Find Ancestors

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Quick Search

Single word search

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

William Edgar Douglas Maxwell 1889

Page 1 + 1 of 2

  1. «
  2. 1
  3. 2
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 9 Jan 2024 12:19

Parents' marriage:

Marriages Jun 1858 (>99%)
Rowley Selina Bradford Yk 9b 3
Whitaker Joseph Bradford Yk 9b 3

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 9 Jan 2024 12:24

Samuel Whitaker
in the 1871 England Census
Name Samuel Whitaker
Age 8
Estimated Birth Year 1863
Relation Son
Gender Male
Where born Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish Bradford
Ecclesiastical parish St Peter
County/Island Yorkshire
Country England
Registration district Bradford
Sub-registration district Bradford East End
ED, institution, or vessel 9
Household schedule number 189
Piece 4452
Folio 37
Page number 33
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Joseph Whitaker 31 Head, iron moulder
Selina Whitaker 30 Wife
Samuel Whitaker 8 Son


He's not with his parents in 1881:

Selina Whitaker
in the 1881 England Census
Name Selina Whitaker
Age 41
Estimated Birth Year abt 1840
Relationship to Head Wife
Spouse Joseph Whitaker
Gender Female
Where born Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish Bradford
County/Island Yorkshire
Country England
Street Address 4 Foundry St
Marital Status Married
Occupation Worsted Weaver
Registration district Bradford
Sub registration district Bradford, East End
ED, institution, or vessel 5
Neighbors
Piece 4441
Folio 92
Page number 13
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Joseph Whitaker 44 Head - Iron moulder in a foundry
Selina Whitaker 41 Wife
Mary E. Whitaker 8 Daughter

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 9 Jan 2024 13:11

The two births (Josephine and Jean) relate to this marriage

Marriages Sep 1924 (>99%)
Elliott Arthur R Williams Lambeth 1d 636
Williams Florence M Elliott Lambeth 1d 636

1939 Register
75 Belfield Road, Ewell, Epsom and Ewell M.B., Surrey, England
Arthur R Elliott 17 Jun 1896 Male Machine Compositor Linotype Married 62 1
Florence M Elliott 29 Nov 1896 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 62 2
Josephine E Gray (Elliott) 22 Jun 1926 Female At School Single 62 3
The record for this person is officially closed.
Frederick R Tofts 29 Dec 1915 Male Machine Compositor Lino Single 62 5

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 9 Jan 2024 14:44

Marriages Mar 1912 (>99%)

Golden Max F Joy Lambeth 1d 457
Joy Carrie Golden Lambeth 1d 457
Maxwell William E D Whitaker Lambeth 1d 457
Whitaker Caroline Maxwell Lambeth 1d 457

Two marriages per page.........there is another couple on this one, so it seems that they must have given 'stage names' as well

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 9 Jan 2024 15:23

Not in any GR trees

greyghost

greyghost Report 9 Jan 2024 16:34

London Evening Standard 13 Feb. 1915.
Court case 1913 - Mrs Maxwell said that she was known as "Carrie Joy" and she had also passed as Mrs Cohen for some years.

Simon-Peter

Simon-Peter Report 11 Jan 2024 13:41

Hi, many thanks for the messages. It's added lots of details for me.
Simon.