Can anyone help me find the following addresses in the 1881 census and tell me who was living there?
3 Prudhoe Place, Newcastle
31 Prudhoe Street, Newcastle
I have a marriage certificate dated 9th April 1881 (six days after the census) which gives the following details.
William RENDER - 26, Bachelor, Engine Fitter of 3 Prudhoe Place, Newcastle. Father - Thomas Render, Slater.
Margaret Ann SCOTT - age 24, Spinster of 31 Prudhoe Street. Father - Robert Scott, Boiler Builder.
Witnesses - Robert Scott & Annie Scott.
I need to find out if this Margaret Ann SCOTT is the one I am looking for.
The information I have is Margaret Ann SCOTT was born c.1857 in Newcastle, the daughter of William James SCOTT. Her father died in 1870 and his widow (2nd wife - not Margaret's mother) then married William Scott's brother, Robert SCOTT. Very complicated family!!
The above marriage could be the one I am looking for if Margaret named her step-father, Robert Scott as her father, rather than his brother William James Scott who was her actual father.
Robert's occupation of Boilersmith or Boiler Builder fits perfectly.
What puzzles me is that on the marriage certificate, Margaret's place of residence is recorded as 31 Prudhoe Street whereas I have found my Margaret (a few days earlier) living with her (step)father Robert Scott, Boilersmith, at 106 Corbridge Street, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. RG11/5068, Folio 40, page 22.
I am hoping it may help to find who was living at the Prudhoe Street/Prudhoe place addresses in 1881. If a Margaret Scott was there then I am off track and have the wrong marriage.
However, a search on A*** using these names does not find this address. Does anyone know in which district it would be? I have found Prudhoe Street on a modern map. Off Percy Street, near St. James Park.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Kevin Scott