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Title: ada winter
Post by: marhat on Sunday 27 May 07 00:33 BST (UK)


 i have a Ada Winter born on Westminster (st George Hanover Sq) i have her with her family in 1881 where she is a year old, i also have her in 1891 at home but in 1901 i cant find her or her mother.
         i wonder if anybody would have more luck than me, by the way her parents names were john and Emma Winter
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: Meliora on Sunday 27 May 07 11:55 BST (UK)
Hello, Marhat,

You might like to consider this 1901 entry for your John Winter & family.

RG13/88  folio  84  page 38
17, Cumberland St., St George Han Sq.

John Winter  head  Wid  age 48 Painter (House) b Westminster
Eliza dau  age 26      b  Westminster
Walter  son age 22  Iron Foundry Trimmer b   ditto
Hilda ?  (Ada)  dau  age 20  Incandescent..?..maker  b  ditto

The dau Hilda entry is badly crossed out, .da.. is easily identifiable.  I see from the 1881 census that there are daus Matilda age 6 & Lizzie age 4.  A Matilda is not with them 1901 & the entry for Ada had been shown as Hilda, could a mistake have been made in the giving of the name instead of Ada with the result is was crossed thro. ???   

Meliora
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: Dave Francis on Sunday 27 May 07 12:37 BST (UK)
I agree with Meliora.

It looks like the clerk corrected the original entry for 'Hilda' - presumably when check the details against the census schedule.

The occupation is "incandescent man. mak." which would have been short for "incandescent mantle maker".

Dave
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: marhat on Sunday 27 May 07 15:56 BST (UK)
going back to ada`s father in 1871 i have him in St John The Evangelist Civil parish, and it looks as if John and his parents and siblings are living in a seckt or something, as the space for parents or spouse  it gives for people in the building as John,there are almost 100 people in the building --- could anybody find what this place was and why so many people put John as Father and no Mothers name
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: Meliora on Monday 28 May 07 09:17 BST (UK)
Sorry, but this is too vague to be able to follow up.

Can you give details of where you found John Winter in 1871, please.  ?  Was this in the 1871 census ?  What were the names of his father & siblings  ?

Meliora
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: marhat on Monday 28 May 07 15:36 BST (UK)

  John is on page 5 of the 1871 census for John Winters, it says that he was born in Bexley Kent.
 on the Bottom of the page it has the code==
        Folio 34 Page 19 GSU Roll 838769
he is with his family
      Father William E b1821
      mother Matilda Winter b1824
children John b1853
           James b1858
           Laura J b1860
           Arthur b1862

I know that William and Matilda are the parents as i john and James in the 1861 census.

But the funny thing is they all say for spouse or parents ---
John and no mothers name apart from the few names that are down as housemaids and they have that space empty
   i hope you can help me
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: Meliora on Monday 28 May 07 17:10 BST (UK)
Hell, Marhat,

I must admit to being a little confused about your reference to spouse & parents, a few names shown as housemaids & a lot of open space.  I don't know exactly what you were looking at.  Can you say where this info was ?

You omitted an important part of the 1871 census for the Winter family.  There should be a Piece no  preceeding the folio & page no.   Without this Piece no, you cannot find the folio or page no.  The census years are always shown as follows, 1841 & '51 HO107,  1861 as RG9/, 1871 as RG10/, 1881 as RG11/ 1891 as RG12/ & the 1901 as RG13/.  These nos are always followed by the Piece no.  On finding the relevent Piece no in the census , then look for the folio & page no, remembering that there are 2 page nos to one folio no.

However, nil desperandum, I did find the relevent Piece no  for the folio 34.  I think the list of names you refer to are the 46 people shown on the 2 pages 19 & 20 of folio 34 living at 117 Regent St. & nos 26 to 29 Causton St.  Details of the Winter family are >>

1871 census
RG10/122  folio 34  page 19
26 Causton St, St John the Evangelist, Westminster

William E. Winter  head  age 50  Joiner  b  Westminster
Matilda   wife age 47    b  Kent  Sutton
John  son  age 18   Moulder  b  Kent  Bexley
James  son  age 11   worker  in print office  b  Westminster
Louisa  dau  age 11   b   dito
Arthur  saonn age 9    b   ditto
Laura  dau  age 7    b   ditto

1861 census
RG9/50  folio 118  page 37,
26, Causton St., St John the Evangelist, Westminster

William E. Winter  head  age 39  Carpenter/Joiner  b Middsx Oxford St
Matilda  wife   age 37    b Kent  Sutton at Hove
William G,  son  age 17   tripe trimmer   b   Kent Crayford
George J  son  age 14       ditto       b  ditto
Matilda  dau  age 12     b   ditto
John  J.  son age 8    b  ditto
James G  son  age 3   b  Westminster
Louisa  dau  age 1     b  ditto

I hope this has cleared up any confusion.

