Catherine Lomas

[grumyourmaud]

Trying to find my great aunty Catherine Lomas was born in 1871 I liverpool she  had a son Robert Lomas in 1890 his father is unknown so I’m wondering if she had him in the workhouse or a hostel we can’t find any of them in the 1891 census. Can anybody offer any advice please?
Catherine parents were Robert Lomas and Rachel Reynolds

[rosie99]

Is this Roberts birth registration
LOMAS, ROBERT    No mothers maiden surname on index 
1890  June Quarter in WARRINGTON  Volume 08C  Page 191

[grumyourmaud]

Hi Catherine was unmarried when she had robert Lomas her son

[Pennines]

On Lancs OPC the baptism shows;

Robert Lomas son of Catherine Lomas of Haydock Street
Born 20 Feb Baptised: 2 Mar 1890 St Elphin, Warrington, Lancashire
Page 167, Entry 1332


The only way of finding where the baby was actually born though is by obtaining the birth certificate. Clearly by the date of the baptism they were living in Haydock St - presumably Warrington.

[Pennines]

That one may not be the correct Robert and Catherine if registration only occurred in Q/E June 1890. That seems a bit late for the baptised child.

[jonwarrn]

First three days in April still within six weeks of 20 Feb.
FreeBMD has only six births on page 190, Warrington, June 1890
Ten births on 191, and again 192, etc.
Likely then that page 191 is the first page for new sub-district, and that the Lomas birth was registered early in quarter.

we can’t find any of them in the 1891 census. Can anybody offer any advice please?

Catherine (Kate) is with her parents Robert and Rachel in Warrington in 1891. As Lomax.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7W5D-N2M

[Pennines]

That's a good find Jon -- if it was the correct baptism. Possibly Robert was not 'declared' by the family to the enumerator.

[sarah]

Hello grumyourmaud,

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Thank you for your reply looking at the census and the way it has been written down the should easily be taken as an xand yes as somebody else suggested robert might not have been declared at the time to the numerator. Maybe because Catherine was an unmar

I have Roberts birth certificate born 20th Feb 1890