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My Great grandmother was born Bertha Melinda Parr in or near Weston , somerset in 1854 or 1858, see below

Her parents Robert and Mary Parr lived at 1 Pottery Cottages Weston in 1861 there was no sign of Bertha. 1871 Can't find the rest of the family. Bertha working as a nursemaid in Weston age 17. 1873 Bertha has a daughter Laura Pauline Price, and appears on the birth cert as Bertha Melinda Price living in Fairfield Terrace, Bedminster , Bristol with William Price Cabinet Maker. 1881 Bertha (mistranscribed as Martha) Parr and Laura Parr are with Robert and Mary at 1 Pottery Cottages. 1891 Bertha Melinda Perry age 32 is living in Heath Villas Eastville, Bristol with daughters Beatrice b 1884, Lillian b1885 (my grandmother) and Ivy b 1887. On my grandmother's birth cert her father is William Perry Commercial traveller 1892 she dies age 34 I cannot trace any marriage to either of the Williams or a birth cert. Can anyone else PLEASE, she is driving me mad. Nicky x Ps Laura Pauline was always known as Pauline Parr

have you got the 1861 census ref and the 1881 it sounds as though they are at the same address in 1871 mistranscribed. Jess x

1881 which i know you have . looking at the neigbours, to track in 1871 Laura P. Parr abt 1874 Bristol Granddaughter Locking Road 1 The Potteries, Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England Martha M. Parr abt 1854 Weston, Somerset, England Daughter Locking Road 1 The Potteries, Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England Mary Parr abt 1822 Abergavenny, Wales Wife Locking Road 1 The Potteries, Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England Robert Parr abt 1825 Taunton, Somerset, England Head Locking Road 1 The Potteries, Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England

hopefully....just going to check the address Amelia Pain abt 1851 Bristol Daughter Weston Super Mare Somerset Jane Pain abt 1852 Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England Daughter Weston Super Mare Somerset John Pain abt 1856 Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England Son Weston Super Mare Somerset Mary Pain abt 1822 Abergavenny, Wales Wife Weston Super Mare Somerset Robert Pain abt 1822 Taunton, Somerset, England Head Weston Super Mare Somerset Locking Rd, No3 Pottery Cottages....

That must be them

what other gaps do you have?

Can't find her birth or either of her marriages (if she did marry) If she was 34 when she died she'd only be 15 when Laura P was born

Whose birth/ Marriage ? Bertha Melinda's? (although you know she married Mr Perry- what was his christian name?)

Yes, sorry I wasn't very clear. I'm assuming she married William Perry but can't find a marriage

Are you sure the Bertha you have in 1871 is correct? She's shown as Bertha Price & unmarried. There is a daughter Charlotte in the 1861 census, b 1854 in the Parr household. Angela

Sorry have to go and fetch hubby will be back later Nicky

I'm not definately sure about 1871, but it would be a co-incidence that she was Bertha Melinda Price on Laura Pauline's birth cert 2 years later, maybe she just called herself Price, I don't know...... Yes if Charlotte was born in 1854 then 1858 would be more likely to be correct for Bertha I think..... confused Nicky hoping for an answer However why isn't Bertha on 1861 whether she was 3 or 7 then?

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Nicola I was wondering why Bertha wasn't with her family in 1861, but I can't find her elsewhere so thought she might be Charlotte (if that makes sense). Do you have Bertha's birth cert? Angela

No that's part of the mystery. I only have her death cert, no birth or marriage(s). Don't even know who reported her death as there was an inquest and the information was provided by the coroner. Nicky

Nicola, if there was an inquest into her death it would almost certainly have been reported in the local newspaper. I have contacted local record offices on 2 occasions about inquest reports and both times they were able to provide me with a copy of the newspaper articles which were quite detailed. Best of luck. Carolyn

Thanks Carolyn. Tho sadly in this case the inquest was because she died after having an abortion. Nicky