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Marriage ref for Lord = Brookes

William Robert Lord = Mary Ann Brookes,
 Bedminster 5c, 1256, Dec 1897

1901 census  Living in Bristol
William Lord c 1876, born in Bristol Coal Carter
Mary Ann, wife, c 1875, born in Bristol, Firewood Dealer
William R, born Bristol, C 1899
Thomas H, c 1900, born Bristol
The names may have been  put down incorrect

BMD search found the following

William Robert born 1876, birth registed in Bedminster
William Thomas found in 1898, birth also registed in Bedminster
Thomas, c, 1900 birth registed in Bristol

[SallyCat]

Hi alf..
I too found that Lord and Brookes marriage and wondered if my family had got her name wrong, but they insist she was Florence Brooks

I have resigned myself to having to get Georges birth certificate.  Not cheap when I look at the pile I need. (Conversion is about $20Can).   

I do have a Florence and William Lord living in Wales in 1901 both say born in Bristol. I eliminated a few "Bristol" Florences... lol...  But the one I have remaining that could possibly be her is one born in Oxfordshire.  Her family went to Canada.  Her mother died and the father remarried in 1888.  Figuring perhaps she didnt like the new mother and went back to the UK? So, then I find her in London in 1891, 22, still single.
By 1901 she has disappeared all together. 

But then this Florence and William are in Wales in 1901.

The plot thickens......   but thanks for taking a look! 

[acorngen]

Sally,

A little bit of advice.  Just because a surname as an added letter doesn't mean it isn't the right one.  Remember not everyone could read and a lot of  the time registrars spelt it their way.  If he thought Brooks should have an E then it would have been added.  For example my own family contains the name WYATT yet I have seen it spelled on different documents as WHYATT WIATT and WIETT

Rob

[SallyCat]

Hehe Rob, tell me about it!  My Challis side goes from Challes, Challice, Chalice, to Challis, I found my Darke family as Durkes, Bowdens as Bawden, Boughton, and so on and so on...

The unfortunate thing... my cousin has been researching the Lord family tree but so far I have not been able to get any info from him over the past 3 years! Sad eh!?  It would be so much simpler if he would share with the rest of us!

So for now Im on my own