London County Lunatic Asylum Hanwell

[rosie99]

Ruskie 
Sarah Ann Brooke married Robert Hope Fleming sep qtr 1900 (Hackney RD)  son with mmn Brooke born Sept qtr 1901

[rosie99]

I wonder if Sarah A was initially a 'housekeeper' her husband was in the army at this time.    The years married for them both (Herbert & Sarah) showed they were not 'together'

[4licks]

Thank you all for your contributions. My Ancestry.co.uk site has a number of answers to your combined responses. Old Ford is in/near Tower Hamlets in London East End. Correct, Probate shows Edith Brown as a spinster in 1912. Correct, Herbert Reginald in 1911 was a boarder and an Auctioneers assistant. He later became a police man, confirmed with probate of Herbert Louis Brown in 1930. 1911 Census shows both Herbert Louis Brown & Sarah Ann Fleming as married with different terms of marriage. Correct, her maiden name was Brooke and her father was also a resident at 365 Victoria Park Rd in 1911 census. An electoral roll shows Herbert Louis Brown as landlord. Probate 1927 for Sarah Ann Brown/Fleming goes to her son Alfred recorded on 1911 Census whilst probate for Herbert Louis Brown goes to Herbert Reginald Brown in 1930. Interestingly they both died at Sation Hotel, Rugeley in Staffordshire.

That still leaves me with ..Where was Edith Brown in 1911 and when did she die?

I look forward to any further assistance with thanks
Keith Day

[Ruskie]

Thanks for info on Old Ford. I've not heard of that before. 
(a google search showed me a lot of rather nice motor cars)

[jonwarrn]

Who was Edith Soffe?
On the 1894 St Mark Victoria Park marriage to Herbert Brown she is given as 20 years of age, residence 16 Wansbeck Road, father William Henry Soffe, Life-guard man.
Possibly William Henry Soffe who married Jane Thropp, 1868, St George Bloomsbury. Although he was a Barman at the time.

Is there a birth registration for Edith? Have you found her in 1881, 1891, can we be sure she was born in Old Ford?
John

[jonwarrn]

Is this another marriage for William? If so, what happened with the first one?
28 March 1870, St Giles Camberwell
William Henry Soffe, full age, Bachelor, Waiter, father William Charles Soffe, Coach builder
+
Eugenia Whitehorn, minor, Spinster, father Joseph Whitehorn, Painter
residence for both Dulwich

On the Bloomsbury marriage William Soffe's father was Charles Thomas Soffe, Coach builder

[jonwarrn]

Newington Workhouse, Westmoreland Road A+D, 1880
Admitted 28 Feb 1880
Eugenia Soffe, calling Servant, religion R. C., born 1853, Sick, married
Edith Johnson (with Soffe written above), R. C., born 1877
Albert Johnson (with Soffe written above), R. C., born 1878
admitted from St Georges

Edith Soffe was discharged 9 April 1880 (not sure where to, some kind of childrens establishment?)
Eugenia and Albert Soffe discharged 14 May 1880

Is this likely to be the right Edith?

[rosie99]

Nice one jonw 

JOHNSON, EDITH       mmn WHITEHORN     
1877  Sept Quarter in POPLAR  Volume 01C  Page 591

[rosie99]

JOHNSON, ALBERT  EDWARD     mmn WHITEHORN     
1878  Dec Quarter
WANDSWORTH  Volume 01D  Page 606

also in case it is relevant
JOHNSON, WALTER  JAMES     mmn WHITEHORN     
1879  Dec Quarter
FULHAM  Volume 01A  Page 277