Sarah Ann Lee

[StevieSteve]

Also note that living at the same address is Samuel McDowall, 56, bootmaker from Hoxton and family (inc wife, Eliza, 38)

In 1891 they are living in West Ham, Essex

[MargP]

JUst to have it in from of us, here is the 1881

6 Oswald Street, Hackney
Thomas Lee 30 Twine Spinner bn Hackney
Emma 26 bn Homerton
Sarah 5 bn Hackney
Thomas 3 bn HAckney

Was an address given at her baptism I see you say it was 1881 very near to the census

Yes the baptism was where they were living on the 1881 census

[Cynfelin]

Hi,
I've got all the information on the McDouall side of the family, I've even found family members. It's just Sarah Ann Lee's information I need to complete this side of the family, She does elude me!

[lizdb]

Im beginning to have doubts about the 1891 census, though cannot find anything better!
The reason being that in Jun 1881 both Sarah and Thomas are christened together on the same day, address Oswald Street. So the 1881 census is the right family, and Sarah and Thomas must be aged 3 and 5 when christened
IF the 1891 census is correct, then they would have  Emma and John in 1881, and whilst they may not be on the census with them if staying with granny or whatever, one would have thought they would have been included in the family baptism. If they had been "done" as tiny babies, then you would have expected Sarah and Thomas to have been chr with them, if they suddenly realised they had not been chr.

 Which child of Thomas and Emma are you descended from?

[Cynfelin]

 It does look that Sarah will remain anonymous, as it appears that all you genealogists have hit the same brick wall as myself!

Where would I find details/list of children placed in care on the website?

[MargP]

Hi

I think that the only way to resolve this, is to send for one of the extra children, on the 1891 census, to see who the mother is, also look at the marriages for the children, you know belong to Thomas and Emma, I always investigate the people around them, and it usually comes up with the answer

Margp

[MargP]

Hi

What happened to Thomas the son, did he end up in Wales? also you give several occupations, for Thomas the father, which records do they come from, we can only do half a job, if we  only have half the information.

Margp

[Cynfelin]

Hi Margp,

All the information has been collected via census and certificates. Thanks for widening my thinking regarding where to search further.

[MargP]

It does look that Sarah will remain anonymous, as it appears that all you genealogists have hit the same brick wall as myself!

Where would I find details/list of children placed in care on the website?

It all depends where they were at the time, and where they were sent to, the local Archive to these area's may have the records.