Maude Elizabeth BLUNT

[RobertS]

I have run up against a brick wall with researching someone born relatively early.

Maude Elizabeth BLUNT married Arthur Thomson in Islington in 1910, and gave her age as 24. Making an approximate year of birth as 1886.
Unfortunately she gave no name for her Father.

Checking the 1901 Census there are a four likely candidates:

Maud Blunt aged 17 (bc:1883/4) born Islington.
Maud Blunt aged 15 (bc: 1885/6) born Kent Plumstead.
Maud Blunt aged 14 (bc: 1886/7) born Pontypool.
Maud Blunt aged 14 (bc: 1886/7) born Limehouse East.

Checking freebmd there are also four likely candidates:

Maud Elizabeth Blunt, born 1st qtr 1884, Maidstone RD Ref 2a 719.
Maud Blunt, born 1st qtr 1884, Reading RD Ref 2c 368.
Maud Blunt, born 1st qtr 1885, Hendon RD Ref 1d 1277
Maud Blunt, born 1st qtr 1887, Woolwich RD Ref 1d 1277

Query 1: Could Kent Plumstead, be the Woolwich RD?

There are no entries on either the census or freebmd for Maude spelt with an “e”

Query 2: Without the 1911 census available to check where ‘my’ Maude gave for a place of birth is there any way of progressing that doesn’t involve buying all 4 birth certificates?

Any help would be much appreciated.
RobertS

[stanmapstone]

Query 1: Could Kent Plumstead, be the Woolwich RD?
Yes, Plumstead's 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was Lewisham -1868, Woolwich 1868-.

Stan

[Arranroots]

I woudn't worry too much about the spelling "without an E" - sometimes mistakes were made.

The Pontypool lass is still in Wales in 1901, so I think you might be safe to discount her (but you can't be sure!)

What were the witnesses names?  They sometimes help to identify a family group.

kind regards, Arranroots 

[Arranroots]

Hi again Robert

Here are the marriages on freebmd for 1901 - 1920

Marriage

Chesterton Mar 1904 (Maud Mary)

Leicester Sep 1906

Aston Sep 1907

Merthyr Tydfil Sep 1907

Islington Jun 1910 (yours, Maude Elizabeth)

Birmingham Dec 1910

Woolwich Sep 1912 (Maud L)

Wantage Sep 1918 (Maud L)

I don't know how they tie in, other than that the Woolwich one might be one of the birth certs above and the Merthyr Tydfil one might be the Pontypool Maud.

Lots of guesswork here!

A 

[RobertS]

Thanks for the guidance.
Aaron you asked about witnesses

They were:

R. Pass and C.A. Gillard

No help there I think.

RobertS

[jennifer c]

Hi, For what it is worth there is a Maud M Blunt in 1891 census 19 Matlock Street Limehouse

Joseph Blunt 43 Drill master in school born Poplar
Jane 27 wife Crawley Sussex
Maud M 2 Poplar

There was a board school a few streets away in Aston Street.

It may help you narrow it down.

Jennifer

[RobertS]

Jennifer,
Thanks, I think that eliminates one person. My Maud is definitely Maud E. The Maud you mention appears in 1901 with a younger census at a home for motherless children in Maldon Essex. There are some really sad stories out there.
Best Regards,
Robert

[suzard]

If no father was entered on the marriage cert, then isn't it a possibility that Maude was illegit?

Suz

[RobertS]

Hi again,
Sue, I guess you are correct, or that she just didn't know her father's name having been put in an orphange very young. Lots of questions!?!

Having looked at all this helpful information I am beginning to lean towards Maud Blunt bc: 1885/6 whose 1901 census entry shows she was born in Kent, Plumstead which we have linked to the bmd entry for 1st qtr 1887, in Woolwich RD ref 1d 1277.

Before I order a certificate could someone look up the 1891 census entry for her, when I guess her age will be given as 5. You never know there may be a middle initial.

Thanks in advance.
RobertS