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hi all
thanks very much
sharon

From Sharon:

thankyou i think its definately them as ann was mills before she married george fountain and had mable before marriage i wonder why they changed their name i have not come across that in my tree before
once again thankyou sharon

Jan

Did notice a couple of Pearsons 2 doors down in 1901 - I wonder if they might be relatives?

EDIT There are lots of Pearsons up and down that street!

Jan

Still think it's correct- it's not like a doctor suddenly becoming a labourer!

Would love to know if they were hiding from something- or where the name Pearson came from?!

Why thank you kindly! Thank goodness for distinctive 1st names and for Mabel! Never have found them otherwise.
And no, he's a navvy/miner for sewarage works in 1901!
Jan

I think it must be them- I can't see a Pearson family that matches for the 1901 census. Well done Jan :)

Do George Fountain in 1901 and George Pearson in 1911 have the same occupation?

Thanks Helen.
This happened with the family I mentioned earlier - they used their real names for marriages but obviously told the enumerator a different name when he came calling!
Jan

It doesn't look like the Pearson name remained:
Birth
Cyril Samuel Fountain
Year of Registration: 1898
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Basford
County: Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire
Volume: 7b
Page: 218

Death
Cyril Samuel Fountain
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1897
Death Registration Month/Year: 1969
Registration district: Nottingham
Inferred County: Nottinghamshire
Volume: 3c
Page: 891

Maybe Grace?

Births Mar 1909 (>99%)
Fountain Grace Evelyn Nottingham 7b 429

And Joseph??

Births Mar 1903 (>99%)
Fountain Joseph Nottingham 7b 448

And Daisy???

Births Sep 1907
FOUNTAIN Dorothy Daisy Nottingham 7b 413

It just must be them!!

Jan

Thanks Helen! It does look like them doesn't it? Have come across this just once before, with the whole family completely changing their surname.
I just assumed they were on the run - maybe hadn't paid the rent!!
Any other input welcomed.
Jan

Certainly looks like the same family- how strange?


Births Dec 1888 (>99%)
MILLS Mabel Leatherland Basford 7b 157

For info:

1901 England Census

Name: Mabel L Mills
Age: 12
Estimated birth year: abt 1889
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Ann
Gender: Female
Where born: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Civil parish: Nottingham
Ecclesiastical parish: New Basford St Augustine
Town: Nottingham

Registration district: Nottingham
Sub-registration district: Bulwell

George Fountain 30
Ann Fountain 32
Mabel L Mills 12
Cyril S Fountain 3
Hilda Fountain 11 months

Births Dec 1888 (>99%)
MILLS Mabel Leatherland Basford 7b 157


Jan

Is this their marriage? If so note Ann's maiden name - same as Mabel 1911 (Mabel is single):

Marriages Sep 1897 (>99%)
Coles Edith Basford 7b 208
Fountain George Basford 7b 208
Mills Ann Basford 7b 208
SIVELL Thomas Henry Basford 7b 208

I know this is very weird, but look at the first names. Marriage year fits too, about 1897.:

PEARSON, George Husband Married
13 years M 40 1871 General Labourer Basford Nottinghamshire VIEW
PEARSON, Ann Wife Married F 42 1869 Basford Nottinghamshire VIEW
MILLS, Mabel Daughter Single F 22 1889 Cane Worker Basford Nottinghamshire VIEW
PEARSON, Cyril Son M 13 1898 Milk Boy Basford Nottinghamshire VIEW
PEARSON, Hilda Daughter F 10 1901 Basford Nottinghamshire VIEW
PEARSON, Daisy Daughter F 3 1908 Radford Nottinghamshire VIEW
PEARSON, Grace Daughter F 2 1909 Radford Nottinghamshire VIEW
PEARSON, Joseph Son M 8 1903 Basford Nottinghamshire VIEW

Registration District:
Nottingham Sub District:
Nottingham North West EnumerationDistrict:
34 Parish:
Nottingham

Address:
30 Dulwich Road Nottingham County:
Nottinghamshire

But surely not?

Jan

This George was married in about 1897:

FOUNTAIN GEORGE M 1863 48 Nottingham Nottinghamshire

hi brummyjean
just been checking i do not miss them they married in nottingham in 1897

When did he marry? Can be helpful in search.
Jan

??

NEWBERRY, Mary Head Single F 66 1845 Private Means Brampton VIEW
FOUNTAIN, Mabel Servant Single F 19 1892 Domestic Servant Hartford VIEW

Registration District:
Huntingdon Sub District:
Huntingdon EnumerationDistrict:
2 Parish:
Brampton

Address:
High Street Brampton County:
Huntingdonshire

Not him I fear:

FOUNTAIN, George Head Married M 40 1871 Horseman On Farm Hunts Woodwalton VIEW
FOUNTAIN, Eliza Ann Wife Married
8 years F 34 1877 Cambs March VIEW
FOUNTAIN, George William James Son M 6 1905 School Cambs March VIEW
FOUNTAIN, Annie Niece F 14 1897 Hunts Connington VIEW

Registration District:
Whittlesey Sub District:
Whittlesey EnumerationDistrict:
7 Parish:
Whittesley

Address:
Glassmoor Whittlesey Peterborough County:
Cambridgeshire

On free search - born Hunts:

FOUNTAIN GEORGE M 1871 40 Whittlesey Cambridgeshire