Pedley Look up please

[indiapaleale]

Oh Jim...

Grr....Just when I thought I had something sorted!

Of course, you are correct...I had the children backwards.

Still.....I think that we are talking about the Curry sisters and their relationship to Joseph Pedley.

Interesting stuff this family tree lark!

Indi

[jim1]

Yep.. I think your right.Wouldn't you have liked to be a fly on their wall in 1881.Perhaps he was a Mormon....2 wives perish the thought.

Jim

[Valda]

Going for the simplist explanation for the 1881 census - heavily pregnant Ellen had her sister Bridget staying with the family because of her approaching labour. The census enumerator got confused and put Bridget down as Joseph's wife (when it looks like neither sister was in reality) and somewhere Ellen got left off the household return.

The lack of a marriage isn't an issue (at least in tracing the Pedley line) because some people just didn't get married, but as stated before they all die, so the difficulty in locating the death registration is more intriguing.

Regards

Valda

[jim1]

Valda...that's a conclusion I arrived at as well ( previous note ) as Joseph is widowed in 1891 and unmarried in 1871 there is only 1881 to go on and if the enumerator got it wrong it could well explain the birth anomaly.If Joseph's birth cert. gives Ellen as mother I think that's the only reasonable explanation.

Regards Jim

[leelou]

Hello all

Thanks for ALL your help on this one.

I will order Joseph's birth certificate and William's is in the post from cousin John!

I'll update when I have the Joseph cert - hope it has Ellen or Bridget on it!!!

Louise

[leelou]

Joseph Pedley born 1879

His marriage certificate to Roseanna Prentice 28/04 /1907 includes
Age 28 so links to dob of 1879
4 back 60 chain Walk, Aston
Watch maker -
Father Joseph Pedley deceased Spoon Forger.

Joseph  1879  lived at 6 Whitehead Road at the watch repair shop - living relative confirmed and its his death cert cousin John has.

So we know I have the correct person's certificate, so Joseph's, ( and brother  William with Bridget/Ellen!) father is also Joseph a spoon forger. Just as you confirmed Friday.

Thanks a million folks
Louise

[indiapaleale]

Hi Louise,

Oh, do keep us posted on your Joseph Pedley saga.....it is so interesting.

And of course, the next thing is to figure out if he ever married one or both of the Curry sisters?......

Family History is such fun!

 

India

[leelou]

Hi again!

As promised I'm updating you on the never ending Pedley saga!

I now have birth certificate for both William and Joseph Pedley. Both have Ellen Pedley nee Curry as mother.

 I come to the same conclusion of that the 1881 census was wrong -  sister Bridget was at the house for the birth of her sisters child and the wrong name was entered. Hope this clears it all up!

Thanks for all your help!
Lou.

[jim1]

Well done Lou,that's another wall demolished.I suppose we can forgive the enumerators mistakes as they had to rush about getting all the info. in before they could go home to bed........just.
Jim