Alfred Brown and Maria Oliver

[suffolkboyswife]

I am quite new to rootschat and I have a lot of my family history in another county but I have found a handful of people who lived in Bedfordshire so I was wondering whether anyone could help me.

The particular family I am looking at at the moment are Alfred Brown and Maria Oliver who married (I believe) on the 4th September 1850 in Maulden (where I found that information I can't remember possibly family search website).  I am searching for any children they had.  My gt gt grandad was John and from what I can ascertain he was the eldest, I have found a Julia and Alfred in the 1861 census but I can't find Alfred or Maria in the 1881 census.  Where can I look next to find any other children as I don't have access to the other censuses (other than 1901)

[Tati]

Hi Suffolkboyswife,

Could you post the details you have - ie birth places and birth year for everybody? We will be happy to have a look for you.

Tanja 

[suffolkboyswife]

Thank you that would be great.

The details I have are:
Alfred Brown born 1823 in Hans?
Maria Oliver born 1831 in Hans?

A+M married 1850 in Maulden (I honestly don't know where I got that info from but it must have been strong enough evidence as I put it into my family tree info on the computer)

John born 7th November 1852 in Chapel Street Luton (He is my gt gt grandad and I have his birth cert)
Julia born 15 September 1856
Alfred born 8 February 1859

[Tati]

Hi again,

1851
HO107/1757 432 26
Luton, Bedfordshire
Chapel Street
Alfred Brown, head, 28, Blocker, b. Haynes
Maria, wife, 21, Bonnet sewer, b. do.
Jane Matilda, dau, 2months, b. Maulden Bedfordshire

Tanja 

[Tati]

1871
RG10/1554 107 1
Maulden Lower End, Bedfordshire
Clophill Rd
Alfred Brown, head, mar, 48, Labourer, b. Maulden 
Jane Matilda, dau, unm, 20, Straw plaiter, b. Maulden
Julia, dau, 14, Straw plaiter, b. Luton
Alfred, son, 11, Straw plaiter, b. do.
Martha, dau, 9, Straw plaiter, b. do.
Herbert, son, 4, scholar, b. Maulden
Rosa, dau, 1, b. Maulden

Tanja 

[Tati]

    

1871
RG10/1554 84 15
Ampthill, Bedfordshire
Dunstable Street
Ampthill Union Workhouse
Maria Brown, Pauper Inmate, married, 41, Straw platter, b. Beds Hawnes

[suffolkboyswife]

Thank you so much for that info.  Why would Maria be in a workhouse when Alfred was at home looking after the children?

[Tati]

I have no idea - especially as all the children, including Martha, worked. Unlike many others, she wasn't down as idiot nor anything. Could she have been ill? It seems both parents are dead by 1881, with little Rosa in the workhouse  too

Tanja 

[suffolkboyswife]

Oh how sad, this is the first time I have discovered any family member in a workhouse, I wonder why Rosa didn't go and live with any brothers or sisters?