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Thanks a million everyone. I agree with you, this certainly looks like the right family. The only thing that puzzles me is where are the other siblings - we have accounted for Ethel and Maud and the Louisa M could be the May we are looking for, but where are Edith, Ida and Peggy ? I wonder whether these were children of Henry Rooms, born after the 1901 census, and not William Hayward. I will try on Freebmd. Thank you everyone.

nudged... so that you wonderful folk can see that I do appreciate your efforts for me. Thank you.

Thanks Margaret.

I haven't been able to find any probable births for the other names under Hayward or Rooms. It is possible that the children were known by middle names, so it would be impossible to find them in this case.

Kath. x

Found this on Google about Thomas White's School. It was also a home, so maybe the other children were living there:-

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In 1889 The Industrial School for Girls in Swanswell Terrace was pulled down and a new and larger building erected on the site, then renamed the Sir Thomas Whites School for Girls. The 1901 Coventry Directory lists the building as an "industrial home and school" with Miss Susannah Goulding as Superintendent and Mrs Annie Graham as Schoolmistress. The girls had a grey uniform and were often supervised by the Grey Ladies from St. Nicholas Street. In 1909 a new wing was added to the School and in 1916 the school was closed and the building, after conversion, added as an extension of the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. It was then known as the Sir Thomas White Block and contained four wards: a men's medical, a women's medical, a maternity ward and the eye ward.

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Kath. x

Looks like Henry had married before (Annie 32 not 52)

1891 England Census
about Henry W Coones
Name: Henry W Coones
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Annie
Gender: Male
Where born: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Civil Parish: Holy Trinity
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
Town: Coventry
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

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Registration district: Coventry
Sub-registration district: Holy Trinity
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
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Household Members: Name Age
Annie Coones 52
Henry W Coones 35