3 diggerent husbands, 3 different Fathers, 3 places of birth - one woman.

[243rose]

Please help with suggestions on where i can go with this one.

Annie Florence Blackman.

1881 Census - class RG11 ; piece 654; folio 33 ; page 12............ she was born "at Sea"
1891 Census - class RG12 : piece 426 ; folio 51 ; page 38........... born "jamaica" (british Subject)
1901 Census - class RG13 ; piece 444 ; folio 39 ; page 22........... born "america" Rio Janairo" "british subject" Brazil.

1st marriage i'm aware of.

19th May 1872 St Mary's Lambeth.
Annie Blackman / Of full age/ widow /  Vauxhall walk/  father William Blackman (deceased) / Butler
Henry Yeadon jnr/ of full age/Bachelor/ Vauxhall Walk/  father henry yeadon / Blacksmith
witnesses - Thomas Webber and Mary Ann Hallett.

2nd Marriage

7th August 1879 St Phillips, Battersea.
Annie Blackman / age 31/ Spinster/ nurse/ Queens Rd/ father James Blackman/ butler
Joseph Sparkes/ age 29/ Bachelor/ Plate Layer/ 9 Cross Street/ James Sparkes/ Farmer
Witnesses - john Gray and Mary Marchant.

3rd Marriage

6th June 1894 St Mary, Lambeth.
Annie Florence Sparkes/ age 44/ widow/ 14 vauxhall walk/ Isodore ?? Blackman/ plasterer
Jesse Joseph Allen/ age 31/ bachelor/ engine driver/ 14 vauxhall walk/ William Allen/ Butcher.
witnesses - George Whitehead and Annie Robbins/Robbais/Robbuis

1881 Census.

Living at 11 Porson Street, Battersea.
Jo James Sparkes/ head/ mar/ 30/ platelayer/ Cranleigh Surrey
Annie Flor Sparkes/ wife/ mar/ 32/................. / At sea
Hny Edmond Yeadon/ step son/ u/ 8/............./ Battersea, Surrey
Alb Edw Sparkes/ Son/ u/ 11 mnths/.............. /Lambeth, Surrey.

1891 Census.

Living at 16 Ascalon Street, Battersea.
James Sparkes/ Head/ M/ 43/ Plate Layer Railway/ Surrey Cranleigh.
Annie Sparkes/ Wife/ m/ 43/.................................../ Jamaica (british Subject)
Albert Sparkes/ son/ S/ 10/ scholar/ London
Percival Sparkes / Son/ s/ 7/ scholar/ London
John Clarke/ boarder/ s/ 4/ gas labourer/ London
Joseph Allen/ boarder/ s/ 26/ engine fitters labourer/ walington ?
Arthur Marchant/ boarder/ s/ 19/ Railway porter/ Tunbridge wells
Abfaham Simms/ Boarder/ s/19/ Railway Porter/ tunbridge wells

1901 Census

Living at 27, ?, Battersea.
Jesse j Allen/ head/ m/ 40/ electric engine driver/ Oxon Watlington
annie f Allen/ wife/ m/ 49/.................................../ America, rio janaero, british subject, brazil.
Albert a Sparkes/ son in law/ s/ 20/ signalman railway/ london battersea
percival j sparkes/ son in law/ s/ 17/ticket collector railway porter/ london battersea
sarah sparkes/ visitor/ s/ 32/ kitchenmaid domestic/ cranleigh surrey.

i checked the 'born at sea' register but found nothing obvious.
i have played around with the witnesses on ancestry.co.uk without any luck.
her 3rd/4th husband appears to be living with the family as a boarder in the 1891 census.also there is a Marchant living with them as a boarder in the 1891 census and as a witness to the 2nd marriage -  i have looked at this but found nothing usefull.

I canot find any trace of Annie Florence Blackman pre 1881 in the census returns and no obvious 1st marriage.
why she gives a different fathers name on each marriage i just don't know.
this is the same woman throughout as there is continuation of evidence.
ie. child from 1st marriage henry yeadon living with the Sparkes family in the 1881 census and then the Sparkes children living with The Allen family in the 1901 census.

I have henry yeadons birth cert. born Henry Edward Yeadon /25th Nov 1872 / father Henry Yeadon a corporal in the Coldstream Guards/ mother Anie Florence Yeadon formerly Blackman/ living at 22, acres grove, battersea.


ANY HELP OR GUIDANCE APPRECIATED.

iAIN.




 

[suffolk*sue]

For the first marriage you have widow, is this right or have you made a mistake?

If she was a widow as Blackman, then her father wouldn't be Blackman, or am I missing something.

[243rose]

hi.

this is correct.
i had looked for possible 1st marriages on free bmd, i purchased 1 cert which didn't help and the other possible one i disgarded as i found the happy coupl in the census after Annie married Henry Yeadon.

Cheers
iain

[Necromancer]

2 initial points / queries:-

- have you looked for her pre-1881 / BMDs with reversed forenames ?

- the address on marriage Certs #1 and #3 is virtually the same ?

[243rose]

suffolk sue - on all certificates her father is a blackman, so even though she is a widow on the 1st marriage certificate she states that her father is a blackman.

newfster -  i have changed the names around pre 1881 without anything obvious cropping up/.
her marriage to henry yeadon in 1872 is only a year from the 1871 census so i thought that would be my best bet searching for anyone born in America, S amertica, brasil, rio but nada..............
i have spent sooooooooo many years on and of on this i though fresh eyes were needed.

TA
Iain

[Necromancer]

hmmm, certainly shaping up to be a tough one.

That 1st Cert - no other names shown at all for her ? (sorry, I know you have probably spelled it all out, just need to ask  )

Yes, the 1871 would seem to be the best bet wouldnt it - mind you, at a first pass I cant even see Mr Yeadon .... 

[243rose]

Hi.

Just annie blackman on the 1st cert.
Mmmm I have looked for henry yeadon pre 1881 without success.
my friend who is a military expert says the coldstream guards weren't stationed abroad during that period so that rules that out.
also , i can't find henry yeadon junior after 1881 and no death cert that matches between the census's either.

I think she poisoned all her husbands and didn't actualy know who she was...........

[suffolk*sue]

Have you got her death cert, as her age is variable between the censuses. Wondered what her age was on that.

She must have been quite a girl.

[243rose]

i don't have it as going by her track record i was unsure which surname to go for.
my great aunt who is still alive and born in 1919 says she remembers her lying in her coffin in the living room in Battersea. so she probably died in the 1920's maybe.

if you saw a photo of her she looks realy evil.........