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I am trying to find the birthplace of my grandmother I have a copy of her marriage certificate in 1913 her father was Robert Covell address 34 Burt street Blyth nortumberland I think she was born around 1887 I have checked the census of 1911 1901 1891 I think the problem is the two surnames of druary and covell regards. Stanley mould

Have you looked on FreeBMD for her birth ?

Did she have. Siblings that will show on any census too ?

What was her father's occupation on the marriage cert please?

Stanley can you put up the census you have found the family on please?

Is this the family?


1891 England Census about Elizabeth Covell
Name: Elizabeth Covell
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Robert Covell
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Covell
Gender: Female
Where born: Earsdon, Northumberland, England

Civil Parish: Earsdon (Tynemouth)
Ecclesiastical parish: Earsdon
Town: Earsdon
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration District: Tynemouth
Sub-registration District: Earsdon
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4234
Folio: 76
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Covell 40
Elizabeth Covell 36
Elizabeth Covell 15
George Covell 14
Thomas Covell 8
Herbert Covell 4
Mary J Covell 1

Doesn't help much

Name: Elizabeth J Mould
Birth Date: abt 1887
Date of Registration: Jun 1954
Age at Death: 67
Registration District: Northumberland Central
Inferred County: Northumberland
Volume: 1b
Page: 214

The 1911 address



1911 Census transcription details for: 34 Burt Street
National Archive Reference: RG14PN30828 RG78PN1761 RD559 SD5 ED10 SN179
Reg. District: Tynemouth
Sub District: Blyth
Parish: Cowpen
Enum. District: 10
Address: 34 Burt Street
County: Northumberland
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
COVELL, Robert Head Married M 62 1849 Coal Miner Fireman Above Ground Norfolk Worsted
COVELL, Eliza Wife Married
28 years F 60 1851 Norfolk Worsted
COVELL, Phlip Son Single M 17 1894 General Cartman Norfolk Worsted
COVELL, Jack Son Single M 21 1890 Scavenger Urban Coincil Norfolk Worsted
BESLEY, Jessie Grandchild F 2 1909 West Riding Yorkshire Jump

Going with that 1911 Shirley has posted, I think the grandchild named Jessie Besley was actually born as Covell

Births Sep 1909 (>99%)

COVELL Jessie Elizabeth Haslingden 8e 83

On 1911C in Murton, John, Fred and Mary Jane appear (youngest 3 of Robert and Elizabeth in 1901C)

They are "stepchildren" of Robert HINDMARSH (49, coal miner, b S Shields) and Elizabeth (51).

Robert' COVELL's wife Elizabeth was born in Prudhoe according to an earlier census. He was always born Worstead in Norfolk. Children were born in Tynemouth area (somewhere spelt Eardon and Eartdon)

No sign of an Elizabeth Jessie anything born in that time frame I can find. First sighting of her I can find in 1913 when she married MOULD. :-S :-S

As Norfolk seems to be coming up for birthplace for Covells I think it might be worth looking at this
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Births Sep 1886 (>99%)

Drury Jessie Elizabeth Smallburgh 4b 50

I like the look of that Rose.

what do you think?

Marriages Dec 1890 (>99%)

Covell Robert Tynemouth 10b 344 99%)<<<< spouse missing

Marriages Sep 1890


Drury Ellen Tynemouth 10b 34_

Good spot, Rose.

Robert HINDMARSH (described with wife Elizabeth as step parents of John, Fred and Mary Jane - who were youngest 3 of 8 living children from 29 year marriage of Robert COVELL and Elizabeth in 1911C) had only been married 2 years to his wife Elizabeth (51 in C1911).

Thye were married in 1909 - her name at marriage was COVELL

Have looked at that Drury birth in Smallburgh in 1886. These are some of the DRURY births there:

Sidney 1885
Jessie Elizabeth 1886
Emily Jane 1888
Georgiana 1890

and here is family in 1891c in Witchfield, Worstead:

Robert COVELL, 41, ag lab
Sidney DRURY, son, 6
Lilly DRURY, 4 (may be Lizzy)
Emily DRURY, dau, 2.
Georgeanna DRURY, dau, 2,
Eliza DRURY, cousin, widow, 42, gen serv
Edith DRURY, lodger, 17, b Westwick, NFK
John DRURY, lodger, 2
All born Worstead except Edith

In C1901, family is at 7 Deuchar Terrace, Hirst, in north east somewhere:

Robert COVELL, 45, fireman & farmer
Eliza , wife, 46
Sydney, 17, coalminer
Eliza, 15
Emily, 13,
Georgie, 11
John, 12, coalminer
Philip, 8
Jane, 9

All born Worstead in Smallburgh Reg District - all surname COVELL.

And we already have 1911C in Back St, Cowpen Quay, Blyth (only 2 rooms) where Robert (62) and Elizabeth (60) claim to have bene married for 29 years and have had 9 children (8 surviving). Philip (17) and Jack (21) are living with them. Also Jessie BESLEY, 2, a grandchild born W Riding.

Plot thickens


:-S :-S

message from Stanley

"Her fathers employment was colliery fireman"

so we're looking quite good here :-)

In C1881 in Westwick

Eliza DRURY, head, widow, 31, on parish relief, B Worstead
Edith, dau, 7, b Westwick
Harriett, dau, 6, b Westwick
Herbert, son, 5, b Westwick

She appears to have been Eliza SELF (parents John SELF 1816-1890 and Elizabeth COVELL 1816-1891). Eliza was 3 months old in 1851C in Worstead and family is a typical local family. Eliza married Robert DRURY (1842-1879) in 1872.

So the mists for me are receding. All these DRURY children prior to 1879 were fathered by Robert DRURY, born Westwick. After 1881c, widow Eliza DRURY (nee SELF) had an arrangement with Robert COVELL, who probably was the father of the children born from 1883 to 1890 but was not married to widow Eliza.

They then got married in 1890 in north east, but Eliza is still using her maiden name in 1891C and children are still DRURY (probably local people had no idea they had got married up north). Thye have another child Philip (in wedlock presumably) and then move north as a family after 1894.

I think that is why, in 1911, Robert COVELL says he and cousin Eliza SELF have been married for 28 years and have had 9 children together.

QED? Possibly, Stanley :-)

Stanley

The other Robert COVELL who was in Tynemouth in 1901C (also a coal miner, born 1851 Worstead) was son of George COVELL and Elizabeth HAYNE.

He seems to have moved nothert before 1871c and married Elizabeth HESLOP of Prudhoe in 1874. Dates were 1851-1902. Widow Elizabeth then married Robert HINDMARSH in 1909. Hence in 1911c, John, Fred and Mary Jane COVELL are stepchildren of Robert HINDMARSH.

So the two Roberts were probably related and knew each other. They were both born at roughly same time in same village. And both finished up in the same area of the north as coal miners. One Robert was son of George COVELL, other I think was son of Samuel COVELL.

But parents of your grandmother Elizabeth Jessie DRURY- COVELL should prove to be Robert COVELL and Eliza DRURY nee SELF when you check her 1886 birth certificate from Smallburgh. :-)

Thanks to Rose for finding that birth. Easy after that, I hope.

In case it's relevant

Robert Covall, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: Robert Covall
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 30 Mar 1851
Christening Place: Worstead, Norfolk, England
Father's Name: George Covall
Mother's Name: Elizabeth

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01822-9
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1526659
Reference ID: item 7

From FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/

Thank you everybody I think I am going to have to get a copy of my grandmothers birth certificate to find the information. I need regards stanley mould
:-) :-)