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Can someone do me the kindness of looking up the 1911 Census.

May Elizabeth Woods. Born 1907, Shoreditch, London.

I cannot seem to find Mother in my searches.

Thank you in advance.

Do you know who would be living with her?

Have you tried a free search of the 1911?

I don't understand, can't seem to find Mother, do you mean you can't find her mother's name or you can't find her mother in the census?

There is one with just the name May Woods who's mother may be Amelia aged 39. Would this be her? Father William 48 and two other children Evelyn 6 and William 2.

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WOODS, William Head Married M 48 1863 General Labour London VIEW
WOODS, Amelia Wife Married
7 years F 39 1872 Office Cleaner London VIEW
WOODS, Eyelyn Daughter F 6 1905 VIEW
WOODS, May Daughter F 4 1907 VIEW
WOODS, William Son M 2 1909 VIEW
DOUTHWAITE, Walte Son M 16 1895 Office Boy VIEW
DOUTHWAITE, Amelia Daughter F 13 1898 School VIEW
DOUTHWAITE, Helen Daughter F 9 1902 VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
1327 Reference:
RG14PN1327 RG78PN46 RD16 SD1 ED6 SN161

Registration District:
Shoreditch Sub District:
Shoreditch South Enumeration District:
6 Parish:
Shoreditch

Address:
15 Foundry Place N County:
London

Births Mar 1907
WOODS May Elizabeth Shoreditch 1c 26

mother's name would be on certificate of course if that was the question.

Crickey you were all very quick. Thank you soooooo much.

I think Jax has it, it now confirms what I had believed, it seems Mum Amelia had been married before, and May was from her second marriage, as she has her children from her first family living with her.

I didnt realise that you could search a free 1911 census. I thought you had to have an address, and I did not have one.

Thanks again folks.
Most appreciated.

Best wishes

The link

http://www.1911census.co.uk/search/tnaform.aspx

doing it for free, if you find a person you can search for others with the same surname 'living with' in the same place, etc.

BRILLIANT.

Thank you so much. I didnt realise.

Now I can stop pestering you kind people.

Best wishes

Good luck and here is a nudge up

Dont know why this thread needs nudging up iki

With the free 1911 you you will only see their name year of birth and town where living none of the other bits and peices

jax

Pleased you said that Jax.

I went onto the link above, and all I got was exactly what you said.

I thought I had gone wrong somewhere.

Will try to keep my requests to a minimum.

Thank you all once again.

Best wishes.

I don't think that you need to keep requests to a minimum, if people want to do lookups to help you then they will.

Good luck with your research.

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Sep 1893 (>99%)
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Douthwaite Walter Charles Holborn 1b 1355
Eltridge William Henry Holborn 1b 1355
Green Alice Holborn 1b 1355
Hales Amelia Maria Holborn 1b 1355
Walz Max Holborn 1b 1355


1901

Name: Amelia M Douthwaite
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Walter C Douthwaite
Gender: Female
Where born: Kings Cross, London, England

Civil Parish: St Luke
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Holborn
Sub-registration district: Finsbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 196
Household Members: Name Age
Walter C Douthwaite 26
Amelia M Douthwaite 26
Walter C Douthwaite 6
Amelia M Douthwaite 3

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Walter Charles Douthwaite Name: Walter Charles Douthwaite
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Spouse Name: Amelia Maria Hales
Spouse Age: 18
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 05 Aug 1893
Parish: St Paul, Finsbury
County: London
Borough: Islington
Father Name: Edward Douthwaite Painter
Spouse Father Name: James Hales Labourer

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Evelyn Mary Woods Name: Evelyn Mary Woods
Record Type: Baptism
Birth Date: 21st Jan 1905 *******
Baptism Date: 26 Mar 1905 *******
Father's name: William Woods Scaffolder
Mother's name: Amelia Mary Woods
Parish or Poor Law Union: Hoxton St John
Borough: Hackney

Can't see a second marriage for Amelia to William though - but possibly a death for 1st husband?

Deaths Mar 1920 (99%)
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DOUTHWAITE Walter C 45 Hackney 1b 548

Looks like Amelia and Walter both took up with new partners around the same time, this could be Walter in 1911:

Walter Dowthwaite
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Condition / Years Married Married / 8 Years
Total Children Born Alive 6
Children Still Living 4
Children Who Have Died 2
Gender M
Age 36
Estimated Year of Birth 1875
Occupation Costume Maker
Employed Y
Working at Home Y
Place of Birth London St Lukes
Enumerator Information
Address 41 Brunswick St Hackney N E
Parish St John At Hackney
Town Hackney N E
Type of Building Private House
Number of Rooms 4
Inhabited Y
Reference RG14PN1163 RG78PN38 RD11 SD5 ED24 SN226
Administrative County London
Registration District Hackney
Registration Sub District South East Hackney
Enumeration District 24

Helen wife 30 born Lewisham
Charles 7
George 4
Helen 6
Violet 3

No sign of marriage for them either.

for some reason my comment seems to have been interpreted negatively

I do not subscribe for the 1911 census but I find the free search facility quite useful

I think many people here actually like to try their own searches initially, and if details are wanted then they have an idea of what to ask for from other members with subscriptions

I could also have pointed out that to be sure to find people with different surnames living with someone the wildcard search works

for instance search for

surname *A*
living with
given name May
surname Woods
in Shoreditch

and that will find the Douthwaites in the household

in this case, so would searching for surname *E*, *I*, *O*, or *U*, lol.

This is just an option for anyone who wants to use it.

I did'nt see it as being negative Chrissie

Not very good at these things and have never tried the free search as such, but would the Douthwaites have come up if searching for May Woods?

jax

I didn't think that your comment was negative - indeed that is the way I search the 1911. I wouldn't pay for a sub. as I don't have many English rellies! Just the odd one or two on the OH's side. mine are all Scottish and Irish.

Many people are unaware that you can do a basic search free of charge and that you only need to pay to see the full details.

Yup, search for surname *A* with a wildcard search, living with May Woods in Shoreditch, and you get the three Douthwaites.

I just thought it was funny that Douthwaite has all the vowels in the alphabet in it so any one of them would have worked !