Im trying to establish a link to Edward Elgar

[philheeks]

Hi Gang
(THIS LOOK UP HAS BEEN DONE FOR ME BY A KIND MEMBER OF ROOTSCHAT)
some years ago my late father said to me Auntie Nelly used to be Elgar's housekeeper but I didn't pay much attention then & wish to god I had - I wonder if anyone is able to help me as I found on Ancestry 1911 summary books that Plas Gwyn, Hampton Park Road, Ipsley, HEF is listed as being owned by Sir E. Elgar & it just says that 4 females were in the house at the time(I gather this would be 4 servants as Elgar was in Toronto when the 1911 census was taken).  I would love to know the names of those 4 females residing at Plas Gwyn in 1911 as one of them may have been an ancestor of mine - her surname may have been Lowe as that was the maiden name of my fathers mother who was born Staunton-on-Arrow

I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this request & would be very grateful if anyone is able to help me

All my very best wishes to my fellow members on this valuable site

Phil Heeks
Weston-Super-Mare
Somerset
(born Worcester City a long time ago)

[BumbleB]

Sorry, we are not allowed to do look-ups for 1911 census.     Suggest you visit your library, which may have access to Ancestry and/or FindMyPast.

[rosie99]

Have you tried searching the 1911 for the surname Elgar in that vicinity 

[philheeks]

Hi Bumble

Thanks for your reply but I was unaware of that restriction on look ups & I'm a library volunteer researcher at Weston & we do look ups for the public every week using the 1911 census. Ive tried Ancestry but its a waste of time & I was hoping for some local information about the parish of Ipsley HEF which may have helped me locate the names of the 4 females in Elgar's house on the 1911 cen summary books

All the very best

Phil

[philheeks]

Hi Rosie

As I said in my request Elgar was in Toronto when the 1911 census was taken & all I can find is the name of the house he owned at the time its name & location also that there were 4 females in the house on census night.

Thanks a lot for trying

All the very best

Phil

[lizdb]

What am I missing!! If you are doing 1911 look ups regularly at your local library, why cant you look at the entry you are wanting the details of?

[LizzieL]

You might be better off finding out a bit more about Auntie Nelly first - date / place of birth, confirm surname. Sometimes housekeepers were of mature years and widows. Did Auntie Nelly marry?

[LizzieL]

1901 census has a Helena Lowe b abt 1879 at Staunton on Arrow occ Housemaid, but living with her widowed mother and siblings at S on A, so she's not a live in servant.

[LizzieL]

If Helena is Aunty Nelly, you can discover roughly where she was in 1911 on Familysearch.