Please can anyone help trace the birth and/or census records (1841 & 1851) for my g-g-grandmother?
Family tradition has it that she eloped with my g-g-grandfather and was from a well-to-do family.
However, having tracked down their marriage certificate she lists her father’s occupation as tinplate worker.
Interestingly though, they each appear to have been slightly dishonest about their ages:
Emily Jenkin DAVIS born 1838 (possibly 11th March)
Married at Clerkenwell Registry Office to James Jonathan CHRISTMAS who was 29 but gave his age as 27. She gave her age as 18 & her father’s name Robert DAVIS. Her address at the time was 1 St John Street Road, Clerkenwell.
I have traced the census records for her after her marriage but can find no trace of her before then.
1861: aged 24 born in Southwark
1871: aged 36 born in Blackfriars
1881: aged 44 born in Blackfriars
1891: aged 53 born in Blackfriars
1901: aged 63 born in Camberwell
1911: aged 74 born in Islington
Died 3rd January 1921 aged 82
I’ve got quite a few birth certificates now for several Emily Davis’s (below) but none seem to tie in.
Any help would be very welcome!
certificates checked:
vol page District Year Father's name Father's occupation
1 270 St Pancras 1839 William Davis Tailor
2 161 City of London 1839 Stephen Davis Dissenting Minister
3 209 South Chelsea 1839 John Davis Coal merchant
4 16 Bermondsey 1838 James Davis Rope maker
3 113 Hackney 1838 Joseph Davis Stock Broker
2 5 Bethnal Green 1838 Samuel Sully Weaver
