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Marriages Of Foulkes

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Paul

Paul Report 9 May 2010 01:09

Please can you help .
I am looking for info on Maria foulkes born abt 1866 and the people below that she married
?????? Smith had at least 2 children Gordon and Bertha
also married a Coleclough and had at least 1 child Thomas

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 9 May 2010 03:47

Where was this? Not seeing any Maria Colecloughs.

Rose

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If it's the one born Chester she married Daniel Cross first:

Marriages Sep 1885
CROSS Daniel Chester 8a 612
Foulkes Maria Chester 8a 612

1901 England Census
about Maria Smith
Name: Maria Smith
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Chester, Cheshire, England

Civil parish: Bolton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Bolton
Sub-registration district: Sharples
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 252
Household Members: Name Age
Maria Smith 34
Miriam A Crass 13
Mercy P Crass 8
Violet B Crass 4
Bertha H Smith 11 months

Rose

Paul

Paul Report 9 May 2010 04:47

thank rose yes I believe it was chester where she was born .............I think she was married 3 or 4 times

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 May 2010 05:04

??????????????????


from www.freebmd.org.uk ......... a free site so you could use this site Paul to find bmds


Marriages Dec 1886 (>99%)

CROSS Maria Ann Lambeth 1d 741
Smith Frederick Charles Lambeth 1d 741



EDIT:- this cannot be correct .... Daniel is still alive on the 1891 Census!!!





sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 May 2010 05:09

?????????


1891 Census


1891 England Census

Name: Miriam A Cross
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1888
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Daniel
Mother's Name: Maria
Gender: Female
Where born: Cheshire, England

Civil parish: Chester
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
Town: Chester
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England

Registration district: Chester
Sub-registration district: Chester Cathedral

Daniel Cross 52 b.ca 1839, Cheshire, Joiner
Maria Cross 24 b.ca 1867, Cheshire
Thomas A F Cross 7 b.ca 1884, Holywell, Flintshire
Miriam A Cross 3
Daniel P Cross 1 b.ca 1890, Cheshire

Address:- 30 St James Street



sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 May 2010 05:14

In 1901 Maria shows herself as Married, Charwoman, working on own account, at home

Miriam is a Laundress



sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 May 2010 05:16

???? Daniel's death registration


Deaths Mar 1897 (>99%)

Cross Daniel 58 Chester 8a 286



age fits with the 1891 Census




sylvia

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Daniel's death:

Deaths Mar 1897
Cross Daniel 58 Chester 8a 286

Rose

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Schedule type Last names First names Sex Birth year Age in 1911 District / other County / other Transcript Original page
HOUSEHOLD CUNNINGHAM JOHN M 1880 31 Bolton Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD CUNNINGHAM MARIE F 1870 41 Bolton Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD CUNNINGHAM RACHEL F 1907 4 Bolton Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD CUNNINGHAM RUBY F 1910 7 MONTHS Bolton Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD SMITH GORDON A M 1904 7 Bolton Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD SMITH BERTHA H F 1901 10 Bolton Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD CROSS VIOLET BESSIE F 1897 14 Bolton Lancashire

Rose

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Marriages Jun 1905
CUNNINGHAM John Bolton 8c 723
SMITH Marie Bolton 8c 723

Rose

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 May 2010 05:33

1911 Census, free search


HOUSEHOLD SMITH BERTHA H F 1901 10 Bolton Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD SMITH GORDON A M 1904 7 Bolton Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD CROSS VIOLET BESSIE F 1897 14 Bolton Lancashire


The only other name that I can see coming up with these 3 names is the following

HOUSEHOLD CUNNINGHAM MARIE F 1870 41 Bolton Lancashire




Maybe someone with a subscription could check to see who the 3 children are actually living with?



EDIT:


I see Rose has done it!!!



sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 May 2010 05:35

anyone been able to find the Coleclough marriage??????????




sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 May 2010 05:39

According to one of the Public Family Trees, Maria was born 2 July 1866, in the House of Industry, Chester


I wonder if this is Maria and her mother???


1871 Census

Name: Maria Foulkes
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Relation: Pauper
Gender: Female
Where born: Cheshire, England
Civil parish: Holy and Undivided Trinity
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Registration district: Chester
Sub-registration district: Chester Cathedral
ED, institution, or vessel: Union Workhouse

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Mary Foulkes 46 b.ca 1825, Mold, Flintshire, Unmarried
Maria Foulkes 4 Student
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sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 May 2010 05:47

and in 1881


1881 Census

Name: Maria Ffoulkes
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Chester, Cheshire, England

Civil parish: Great Sutton
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England

Occupation: Farm Servant Indoor (Ag Lab)

Registration district: Wirral
Sub-registration district: Eastham

Thomas Jenkins 72
Elizabeth Jenkins 34
Sarah Hayes 39
Samuel Hayes 39
Annie Hayes 14
Mary E. Hayes 12
Thomas Hayes 7
Margaret Hayes 5
Maria Ffoulkes 16




sylvia

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There's this death:

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Maria Cunningham
Name: Maria Cunningham
Death Registration Month/Year: 1945
Age at death (estimated): 78
Registration district: Farnworth
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 297

Rose

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Can't find a birth for Ruby. This could be it:

Births Sep 1910
CUNNINGHAM Annie R Bolton 8c 475

Rose

Paul

Paul Report 9 May 2010 19:38

Wow thankyou so much people I cannot thank you enough ..................thankyou thankyou thankyou.
Boy have you made my day

Paul

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 9 May 2010 22:53

You're welcome Paul. I don't think she actually married a Mr Smith. Can't find the marriage and he's not around in 1901.

Rose

Paul

Paul Report 10 May 2010 03:05

Thankyou all for your help.this is great info

Paul