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Emma Elton,
Birth July 14 1858 in Worcester Worcestershire England
Death February 2 1891 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
is my G grandmother. She married Henry Plimer (1823-1901) in the 4th quarter of 1883.
She was living in Hackney in the 1881 census, as a servant with a family named Stokes:
Piece: 291 Folio: 78 Page: 29 Registration District: Hackney
Civil Parish: Hackney
Address: 96, High St Kingsland, Hackney County: Middlesex
Emma's marriage to Henry P. was his second marriage, and there were apparently three children of this union: Isabel Amelia (b. 1883), John Henry (b. 1885), and Annie (b. 1887). Annie was my grandmother. There are FreeBMD records for the births of John Henry and Annie in Birmingham, but I was never able to find a record of a birth anywhere for Isabel Amelia, long known in the family records only as Amelia, who later went by the name Millie after settling in Utah. Utah records indicated that she was born in London, not Birmingham as the family lore indicated.
Passenger lists indicate the following:
Henry and Emma are shown on a ship to New York city in 1884, together with Amelia Plimer, aged 8 months.
But they are back in Birmingham again for the birth of John Henry in 1885, and remained for the birth of Annie in 1887. The family is again shown on a ship to NYC in 1888, with the oldest child now shown as Isabel Amelia. I only recently got this passenger record, and this was the first time I became aware of the name Isabel for this person. On this basis, I searched for a birth for an Isabel Amelia Plimer without success. Then tried Isabel Amelia Elton, in case the birth was out of wedlock. I had suspected this for some time, because the Utah records indicated a birth date of Sep. 27, 1883, and Henry and Emma's marriage was registered in the 4th quarter of 1883 (his 1st wife's - also named Emma - death being registered in the 1st quarter of 1883). Immediately, I turned up a FreeBMD birth record for an Isabel Amelia Elton registered in the 4th quarter of 1883 (Poplar 1c 613). I sent for the certificate and it arrived yesterday.
Here are the details:
Registration District: Poplar
Subdistric: Bromley
County: Middlesex
Address: 11 Favonia Street
Birth date: 17 Sep 1883
Registration Date: 22 oct 1883
Name: Isabel Amelia
Father: Walter Elton
Mother: Emma Elton formerly Horton
Occupation of father: Iron turner
A couple of facts: Horton was Emma's mother's maiden name, not hers.
I have her mother's name as Isabella Amelia Horton (1837-1904), who married John Elton (1819-1881).
So, I'm a bit puzzled. I did not expect to find another person with the name Elton as father, and can't seem to find a Walter Elton who's a good fit, though I've only been searching since yesterday. I'm suspicious that he's not the real father. I'm 90% to 95% certain that I have the right mother and daughter here. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I've only looked at a couple of birth certificates for out-of-wedlock births, and the other one left the box for father blank.