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Caroline Broad

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Michele

Michele Report 4 Jun 2011 15:22

I'm trying to trace a Caroline Broad b 1856 Wrotham heath, kent her parents are Caroline and Samuel. Last time i found her she was 5yrs old in 1861 but dissapeared in next census she would only have been 15, i cant find a death .

Maddie

Maddie Report 4 Jun 2011 15:25

possible
1871
USHER, Thomas Edwd Head M 51 1820 Kent VIEW
USHER, Mary Wife F 52 1819 Kent VIEW
USHER, Thomas Son M 23 1848 Kent VIEW
USHER, Elizabeth Son's Wife F 20 1851 Kent VIEW
USHER, Rosina Daughter F 18 1853 Kent VIEW
BROAD, Caroline Servant F 15 1856 Kent VIEW
RG number:
RG10 Piece:
920 Folio:
15 Page:
22

Registration District:
Malling Sub District:
Wrotham Enumeration District:
7 Ecclesiastical Parish:

Civil Parish:
Wrotham Municipal Borough:
Address:
Royal Oak, Wrotham County:
Kent

K

K Report 4 Jun 2011 15:25

1871?

Name: Caroline Broad
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Wrotham, Kent, England
Civil parish: Wrotham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Heath and Wrotham
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration district: Malling
Sub-registration district: Wrotham
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 117
Piece: 920
Folio: 15
Page Number: 22
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Edwd Usher 51
Mary Usher 52
Thomas Usher 23
Elizabeth Usher 20
Rosina Usher 18
Caroline Broad 15
James Cripps 52

Maddie

Maddie Report 4 Jun 2011 15:27

possible marraige
BMD Search result details

Civil Registration event: Marriage
Name: BROAD, Caroline
Registration District: Help Malling
County: Kent
Year of Registration: 1873
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Spouse's last name: Not available before 1912
Volume No: Help 2A
Page No: Help 864
MarriageFinderâ„¢: Caroline Broad married one of the following people Help


BISHOP, John view record


HILDER, John view record

K

K Report 4 Jun 2011 15:43

John Hilder married Sarah Moon as below in 1881

Name: Sarah A. Hilder
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: John Hilder
Gender: Female
Where born: Wrotham, Kent, England

Civil parish: Wrotham
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address: Sandy Lane Cottages
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status:

View image
Occupation: Dressmaker

Registration district: Malling
Sub-registration district: Wrotham
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 903
Folio: 56
Page Number: 20
Household Members:
Name Age
John Hilder 34
Sarah A. Hilder 30
Tom Hilder 2
Alfred Hilder
Elizabeth Moon 10

Michele

Michele Report 4 Jun 2011 15:46

I saw those 2 marriages but couldn'y trace them on the census , but you have found Hilder so that leaves Bishop but i cant trace Caroline.

Maddie

Maddie Report 4 Jun 2011 15:58

no i have looked too and looked at possible deaths
sorry

K

K Report 4 Jun 2011 16:00

I wonder if they emigrated?

Michele

Michele Report 4 Jun 2011 16:23

Another mystery, thanks everyone your all STARS.
Carolines sister Grace married an Edwin Usher so he must of been Thomas' brother where she was a servant.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 4 Jun 2011 16:25

Possible?

1900 United States Federal Census
about Caroline Bishop Name: Caroline Bishop
Home in 1900: Los Angeles Ward 2, Los Angeles, California
[Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California]
Age: 55
Birth Date: Jan 1855
Birthplace: England
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1890
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Mother: number of living children: 11
Mother: How many children: 11
Marriage year: 1881
Marital Status: Widowed
Years married: 19
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Caroline Bishop 55
Octavius Comfort 24
Olive Comfort 16
Freda Comfort 14

The Comforts are listed as her children all born England. Doesn't make sense to me!



Michele

Michele Report 4 Jun 2011 16:46

Oh how intiging i wonder if it is her.

K

K Report 4 Jun 2011 16:52

Could this be the family from 1900 in 1881

Name: Octavius M. Comport
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Son
Father's name: John H. Comport
Mother's name: Caroline B. Comport
Gender: Male
Where born: Hoo, Kent, England

Civil parish: Hoo
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address: White Hall
Education:

Employment status:

View image

Registration district: Hoo
Sub-registration district: Hoo
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 884
Folio: 51
Page Number: 42
Household Members:
Name Age
John H. Comport 54
Caroline B. Comport 34 b Stoke, Kent
Ernest G. Comport 8
Louise M. Comport 7
Octavius M. Comport 4
Stuart H. Comport 3
Mabel D. Comport 2
Lionel F. Comport
Charlott Sutton 25
Mary Whatman 21
Mary Barty 18

Michele

Michele Report 4 Jun 2011 17:04

I cant find a marriage for them if they are right

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 4 Jun 2011 17:45

No, I think we went wrong. This looks like the marriage of Octavius's parents:

Marriages Jun 1871 (>99%)
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Comfort John London C. 1c 158
Merriman Caroline London C. 1c 158

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 5 Jun 2011 02:11

Tired now but want this in my threads.