Golding, Thomas, 1875

[Jag]

Cannot find his marriage to Rosina Casebow.  Their son William Henry (or names reversed) born April 1912.
By 1916 Tom has enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, and gives his birthday as 11th May, with one war record saying born Bristol, the other London.
The Pro's bmd's only have one Thomas listed, born 23rd May.
From war record we discovered he had two sisters - Mary Ann (now Mrs Spraggett) and Alice Maud, both living at a PO Bx address in Ontario.  Despite having 'wife' and son in 1912 he lists his sisters as his next of kin.
After contacting Dr. Barnardo's they advised the children were orphaned.  Thomas was 'kept by the family' and the sisters were sent to Canada.  They will not even say where the children were from.
Cannot locate in 1881 census index.  There is one possible Thomas, who's a year 'out' and he's with parents, but not sisters as above.
Any suggestions?

[Jag]

April 2016: to add to the aforegoing I have found Thomas and Rosina Golding in the England 1939 Register and he still gives the same birthdate.
Marily Jones and I believe he is the son of Tom Golding and Sophia Baker who marry sometime after his birth, but his birth and still his marriage are evading us either as Golding or Baker.

[jennifer c]

Do you need details for Rosina?

Jennifer

[jennifer c]

Thomas and Sophia look good as born Bristol and living Poplar same as Rosina casebow.

Jennifer

[Christine53]

Have you seen the Workhouse Admission and Discharge records ? There are multiple entries for Rosina Casebow , b abt 1877 , in Poplar workhouse in 1915 and 1916. I haven't looked at all of them but in some of the earlier ones she is with William Golding , aged 2+. I think it's unlikely that she married Thomas Golding and then didn't use the name.

I expect in the years since your last post you have traced the marriages of Alice Maud and Mary Ann Golding ? Alice's marriage in Ontario gives her parents as Thomas Golding and Sophia Baker and supports your theory about Thomas junior.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-DF3Y

[Christine53]

I realise that you may have resolved this , but I am puzzled about the girls being sent to Canada by Barnardos. I found Mary Ann Golding married Albert Edward Spraggett in 1902 in Mile End Old Town ( 2q 1c 599 ). They emigrated with their children 4 July 1906 on the Southwark to Quebec.
There's an Alice Golding going out to join her married sister in Toronto in 1912 on the Ultonia. This doesn't fit with the children being orphaned and split up. Mary Ann Spraggett and her sister Alice are the next of kin on Thomas Golding's service papers but can you be certain that he is the Thomas Golding father of William Golding b1912 ?

[Mabel Bagshawe]

thomas appears to be with his widowed mother, sisters Mary Ann and Alice and brothers Shadrach, George & John in 1901, which again doesn;t fit the family story!

[Mabel Bagshawe]

William Golding/Casebow is a number of times discharged to Langley House, which appears to be a children's home.

I suspect Thomas' birth is under Baker - as his brother Shadrach's is (Barton Regis district)

[osprey]

Barton Regis came into being in 1877 replacing Clifton registration district.

 A possibility? It doesn't tie in with his age on census entries, but if he was registered at the end of the 6 week period, might fit.

Thomas Golding sep qtr 1875 Clifton vol 6a pg 93