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i am looking for information on william ford born 1861 in sailsbury wiltshire he married annie finch in maidstone dont know what year. i have hit a brick wall with william.

Let's start with what you DO know.

Where did you get William's DOB from ?
Have you found him on any census?
How do you know he married Annie Finch ?
Do you know of any of their children?

No marriage for Ford / Finch. ... unless Annie was her middle name
Could Annie have been married before ?

What do you know of Annie.... parents etc ?

1901 England Census about William Ford
Name: William Ford
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Caroline Ford
Gender: Male
Where born: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Civil parish: Maidstone
Ecclesiastical parish: St Philip
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Maidstone
Sub-registration district: Maidstone
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 203
Piece: 765
Folio: 32
Page Number: 37
Household Members:
Name Age
William Ford 40
Caroline Ford 30
Annie Ford 5
George Ford 2
Arthur Ford 6 Months

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Is this him?

There's a William Ford with wife Annie in 1911 and the places of birth agree with yours, Emma. Says they've been married 18 years

i dont know for sure whether annie and william did marry just going by the census which they have put themselves down as being married. The 1901 census has annie down as caroline so i dont know if she used a different name. i have found out that they had 6 children and one of them being my great grandmother and her mother is down as annie and not caroline.
I dont know anything on annies parents

There is this entry with a bride missing ?


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Marriages Dec 1893 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Baldwin Harry Bromley 2a 784
Batsford Sarah Ann Bromley 2a 784
Copping Annie Bromley 2a 784
Feltham Frank Bromley 2a 784
Ford William Henry Bromley 2a 784

Can you give the names and DOB of their children.

Do you have your Gt Grandmother's birth certificate?
If so does it give the mother as Annie Ford, formerly Finch ?

Yet have not been able to come up with a marriage for them. I wonder too if she had been married before...on the other hand, the 1911 has her 14 years younger than William, so she would have had to get her skates on! Will continue looking

RG14PN4129 RG78PN161 RD51 SD3 ED2 SN234

Reg. District: Maidstone Sub District: Maidstone
Parish: Maidstone Enum. District: 2
Address: 9 Sheals Place Upp Stone St Mstone
County: Kent
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born


FORD, William Head Married M 50 1861 Labourer Builder Welts Salesbury
FORD, Annie Wife Married
18 years F 36 1875 Maidstone Kent
FORD, Annie Daughter F 14 1897 Gen Labourer Maidstone Kent
FORD, George Son M 12 1899 Maidstone Kent
FORD, Albert Son M 9 1902 Maidstone Kent
FORD, William Son M 7 1904 Maidstone Kent
FORD, Maud Daughter F 2 1909 Maidstone Kent


8 children born 3 have died

The only Annie Finch wedding at that time is this one


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Marriages Mar 1895 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Finch Annie Croydon 2a 281
Lockyer Martha Croydon 2a 281
Rhodes Alfred George Croydon 2a 281
Winton John Elliott Croydon 2a 281

Marriages Sep 1893

Ford William Tunbridge 2a 1222
Tapp Caroline Maria Tunbridge 2a 1222

There is this marriage

I wonder??

1891 England Census
about Anne Finch Name: Anne Finch
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Finch
Gender: Female
Where born: Maidstone, Kent, England

Civil parish: Maidstone
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Maidstone
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Maidstone
Sub-registration district: East Maidstone
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 689
Folio: 126
Page Number: 8
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Finch 61
Anne Finch 19

The fuller entry for that marriage record shows a bride missing... unless William / Walter is the same chap ?


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Marriages Sep 1893 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dunk Anne Elizabeth Tunbridge 2a 1222
Ford Walter Tunbridge 2a 1222
Ford William Tunbridge 2a 1222
Parry Owen Laud Tunbridge 2a 1222
Tapp Caroline Maria Tunbridge 2a 1222

I have annie louisa my gt grandmother birth certificate and it does give annie as ford formerly finch. it also gives ford as being spelt foord but annie did not sign it she just put a cross.
i have found on the 1911 census that they had 8 children by 1911 and 3 of them had died.
the children that were alive were annie my grandmother born 1897, george born 1899, albert born 1902, william born 1904, maud born 1909. 1 of the children that died was arthur born 1901. i dont know the other children.

? 1881

John H Finch 36yrs waterman b Maidstone
Mary A Finch wife 30yrs b Maidstone
Mary A Finch dau 8yrs b Maidstone
John H Finch son 6yrs b Maidstone
Emily A Finch dau 4yrs b Bromley, Middlesex
James E Finch son 1yr b Bromley Middlesex

Address 19 Athol Street, Bromley

RG11 pc 503 fol 136 pg 57

On your G Grans birth certificate what was the address given and also what was her fathers occupation?

If it's the above family, the 1891 gives her name as Maryann. Two more children Annie (5yrs) Reginald (2yrs) both born Poplar

The adress on her certificate was 5 grove court, king street, maidstone. her fathers occupation was a labour general.

There's a Mary Ann Finch who married Bethnal Green Oct-Dec 1893 1c 498 One of the male names is missing

I would think tha maybe William was married prior to meeting Annie/ Caroline.... there's a good age gap between them. If he was married beforehand then maybe he changed his birth place as to almost start over again???

This wouldn't be unusual as divorce was completely out of reach for us mere mortals back then.