, if she was Mary Ann Eady as I always thought, and unmarried at the time she had her children, the James Eady Decd on the marriage cert would not have the same surname?

Hi all again, thanks for replies, I hope the Walter on the 1901 census is the right one as that is the one I have always thought it was. Anyway the Cert definately says 21 years very clearly, but my problem is the father as James Eady? my only thought now is he obviously must have been alive before Walter was born :-) so perhaps someone could find James on the 1871 census? for me please?
I hate it when you are sure you have the right family line and one certificate thows a spanner in the works!
I do agree however that the age on the cert could be wrong if someone lied, for whatever reason. Going back to my earlier research, the walter I had had a sister rose/roseanna whom I thought he lived with until he got married, and I thought his mother was mary ann eady who was unmarried until many years after she had her children. Who is this James Eady Decd???? father of Walter

This seems to be the same Walter in the 1881 census:-

Name: Walter Eady
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Mary A.
Gender: Male
Where born: Melford, Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Long Melford
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Street Address: Chapel Green
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Sudbury
Sub-registration district: Melford
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age

Mary A. Eady 57, unmarried - horse hair weaver
Rose Eady 16
Walter Eady 13
Jacob Whittle 31 - lodger, Cocoa Mat Maker

Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 1829; Folio: 79; Page: 6; GSU roll: 1341443.

I wonder if Walter just "made up" a father on his marriage certificate to hide the fact that he was illegitimate?

Kath. x

1891 census
Cock & bell Lane, Melford, Suffolk
Rose Eady, head, single, 24, horse hair weaver
Fred'k, son, 8
Harry, son, 4
***Walter, brother, 22, ag lab
All born Melford.

Oops! Sorry, Kath, didn't realize you'd already posted that. I'll leave it for confirmation.

Margaret,

That one looks like the same person as I found in the 1891 census.

Jonesey,

Could the age on the marriage certificate actually say 27 rather than 21 - they sometimes look similar depending on how they are written.

Kath. x

This looks like them but Walter's age is wrong:
1901 census
Hall St., St. Mary's , Melford, Sussex
Walter Eady, head, 32, labourer at chemical works, born Long Melford
Sarah, wife, 25, born Glemsford
Emely, dau, 6, born Long Melford
Fred, son, 3, born "
Arthur, son, 2, born "

There is this birth at around the right time and right registration district (for Long Melford):-

Name: Walter Eady
Year of Registration: 1876
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Sudbury
County: Essex, Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 495

You could order it using the father's name James as a reference checking point - that way if the father is not James then they will refund £4 of the £7 cost.

Kath. x

I would always take the age on a marriage certificate with a pinch of salt. In short - people lied. My grandmother added 5 years to her age and my grandfather took 3 years off his age - and miraculously a 19 year age gap between them seemed like only 11.

Kath. x

Hi all, thanks for the replies!
Kathleen Bell, you have found the Walter Eady that I found last year, now I have bought his marriage certificate all my research is up in the air as the certificate says his age is 21 in 1896 when he married which makes his DOB 1876? and the marriage certificate says his father is James Eady Decd, if I can find a James Eady, then I might get back on the right trail, maybe I should be trying to find the Death of James? anyway Kathleen the witnesses on the cert were Fred Ambrose, and Rosa Newman. Walter Eady married Sarah Ann Newman 04/08/1896, Sarah was also 21 and her Father was Daniel Newman, he was an Engine Driver. Sarah was born in Glemsford. I seem to have Sarah's family ok, But my Eady family line is now all confused, I have never had a James as the father before, my research had a different Walter Eady with a different age, so I am back to square one, any more ideas anyone?
thanks

Hi

1881:

Walter Eady
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Walter
Mother's Name: Hannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Melford, Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Long Melford
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street Address: Rotten Row
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Sudbury
Sub-registration district: Melford
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Walter Eady 46 Matster!!!
Hannah Eady 43
Frank Eady 21
Alfred Eady 17
Ernest G. Eady 15
Emily Eady 12
Jane S. Eady 9
Walter Eady 7
Kate Eady 4

Hope its the right one just a bit confused by fathers name??

Cheryl x

Who were the witnesses at Walter's marriage?

Kath. x

Hi


1891 Census:

Walter Eady
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Walter
Mother's Name: Hannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Long Melford, Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Woodbridge
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Woodbridge
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street Address:Brewers Lane

Occupation:Mat Maker

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Woodbridge
Sub-registration district: Woodbridge and Wilford
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Walter Eady 58 Foreman Mat maker
Hannah Eady 53
Alfred Eady 29
Jane Eady 19
Walter Eady 17
Kate Eady 14

Rgds
Cheryl x

This is the nearest I can find on the 1891 census (although he's a bit older than you thought) living with his sister in Cock and Bell Lane just next to Hall Street:-

Name: Walter Eady
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1869
Relation: Brother
Gender: Male
Where born: Melford, Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Melford
Ecclesiastical parish: Melford
Town: Melford
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation: Agricultural Labourer

Condition as to marriage: single

Education:

Employment status:

View image
Registration district: Sudbury
Sub-registration district: Melford
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age

Rose Eady 24
Fredk Eady 8
Harry Eady 4
Walter Eady 22

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 1443; Folio 116; Page 22; GSU roll: 6096553.

Kath. x

Hello, please could someone look up my ancestor for me on the 1881 and 1891 census.
the info I have is
Walter Eady (from Marriage cert)
age 21 years in 1896 when he married
Sarah ann Newman age 21 also
Walter's father is down as being Decd
His name is James Eady, their address at the time is Hall Street Long Melford, Suffolk. James Eady is down as being a Mat Maker and Walter Eady is down as being a Stockman, any info on either Walter or James and their family would be great. I have all I need for his Wife Sarah ann Newman, it is the Eady side I am struggling with.
Thanks for any info
Di