Confused - Cant find them ??

[JAP]

Spidermonkey,

I did try the US censuses.

But it would be great if someone else would have a go!

JAP

[Spidermonkey]

Are the US censuses free to access?  My subs to Ancestry only cover UK stuff.  If there is a free site, I'll certainly have a look

[avm228]

I do not have a birth cert for Clara Homer. On the fee BMD index i beleive she has been registered as Clara Ann Homer at Stourbridge Reg in 1859. This district cover Kingswinford.
Working on this, there is a Clara Ann Brooks marrying in Dudley in 1889 to either a Henry Bellingham (Billingham) or Edward Glover. The Bellingham were big at Salt Wells Coppice. Could someone have a look on the 1891 or 1901 to see whether this is her ?? Maybe Sarah hiding away under a different name ?

For info, West Midlands BMD at http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html makes clear that the 1889 marriage of Clara A. Brooks was to Edward Glover, and took place at Christ Church, Coseley.

Anna

[Mr Grinch]

Thanks all for that. Is the US Census free to look at ?? I have asked on this site before, shall i move this to the US immigrants section ?

Regards
James

[JAP]

Well James,

You could well ask a question on the US board - with a link to this thread.

But it still doesn't help in the search for Sarah BROOKS in 1891 ...

JAP

[MMichele]

Hello James,  I just discovered this Rootschat exchange.  I'll give you a bit of information and then you can contact me if you want to know more.  Since this Rootschat conversation happened 2 years ago you might have answers to a lot of your questions by now.

Elijah Brooks moved to the state of Ohio in the United States in the 1880s.  He married a Welsh widow in Ohio and had a large family.  Elijah is my great grandfather.  I can provide you quite a bit of information about him and his family in the US.  I've also done some research about him in Staffordshire.  I have a birth certificate for him. He was born 17 Nov 1858 in Salt Wells Kingswinford. His father was David Brooks and his mother was Hannah Brooks, formerly Cartwright.  He had at least one brother, named Samuel.  With this information, you should be able to find the family in the 1861 and 1871 censuses in Kingswinford.

Please reply if you are still researching this part of your family.  I've known about Sarah Sophia for a long time.  She was my grandmother's step sister.  My grandmother corresponded with her daughter, Violet, in the 1940s and 1950s.   I just received a copy of Sarah Sophia's birth record from which I learned about Clara Homer. 

Michele

[Mr Grinch]

Hello James,  I just discovered this Rootschat exchange.  I'll give you a bit of information and then you can contact me if you want to know more.  Since this Rootschat conversation happened 2 years ago you might have answers to a lot of your questions by now.

Elijah Brooks moved to the state of Ohio in the United States in the 1880s.  He married a Welsh widow in Ohio and had a large family.  Elijah is my great grandfather.  I can provide you quite a bit of information about him and his family in the US.  I've also done some research about him in Staffordshire.  I have a birth certificate for him. He was born 17 Nov 1858 in Salt Wells Kingswinford. His father was David Brooks and his mother was Hannah Brooks, formerly Cartwright.  He had at least one brother, named Samuel.  With this information, you should be able to find the family in the 1861 and 1871 censuses in Kingswinford.

Please reply if you are still researching this part of your family.  I've known about Sarah Sophia for a long time.  She was my grandmother's step sister.  My grandmother corresponded with her daughter, Violet, in the 1940s and 1950s.   I just received a copy of Sarah Sophia's birth record from which I learned about Clara Homer. 

Michele

Hi there,
Great information. I will PM you over the next few days.
My Nan, Teresa who was Sarah's third daughter mentioned something about the US but didnt really know much. I'll dig out my research over the next day or so.

Thanks for replying, im hoping this will explain a lot of things.

Regards
James

[MMichele]

Hi James,  I'm new to RootsChat and have discovered that I must make three postings before I can use personal messaging.  I'll do two more postings, including this one, which will provide information that might be of interest to the people on this chat who helped you with your research.

Several of the US censuses include the year during which immigrants arrived in the US.  I have found Elijah in three US censuses - 1900, 1919, and 1920.  (He died in 1923.)  In the 1900 Census, his year of arrival is clearly written as 1879.  However, the 1910 Census shows his arrival as 1885 and the 1920 Census shows 1886. His naturalization papers, which are from 1892, do not say when he arrived. I'll do another search of the 1880 US Census to see if I can find Elijah.

And now for my next posting ....


Michele

[MMichele]

Hi,  I just did a search of the 1880 US Census and did not find Ellijah.  I've found no other US records that would narrow down his arrival,  He didn't marry in the US until 1879.

I'm inclined to believe that he arrived in either 1885 or 1886.

After I post this, I'll check to see if I can receive your PM.  Please resend if you don't hear from me.


Michele