Charlotte ATTWOOD b. 1856 Thurnham

[SASHAR]

Appreciate if anyone can add further information to the family of Charlotte ATTWOOD who married 1878 Hollingbourn, Frederick James FORD.
I can find 2 children both born at Thurnham, Florence b. 1878 as Florence Ford ATTWOOD and
Herbert Charles FORD b. 1884.
Also in 1884 Charlotte's husband Frederick died.

In the 1891 Census I can find a Charlotte BELL b.1856 Thurnham but not a Charlotte FORD.  Could this be the same Charlotte?    She is a widow but has no children with her.
I have been unable to find a marriage for Charlotte to a BELL.

Charlotte died as FORD in 1935 Croydon, Surrey and her probate is left to her children Florence & Herbert.

Can anyone find Charlotte or her children from 1891 onwards.

I do know that both Florence & Herbert married so don't need those details.

Kind regards,
Sashar

[SASHAR]

After searching everywhere last night I have just stumbled across the 1891 Census with the 2 children with their grandparents.
Florence as Florrie ASTWOOD and Herbert as FOORD.

Their mother Charlotte not with them.

Sashar

[maddys52]

This sounds like the children in 1891

William Attwood      70     Kent
Charlotte Attwood    69     Kent
Florrie Ford              12     Kent   granddaughter
Herbert Rappard (?)    9    Kent    grandson

Thurnham RG12/691/ 106

Sorry, posts crossed!

[maddys52]

And Herbert in 1901

Richard Attwood  42   Thurnham
Lizzie                   39   Rochester
Lillian                  10   Rochester
Ellen                      0  Rochester
William Attwood    80  Thurnham  father
Charlotte Attwood  79 Thurnham  mother
Herbert Ford           17 New Brompton  nephew

Rochester   223/36

[SASHAR]

Thanks Maddy,

Interesting that the two 1891 Census are different - I guess that's how they've been transcribed.

Thanks for the 1901 Census.

It's just Charlotte FORD now that I am missing 1891-1911.

Sashar

[maddys52]

Yes, she is hard to find! Have you checked with any of her siblings to see if she is with them? Or maybe in-laws?

(Transcriptions can vary so much from one site to another!
Sometimes you really have to be a super-sleuth  )

[SASHAR]

Hi Maddy,

Charlotte had 8 siblings and I have checked 4 of them so far without luck.  Tried her parents. I'm not sure who her husband Frederick James FORD's parents were.

I'll keep going and see if any end up in Croydon, Surrey where Charlotte died in 1935.

Thanks for your help..........Sashar

[candrjm]

Looking at the 1901 census there is a Charlotte Bell recorded as living in Lincolnshire see link:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS8R-7PK

also recorded on this census is an Alice E Attwood aged 25 born Newington Kent

This looks like her birth reg:

    
ATTWOOD, ALICE  EMILY      Mother's maiden name WARREN      
GRO Reference: 1875  D Quarter in MILTON  Volume 02A  Page 764



Marriage for her parents:
15th Dec 1874
Newington
Emily Warren
William Attwood
Brides father  William Warren
Grooms father William Attwood


This looks like Charlotte with a brother William in the 1861 census (father's name William):

http://tinyurl.com/l5roeu6

So a coincidence that both Chalrotte Bell and Alice E Attwood are both working in Lincolnshire or are they Aunt and Niece??

[candrjm]

A possibility perhaps???
 
Birth reg for Frederick James Ford, no mother's maiden name recorded so illegitimate

FORD, FREDERICK  JAMES      
GRO Reference: 1848  D Quarter in CROYDON  Volume 04  Page 118


Baptism:

Frederick James Ford
England Births and Christenings
Name    Frederick James Ford
Gender    Male
Christening Date    10 Dec 1848
Christening Place    Croydon, Surrey, England
Mother's Name    Ann Ford


Ann Ford married Andrew Bell in 1853:


Andrew Bell
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index
Name    Andrew Bell
Event Type    Marriage
Registration Quarter    Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year    1853
Registration District    Croydon
County    Surrey
Event Place    Croydon, Surrey, England
Volume    2A
Page    244
Line Number    35
 
Andrew Bell probably married one of the following people
Name    Elizabeth Mary Bullen
Name    Ann Ford<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Name    Owen Horatio Turner

Frederick living with his aunt Mary Roberts in 1851:

https://tinyurl.com/ldywnkh


1861 census (Frederick recorded as Frederick S (should be J) Bell living with his mum and stepdad and family now living in Kent):

https://tinyurl.com/nykl24o


1871 census (Frederick recorded as Frederick Bell):

https://tinyurl.com/k4nu2vh


Frederick James Ford married in 1878 and named his father as ANDREW


Charlotte calls herself Charlotte Bell after Frederick dies