HOLMES of Marshchapel pls

[kazzam]

Hi
dont know if im doing this right newbie here!
I just found my Gt Grandmother on the 1901 census
apparently born in Marshchapel lincs abt 1866 her name is Maria Holmes
thats all i know would love any info of her family living there at that time if possible
 thanks Karen

[CatOne]

In 1901 this is her household -

RG13/3094 Folio 71 Page 41
140 Stanley Road, Clee, Lincs
Maria Holmes 35 wife Marshchapel
+ son Ernest Carter 16 General Labourer Grimsby
+ daughters Annie (14) and Lizzie Carter (9) both born Grimsby
+ boarder George Do..ie 18 Fisherman Grimsby

so is Carter her maiden name or a previous married name?

Will check 1891 census.....

[kazzam]

Wow so fast!
Yep this is one ....I know from an old aunt that carter was her married name
but he was a bigamyst! so she had to revert to her maiden name holmes
intrigueing story of which i have yet to follow up!
thanks so much
Karen

[CatOne]

1891 RG12/2618 Folio 25 Page 43
Clee with Weelsby, Lincs
Maria Carter married 26 Marshchapel
John W 10 Grimsby
Jane? P 8 Grimsby
Ernest C 6 Grimsby
Annie 4 Grimsby
+ boarder Lewis G West 31 Fisherman Sherringham Norfolk

amended:
Marriage - Maria Carter December 1900 Grimsby Vol 7a Page 1426
Grooms - Herbert Cordon Holmes or William Sinclair Hanson

[CatOne]

so presumably Mr Carter had died by then so she wasnt a bigamist too when she married Mr Holmes? or was she the one Mr Carter committed bigamy with so she wasnt legally married to him anyway?


amended - just read your post saying maiden name was Holmes??

[kazzam]

she was the one he commited bigamy with
now i understood herbert corben to be her brother or father

[CatOne]

Cant be if they married in 1900........unless Herbert Cordon remarried to the other bride on the page (Harriet Codd) and Maria Holmes married the other groom listed on the page.....    might be worth getting the certificate.....

[kazzam]

yes maybe your right but i always understood her to be born holmes
alas there is no one to ask mmmm so you think she married herbert then
so this means her maiden name is something completly different! confusion lol

[CatOne]

or the registrar could have entered the fathers/brothers name in error........ my grandad has his brothers name as his dad on his marriage cert! If you order the cert, just put her name down, not both or they tend to return half your money and say no one of that match could be found.....