Edward SPOONER, boot and shoe maker of Wolverhampton, not found in some censuses

[..claire..]

Hi again

Progress 

A great resource

www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk

Claire

[bibliotaphist]

For info,

Edward Spooner mar. 28 GW Rly Clerk & his family are visiting the Nicholas family in Pembroke Wales
1881  RG11; Piece: 5414; Folio: 29; Page: 5

ADDED

Edward Spooner remarried, he’s a Station Master on 1901c  RG13; Piece: 1940; Folio: 69; Page: 16 living in Wiltshire with wife Emily & dau Nellie

31 Oct 1910 by Licence at Ascension, Balham Hill
Edward Spooner 56 wid. station master, Westbury Wilts father Edward dec’d occ traveller
Julia Maud Tuffin 47 sp., 166 Cavendish Rd Balham father Nehemiah deceased occ carpenter
Wits James Edward Morris & Harry Richards

Hi again Ladyhawk. Apologies but ..claire.. has beaten you to it on those. See earlier replies. Good to have independent confirmation though!!

[bibliotaphist]

Hi again

Progress 

A great resource

www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk

Claire

Superb. Thank you. I'd forgotten about that website. I'd checked those burial details against NBI, FamilySearch, Freereg, Findmypast, Ancestry, Deceasedonline and http://blackcountryhistory.org/ - was beginning to lose the plot 

[bibliotaphist]

I've found them in 1881.

8 Court, Stafford Street.

RG11, piece 2800, fol. 73, p. 15.

Surname recorded as "Spoon[-indistinct-squiggle]" and transcribed as Spoon 

Sarah's birthplace mysteriously and pointlessly indexed by Findmypast as "Stone, Buckinghamshire, England" ?!

So they were within those few streets all along.

Just the matter of daughter Harriet's whereabouts in 1851 to resolve now. Am going to look again at that LOYNEL entry. I wonder if Richard Spooner down the page could be Edward's father or another relative.

[..claire..]

I don't know why we didn't check them for the surname 'Spoon', it seems so obvious now you've found it 

Brilliant  Another one off your list.

Do you have Edwards baptism ? It is possible there is a family tie between him and Richard.

Claire

[Ladyhawk]

Hi again Ladyhawk. Apologies but ..claire.. has beaten you to it on those. See earlier replies. Good to have independent confirmation though!!

Sorry to duplicate - hadn't looked at the earlier pages 

Just the matter of daughter Harriet's whereabouts in 1851 to resolve now.

Might this be a possibility for Harriett Spooner born c 1832 on 1851c  – transcribed as  Hans Spooner

Take a look at the original census and see what you think HO107; Piece: 2027; Folio: 201; Page: 8

Her name looks to read Harr.’t Spooner lodger  U 18 (1833) Stafford Wednesbury occ.  ?ster servant

[..claire..]

Well spotted

That does look good.

Claire

[bibliotaphist]

Hi again Ladyhawk. Apologies but ..claire.. has beaten you to it on those. See earlier replies. Good to have independent confirmation though!!

Sorry to duplicate - hadn't looked at the earlier pages 

Just the matter of daughter Harriet's whereabouts in 1851 to resolve now.

Might this be a possibility for Harriett Spooner born c 1832 on 1851c  – transcribed as  Hans Spooner

Take a look at the original census and see what you think HO107; Piece: 2027; Folio: 201; Page: 8

Her name looks to read Harr.’t Spooner lodger  U 18 (1833) Stafford Wednesbury occ.  ?ster servant

That one goes on the possible pile too. That said, there do seem to be plenty Spooners in Wednesbury (21 baptisms in the Findmypast Staffs PR set) so it might be more likely one of that tribe.

To answer your other question - no, I haven't found Edward snr's baptism (born Sedgley abt 1811) yet - I don't know his father's name.

[bibliotaphist]

...although:

There is a transcription of a baptism in FreeReg of Edward Spooner son of Richard Spooner labourer and Mary, Sedgley All Saints, 25 Dec 1809.

http://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/571c2103f493fd172d00d2f3?search_id=572102c3791e3bd172000d6d (no idea if that URL will persist.)

It looks a little early to be 'my' Edward, but it's possible he underreported his own age throughout his life - or it could be the baptism of an earlier deceased sibling and the name was re-used.

Or it's entirely possible that it's a different family altogether.