Elijah Hedges Rochford Essex Uk

[groom]

Same here, very strange especially as his army record gives their exact dates of birth. No sign of them in the 1901.

[KGarrad]

1891 census
Class: RG12; Piece: 1091; Folio: 182; Page: 23
Caravan, Longfield Lane, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire

Hedges, Elizars(?!)  Head M  59  Hawker  b Dartford, Kent
Hedges, Alice  Wife  F  50  b Dartford
Hedges, Elizars(?!)  Son  M  22  Hawker  b Dartford
Hedges, Elijah  Son  M  20  Hawker  b Dartford
Hedges, Charlotte  Daughter  F  18  Hawker  b Dartford
Hedges, Phoebe  Daughter  F  16  b Romford, Essex
Hedges, Eliza  Daughter  F  15  b Romford

[groom]

So as both addresses are Caravan and occupation Hawker are we looking at travellers and perhaps they didn't register the children's births?

[KGarrad]

1881 census
Class: RG11; Piece: 1742; Folio: 22; Page: 37
Caravan, Navestock, Essex

Hedges, Elias  Head M  37  Licensed Hawker  b Alresford, Kent
Hedges, Alice  Wife  F  35  Licensed Hawker  b St Mary's, Cray, Kent
Hedges, Alvy  Daughter  F  16  Licensed Hawker, Dartford, Kent
Hedges, Odene  Daughter  F  14  Licensed Hawker  b Southfleet, Kent
Hedges, Elias  Son  M  12  b Kintson, Kent
Hedges, Elijah  Son  M  10  b Erith, Kent
Hedges, Lottie  Daughter  F  7  b Raleigh, Essex
Hedges, Thomas  Son  M  5  b Sittingbourne, Kent
Hedges, Henry  Son  M  4  b Woodford, Essex
Hedges, Celia  Daughter  F  11 months  b Romford, Essex
Hedges, Phoebe  Daughter  F  16  b Romford, Essex
Hedges, Eliza  Daughter  F  15  b Romford


Jan - that's the conclusion I was coming to.

[jacquiet]

Father Elijah has a WW1 Service record - available on Ancestry. (Your local library may offer free access to Ancestry?)

Address: Caravan, Sutton Drive, Rochford.
Wife: Charlotte
Married: 7th August 1894 at Prittlewell
Children:
Lily May, born 30 Sept 1904, Rochford
Elis Victor, born 11 June 1907, Rochford
Maisie Lottie, born 4 May 1914, Rochford

Elijah joined up on 2 August 1918, when he was 47 years and 2 months old.

Wow my mother said her Father was in the first world war but I thought he would have been too old. I think her oldest brother also Elijah fought. This is so amazing. I have called my older sister and told her. I want to thank everyone on here for this.

Jacquie xx

[jacquiet]

So as both addresses are Caravan and occupation Hawker are we looking at travellers and perhaps they didn't register the children's births? Hi, I know my Mothers family are Gypsies. I wasn't sure when they 'dunroaming' your info suggests after my Mothers birth in 1914, but I could be wrong. My amazing Mum passed away 4 years ago aged 98. She was a huge character. xx

[groom]

It does look like that as she is the only one that I can find with a birth registration. Perhaps they settled at the start of WW1.

[jacquiet]

It does look like that as she is the only one that I can find with a birth registration. Perhaps they settled at the start of WW1.

Mum told us she was born in a gypsey caravan.She was the baby of the family. She had an older sister called amy also olive and Lily May. Plus the two brothers. I think there were others but they either died at birth or very young.  They were strong people. It showed in Maisie xx Miss her very much

[Emma Conroy]

Elijah's birth:

June qtr 1871
Cambridge Registration District     vol 3b, page 495

Mother's maiden name: Stone

Was Elijah's dad called Elijah Hedges and his mother Mary Stone?