Meliora

Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: marhat on Monday 28 May 07 23:47 BST (UK)
the code that i missed is RG10 Piece 122. when you open this page there are about 100 names then when you click on "view others on page" there are 21 names 17 out of the 21 says parent or spouse John.
        i hope you can help
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: patrish on Tuesday 29 May 07 00:47 BST (UK)
I can see the page you mean and the long list of name but when you click on view others they come up in their individual familys as Meloria has posted. I can see nothing about father or spouses.
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: Meliora on Tuesday 29 May 07 09:24 BST (UK)
There is an interesting item in the 1871 census for the William E. Winter family.

The son Arthur aged 9 is shown as paralyzed in the end column that list any disabilities.

I have also just realised why William E. Winter is shown as Housemaid in the View Record list on Ancestry.  The Hd. in the relation ship column, instead of bring transcribed as Head it is shown as Housemaid.   I have seen & heard some funny ones in my time but that takes the biscuit.

This mis-transcription can also apply where the name John appears as father or spouse for all the enrtries in the View Others on Page list, if you had clicked on View Original Image you would have seen the correct familes grouped together.

Meliora
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: patrish on Tuesday 29 May 07 10:40 BST (UK)
He is not the only one like that either, I checked a couple of others a J. Dean and W. Farmer down as Housemaids when in fact they are Labourer and Lighterman  :o

Good old mistrancription  again  ;D ;D
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: marhat on Tuesday 29 May 07 14:09 BST (UK)


  so you both reckon that it was just a mistake in the transcriptions, by tne way i have Arthur S (Sidney) married with 2 sons in 1901. He is married to a Girl called Bertha Marsh  Have I got it wight?
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: marhat on Tuesday 29 May 07 15:11 BST (UK)


  Hi Meliora.
              You said that it says that Arthur was down as paralyzed, in the list i have from Ancestery it says in the space for where born "Westr Paralyse, Middlesex, England". The other 4 children in the family says "Westr,Middlesex, England, could that be the Paralyzed that you found.
                         mary
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: Meliora on Tuesday 29 May 07 15:30 BST (UK)
You cannot always take transcriptions for granted, that they are correct, you should always check the original entries.    Mistakes can occur in those as well, many census, particularly the earlier ones, relied on what the enumerator was told & what he thought he heard, then mistakes took place when they were copied from his entry books to the records.  We have to take a broad view of what we see in transcriptions & work out what best fits what we are looking for.

I cannot tell you just from looking at the 1901 census whether the entry for Arthur Sidney Winter is the son of William & Martha.  To find out whether he is or not you would have to find & buy the marriage cert, this will tell you his father's name.

This should help
Marriage
William Sidney Winter  =  Bertha Marsh
Dec ¼ 1892  Lambeth 1d  692

1901 census info
On the same page & living in the same street as Arthur Sidney Winter is a James G Winter born 1858 Westminster

RG13/427  folio 161  page 17
12, Vicary St. Lambeth, Brixton

James G. Winter  head  age 43  Housedecorator b  Westminster
Hannah  wife age39  b  Marylebone
Richard J.  son  age 15  Printer's Labourer  b   ditto
Ethel M.  dau age 12      b  St Pancras
James G.  son age 5     b  Grays, Essex
Laura  dau  age3    b  Hammersmith London
William E   son  age    b   dittp

16, Vicary St, Lambeth ,  Brixton

Arthur Sidney Winter  head  age 39  ironmonger b  London
Bertha  wife age 29  b  Whitstable
Eric M.  son  age 7    b  London
Reginald  son  age 5   b   ditto
Kate  Marsh, sister in law  age 14    b  London

In your request posts, if you have found anything in any of the census, please post the Distict, Piece no, folio & page no, this eliminates anyone wishing to help having to spend time searching for it.

Meliora
Title: Re: ada winter
Post by: Meliora on Tuesday 29 May 07 15:44 BST (UK)
Re. the entry for Arthur being paralyzed.

You are again relying on a transcription that can be wrong. 

You must look at the original census image.

RG10/122 folio 34  page 19
 
The last column on the right hand side is headed
whether
1)  deaf & dumb
2)  blind
3)  Imbecile or idiot
4)  Lunatic.

The enumerator always also entered if there was any disability, in Arthur's case he has entered Paralyzed.  Once I found an entry in my own research that said a young man had only one leg, the previous census had not mentioned this.  This led me to trace the fact that he had had the leg removed in hospital.

Meliora
Title: Re: ada winter compleated
Post by: marhat on Sunday 22 February 09 18:55 GMT (UK)
this message has been compleated