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Title: Help Please
Post by: Lauz on Friday 30 January 09 22:35 GMT (UK)
Another Mystery to me is my Great Grandma

I believe her name is Charlotte Ashcroft b. 1889 and i believe in the Worcestershire Area
Could anybody please find her on a census for me as i haven't got access to them at the moment i would be very greatful.  :)
Title: Re: Help Please
Post by: PaulineJ on Friday 30 January 09 22:37 GMT (UK)
when & where did she marry?
What parental details do you know of?

Pj
Title: Re: Help Please
Post by: PaulineJ on Friday 30 January 09 22:40 GMT (UK)
can't see any freebmd birth which tallies.
FREE census index for 1901 doesn't show Worcs either..

Pauline
Title: Re: Help Please
Post by: Lauz on Friday 30 January 09 22:44 GMT (UK)
She married a man called David Edward Wilson in 1908 in the Kidderminster District.

I have another birth year of 1892 for her i don't know what is right and i don't know her parents names. I know there is a similar match to her in the area of brierley hill but i'm really confused.

Her husband was born in 1889 and i also cannot find him but i believe he lived on a barge.
Title: Re: Help Please
Post by: PaulineJ on Friday 30 January 09 22:48 GMT (UK)
Then I think you need the marriage certificate...

The 1911 census index appears to show her "CHARLOTTIE" in Kidderminster b 1889.

Pauline

Title: Re: Help Please
Post by: amber39 on Monday 02 February 09 18:02 GMT (UK)
Could this be the one you are looking for?

Census 1901
Thomas W. Ashcroft Age 44  Bricklayer  born  N. Claines Worcs
Sarah  wife age 31    born Pickering Yorkshire
Benjamin    age  8       "     Herefordshire
George       age  3        "             "
Charlotte    age  1        "    Worcs

There is a Charlotte Elizabeth A. Ashcroft on the BMD register born in 1899 (4)  Droitwich     Ref 6c  351

Regards   Amber39
Title: Re: Help Please
Post by: PaulineJ on Monday 02 February 09 18:24 GMT (UK)
Can't be her. She was married in 1908, so 10 years out...

Pauline
Title: Re: Help Please
Post by: Ecneps on Monday 02 February 09 19:59 GMT (UK)
Hi Lauz,

I've been looking for her too, without success I'm afraid.  The trouble is that we don't really know where she was born, only that you know she married in Kidderminster area.

I think as Pauline says, you need a copy of the marriage certificate before we can help.  That should show both Charlotte's and David's ages and addresses at the time of marriage, and both fathers' names and occupations, which should help to find them all in earlier census, and once you know their ages, it will be easier to find the birth registrations (hopefully)

If you'd like to get the certificate then come back and post the details, we'll hope to help further.

Kind regards,
Barbara
 :)
Title: Re: Help Please
Post by: Lauz on Tuesday 03 February 09 11:01 GMT (UK)
Thankyou everyone, Do you know if i need to know exactly where they got married e.g church etc to get the certificate?
Title: Re: Help Please
Post by: Ecneps on Tuesday 03 February 09 11:19 GMT (UK)
Hello Lauz,

Here's the General Register Office reference for the marriage:

Sept Quarter 1908  Kidderminster volume 6c page 342
ASHCROFT    Charlotte        WILSON David

You can order online from the GRO  www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/
or from the Kidderminster register office http://www.rootschat.com/links/05g9/
Certificates cost £7

Let us know if you need any more help, and when you get the certificate, please would you post the details here, then hopefully we can find Charlotte in census for you.

Kind regards,
Barbara  :)