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I have come up against a brickwall!!!!!
I am unable to find a record of birth for Emily Hope.
There is no exact date of birth on either her Marriage Certificate or Death Certificate, they both only state that she was born in New South Wales 1893.
Of all the searches I have conducted I have not been able to establish if Joseph and Rachel Hope were definitely Emily's birth parents.
I am of the belief they were not!
The death certificates for both Joseph and Rachel Hope, nee Smith, state they only had one child......Richard. If someone reads this and can offer any information or advice it would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Kaye
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May save some time:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,295269.msg1777705.html#msg1777705
Jamjar
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Is this Rachel's marriage?
1915
Willam A WILLIAMS m Emily HOPE; marriage registered at WAVERLEY #3209
And this would be her death?
1967
Emily WILLIAMS, parents: JOSEPH and RACHEL; death registered at WALLSEND #27102
Seems that whoever the informant was believed that Joseph and Rachel were her parents. However, she may have been adopted, fostered or her birth not registered.
An entry on Austcemindex states that a Joseph HOPE, husband of Rachel nee SMITH is buried at West Wallsend cemetery. Unfortunately it is an unmarked grave so no photo. Also states that he is'father' but no children's names given. Died September 1913.
http://www.austcemindex.com/cemetery-inscriptions.php?id=243
Were Joseph and Rachel married in Bolton Lancs, 1880? I note Joseph HOPE, miner, b Blackrod Lancs living as a lodger in the 1881 census - says he is married, but there is no wife listed at the address. Can't see a suitable Rachel HOPE though.
Not sure why she would not be on the death certificates.
Judith
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This entry is in the New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Deposit Journals, 1853-1900
Description:
This collection contains immigration deposit records from New South Wales between 1853-1900. The records are of money deposited to sponsor the immigration of a specific person and the reason for the deposit being declined or refunded. The records include name, number of deposit, date of deposit, age, estimated birth year, country and place of origin, ship, date of immigration, nationality, amount paid toward cost of passage, sponsor name, and reason for refund
Rachel Hope, age 31
Birth Year: abt 1859
Place of Origin: Lancashire, England
Immigration Date: 26 May 1890
Ship: Oroya
Sponsor Name: Joseph Hope
Deposit Date: 6 Jan 1890
Immigration Group:
Underneath her name is
Richard HOPE, age 9, child. Their address is given as
"No 44, Hindley,
Mill Lane Hindley
near Wigan, Lancashire"
Underneath that is another name bracketed with Rachel and Richard:
Samuel WILD, 14 adopted
I assume that Joseph was already in NSW and sponsored Rachel and the two children.
His address is given as Woonona, Illawarra.
This means that the births on FreeBMD in UK are not the right ones - Will delete them.
Judith
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Youngish bridegroom, but possible.
REG 7356 in 1895 WILD SAMUEL
To AYRES MARY E
At MUSWELLBROOK
Sue
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Then again, there is a man in VICTORIA who may be the right SAMUEL WILD. ::)
Death
WILD Samuel
Father Robert
Mother Hannah UNKNOWN
Death Place MOOR
Age 83
Year 1960
Reg 10166
He enlisted for ww1 as a married man. He was a waiter
Wife ELSIE Next of Kin and he had 2 children.
He was about 40 in 1918 giving a birthdate of around 1878 and he was born in
LANCASHIRE , ENG.
This seems to be his death.
This man was cremated at Springvale 15/8/1960
So he seems to have been in Victoria for a good part of his life.
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There are a couple of public trees on Ancestry which have quite a deal of information. They appear to be well researched with citations.
However both of them only give Emily's birth as 'abt 1893'
I could not see Samuel WILD on either tree.
I think I have him in
1881, living in Hindley, Lancs with his mother and siblings.
Sarah Wild 37, widow, b Chorley Lancs, charwoman
Elizabeth E. Wild 15 b Bolton, working in cotton mill
Jennet Wild 13 b Bolton, working in cotton mill
Martha Wild 10 b Bolton
Bertha Wild 8 b Bolton
Samuel Wild 5 b Hindley
Sarah Wild 3 b Hindley
Sarah is in the 1871 census, living in Bolton - mistranscribed as WILDE,
Hermas (sic - not correct, the image clearly shows Thomas) Wilde 27, newsagent and greengrocer
Sarah Wilde 27 b Corley
Elizabeth Wilde 5 - all children b Bolton
Janet Wilde 3
Martha Wilde 4 Months
If this is him then he is not the man in Victoria. There are possibles on NSW BMD death index, one of which has these parents.
1940
Samuel WILD, parents: THOMAS, SARAH, death registered at NEWTOWN #26624
Obviously, this would need to validated with the certificate; these death index and census entries are only speculative. ::) ??? ???
Judith
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May save some time:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,295269.msg1777705.html#msg1777705
Jamjar
Thanks Jamjar. I know I put a post on the board some time ago but thought I would give it another try.
Kaye
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Thank you to everyone for your input.
Most of the information you provided I have already researched.
I don't think I will ever be able to find Emily's birth parents, although, I have been told that there is always a paper trail of some sort.
Kind regards
Kaye
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Hi Judith
All the births are correct in the Free BMD UK........please don't delete them.
Joseph arrived here before Rachel, Richard and Samuel.
Cheers
Kaye
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Kaye, the ones I found showed a birth for a Rachel HOPE in 1891 in UK and a Richard HOPE but wrong district so obviously not your family.
Informal adoptions were very common and required no paperwork whatsoever. Adoption legislation was not introduced in NSW until 1923.
According to a website re the history of adoption: An estimated 300,000 adoption have occurred within Australia. A similar number of unregistered adoptions where no official transaction took place is also believed to have occurred.
http://www.sag.org.au/home/25.html?task=view
Judith
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Thank you for your reply Judith.
I will try the link you provided. I have a feeling that I will never find out who Emily's birth parents
were.
Because both Rachel and Joseph's death certificates both state they only had the one child, Richard, it has made be believe that Emily was reared by them but she was not theirs by birth. Richard (their son) provided the death details.
Once again, thank you.
Kaye
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Who was the informant on Emily's death certificate? As I said, obviously that person thought Joseph and Rachel were her parents.
Were her parents witnesses at her wedding? If they were that would show that they were happy to be thought of as her parents. Wondering also if there is a will for Joseph and/or Rachel which might mention Emily as their daughter - or not!
I think you're right and the truth will never be known. Seems odd that Richard did not put her down but I suppose he was so much older than she was and would, perhaps, have remembered that she was not the natural-born child (that is, if she wasn't!).
Did Samuel WILD stay in contact with the family?
Judith
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To everyone for their help.
I have been able to establish via descendants of the Hope family that Emily was not Joseph and Rachels child by birth.
Emily was their FOSTER CHILD. Joseph and Rachel also fostered a boy named Harry, although I have never heard mention of him.
I am now about to go on a search to try and find her birth parents.
Thanks everyone!
Kind regards
Kaye
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Many thanks, Kaye for letting us know. :)
Now you have a harder search!!
Judith