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« on: Monday 18 December 17 13:57 GMT (UK) »
Hi
Not often I put a request on here, but this family is annoying me with all their unanswered questions, so I thought I'd run it past all the Rootschat experts!
Looking at : Thomas Binstead bn 1860 Croydon
(he has, amongst many other siblngs, a sister Esther Kate bn 1865 Croydon, last seen 1881 census as a female servant in Croydon)
I dont need anything about his birth/parents etc - I have most of his family sorted.
Apart from -
Thomas is at home in 1881 (RG11 811 25 43) in Croydon, age 21, bn Croydon, with parents Richard and Sarah. He is a painters labourer Nearly all the family are painters/decorators and the like.
I cant find him in 1891
1901 (RG13 638 32 55) he is still in Croydon, age 41, bn Croydon, a house painter, with a wife Mary A, also 41 (bn Camden Town) , and a son Thomas age 8 and bn Croydon.
By 1911 Thomas is widowed, still a painter, lodging at an Inn in Sevenoaks Kent!
Now - there is a marriage Jul/Aug/Sep 1887 , Windsor, where the 4 names are Thomas Binstead, Mary Ann Williams, Esther Kate Binstead, and Joseph Charles Smart.
Could this be his marriage to the Mary A, and also his sisters marriage to Mr Smart? Why on earth in Windsor, that is another question of course!
But - whoever married who out of the 4 names, and whether or not they are "my" Thomas and Esther or not, I cant find any of the people from those 2 marriage in 1891, to try and confirm or rule them out as mine! Not Mr Smart, with wife Esther or Mary, or a Thomas (mine or otherwise) with wife Mary or Esther.
My other approach was to find the birth ref for young Thomas, who is 8 on 1901, to see if mmn was Williams or not. Can I find that? No!
So that, aswell as the fact I can find no later reference to Thomas junior on a census or death, makes me begin to doubt the marriage, thinking maybe Thomas junior was actually under a different surname as Thomas senior and MAry A maybe hadnt married?
Can any of my friends here see either couple on 1891? Or "my" Thomas on 1891 either married or still single (the latter ruling out the marriage as being him), or see the Esther Kate, who married either Mr Smart or another Thomas, on 1891? Or find a birth ref for Thomas junior? Or indeed anything further on Thomas junior.
So many things not tieing together. Thanks.