Who is Arthur Cordell?

[avm228]

Anna - can you see Arthur's birth registration or his parents' marriage? 

No! V odd.

Older brother James seems to have been registered at birth:

James Cordell
Sep 1855
Epping 4a 51

and a possible for "Anne"

Annie Cordell
Jun 1857
Epping 4a 58

So why not Arthur?  Perhaps he's a natural son of Jane and not of William/Jane - but no sign of a marriage between them at any time.  Hmmm...

Anna

[Tati]

Mum Jane is remarried in 1881
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1881&indiv=try&h=4924417
RG11/1737 59 20

If we find a marriage this time, the cert would tell her father's name at least ...
(not sure what their name really is ... the handwriting is on the disgusting side!!)

Bonsh(e/a)ll or Boush(e/a)ll anyway, according to what I see in 1891 and 1901 - no marriage either 

[avm228]

Marriage Sep 1878

James Bowshall
Jane Cordell

Epping 4a 148

 

[Corfe]

Wow - what a fast response.

Sorry forgot to mention occupation in original posting - but lo and behold - he's a turncock.

[Tati]

Marriage Sep 1878
James Bowshall
Jane Cordell
Epping 4a 148
 

Cool 

(I was searching under the husband's name - clever, eh? 

Shall we fill the census blanks now, Corfe? 

[avm228]

Possible burial for William (fits his age on censuses):

William CORDELL   
 
Buried: 19 Apr 1868, aged 38
 
St John the Baptist, Epping

(his death, aged 38, registered Jun 1868 Epping 4a 51)

[Tati]

Before I lose sight of him again ...

1841
HO107/341 3 34 5
Epping, Essex
Rye Hill
John Cordell, 39, Ag lab  (born Parndon according to later censuses)
Cathrine, 37 (born Theydon according to later censuses)
Catherine, 19
John, 15, Ag lab
Wm, 10
Eliza, 9
Elizabeth, 3
Frederick, 1

All born in county