Ethel EMERY in Bristol c.1900

[neilby]

Am looking for any information at all on my wife's great grandmother, Ethel Emery.  All I have is my wife's mother's birth certificate (January 1916), which gives her mother as Ethel Emery but no details of the father.  Ethel was a general servant at 10 Frederick Place, Clifton, although she had her baby at 39 Ambra Vale East, Bristol.  Birth registered in the Clifton district of Bristol.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Neil

[Necromancer]

welcome Neil - have you tried finding her on the 1901 census ?

[Necromancer]

any of these Ethels could have been a mum in 1916 ...

Births Mar 1882   
 
EMERY  Ethel Lucy    Barton R.  Vol 6a P97   

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Births Jun 1887   
 
Emery  Ethel Kate     Bedminster  Vol 5c P728   

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Births Sep 1888   
 
EMERY  Ethel Mary     Bedminster  Vol 5c P70_ ?




and of course she may not be from the area at all !

[neilby]

Hello.  Yes, I did look at the 1901 Census.  There was an Ethel L. Emery, aged 19, a domestic servant, living with her widowed mother, Fanny Emery, in Brighton Terrace, Easton, Bristol.  Very little information to go on really, and with almost all my family coming from Scotland, it's quite a bit different looking for someone in England (quite spoilt in fact looking up information on the Scotland Register Office site!!).

Thanks...Neil

[sillgen]

Why not try going a different way?   Where was your wife's mother brought up?   Schools etc.   Who are the witnesses at her marriage?  Is it possible that Ethel married later.  When did she die?  Her death certificate will give you her age with luck.   Electoral rolls may help too.  Are there any other relatives who might know something?
There are too many possibles otherwise.
Andrea

[neilby]

Too many possibilities - that is exactly the problem.  My wife's mother was taken away from Bristol (to Scotland) by her father, at the age of six weeks.  Why we don't know.  She knows nothing, nor has been told, anything about her mother.  And at her age now, she really isn't interested, but my wife and I are.  It's just a question of carrying on searching.