mystery........................??

[redspookhunter]

on an 1881 census for bridgwater 144 st johns street
SMITH THOMAS head 75
SMITH JANE wife 64
SMITH SARAH du 21
SMITH ANNIE du 27
SMITH tom G son 4

TOM SMITH the Gson is in fact SARAH SMITH'S son (mentioned above)
she was unmarried and only 17 when tom was born,on the 1891 census SARAH (ANN) SMITH is not there,but THOMAS is still and marked as SON??
but on his marraige cert his father is THOMAS GEORGE SMITH??
cant find a marrraige for SARAH and would THOMAS GEORGE SMITH be his G dad??
coincidence if she married a SMITH also ,cant find her after 1891 or a marriage PLEASE HELP!!! thanks

[janan]

Hi
One of my great grandmother's appears with her grandmother on censuses - sometimes as her daughter, sometimes as her granddaughter. Turns out her mother died and allthough her father remarried she seems to have been brought up by his mother.
Also have a case where having been born illegitimate my gg grandmother gives her grandfather as her father on her marriage certificate.
As for Sarah you say you can't find a marriage have you looked for a death?

Jan

[redspookhunter]

hi jan
well whent on chat and there is a marraige for sarah well think its her,married a GEORGE WILLIAM TUCKER dec1890,moved to bedminster in bristol coincidence as Tom her son did too was at aunty annies in 1901,so seems he was with G parents and then they must have died and he went to aunts also she has her brothers kids too as thier mum died 1895 and where in workhouse befor that,so am getting closer!!
thanks jan you were right also

[janan]

Glad you're sorting it out. Presumably George was not willing to take on Tom or maybe Tom wanted to stay with his grandparents.
Jan

[redspookhunter]

hi jan
yes closer still!! turns out that some rellie of SARAH's new hubby a CHARLES HENRY TUCKER not sure who he is yet!
married TOM's wife's SISTER!!! so TUCKER's are rellies too