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1891 cencus- henry steven wraight
« on: Sunday 08 June 08 05:23 BST (UK) »
Looking for my grandfather henry born 1887? kent
He married Ann Field 1922 in kent
He was a soldier in the first world war and was a prison in Russia. I also heard he came from a gypsies family of 10 children.
Any help or advise would be helpful to a new chum like me ;)
Vincent/Field/Darling-Kent
Standley-Wymondham, Norfolk
Kerrison Wymondham, Norfolk
O'Brien- Queensland, Australia

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Re: 1891 cencus- henry steven wraight
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 08 June 08 07:03 BST (UK) »
Welcome to RootsChat Maxine  :) :)

Birth registration:
Henry Stephen Wraight March quarter 1887
Registration District Milton, Volume 2a page 875

1891 census:
RG12/665 7 8
Chatham, Kent
Luton
63 Beacon Road
4 rooms occupied
James Wraight, head, 52, Farm labourer, b. Faversham Kent
Jane, wife, 39, Tailoress, b. City of London
Henry, son, 4, b. Upchurch Kent

1901 census
RG13/730 48 36
Chatham, Kent
12 Victoria Rd
Jane Keeley, head, wid, 49, Needle Woman (worker, at home), b. City of London
Thomas Firth?, son, unm, 21, Dockyard Labourer, b. Kent Chatham
Henry S Wraight, son, 14, b. Rainham
Richard Wraight, stepfather, wid, 70, b. Faversham

Sounds complicated!  :P
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Re: 1891 cencus- henry steven wraight
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 08 June 08 07:14 BST (UK) »
Hmm. Trying to get my head around this!

The only marriage for a James Wraight to a Jane I see on FreeBMD is:
Dec quarter 1861,  Milton registration district 2a 1105, James Richard Wraight to either Jane Emmin(g)s or Hannah Hopper. (There is a birth registered for James Richard Wraight in Faversham 1838, which would match the 1891 census' age and birth place for James)

Why is Thomas called Firth or Frith then? :P I've searched for him in 1891 and I suspect he's the Thomas Frith (or Firth) age 11 born Chatham at the Home for Orphans in Sutton at Hone, Kent. Maybe she adopted him? Or maybe there isn't a marriage between James and Jane at all and Jane was really a Firth? I hope the 1881 census will help!
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Re: 1891 cencus- henry steven wraight
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 08 June 08 07:26 BST (UK) »
OK, I think James Richard actually marries Hannah back in 1861 and this is Henry's mother Jane in 1881:

1881
RG11/888 42 13
Chatham, Kent
7 Fort Pitt Street
Joseph Frith, head, 34, Private R.M., b. Derby Brampton
Jane, wife, 30, b. Middlesex London
Thomas J, son, 1, b. Kent Chatham

Here's a link to Thomas J's christening - shame it doesn't show Jane's maiden name
http://www.rootschat.com/links/03ll/
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Re: 1891 cencus- henry steven wraight
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 08 June 08 07:34 BST (UK) »
Still in 1881, James and wife Hannah:

1881
RG11/976 6 6
Sittingbourne, Kent
36 Frederick St
James Rate (sic - in 1871 their name is Wraight), head, 41, Brickfield Labourer, b. Faversham
Hannah, wife, 38, b. Bapchild
George, son, 17, Brickfield Labourer, b. Green Street
Mary A, dau, 13, scholar, b. Teynham
James R, son, 11, scholar, b. do.
Eliza, dau, 9, scholar, b. do.
Sarah, dau, 5, scholar, b. Sittingbourne
Richard, son, 2, b. do.
Alfred Jackson, boarder, unm, 24, Brickfield Labourer, b. do.
Harriet Jackson, boarder, wid, 49, no occupation, b. do.
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Re: 1891 cencus- henry steven wraight
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 08 June 08 07:38 BST (UK) »
and 10 yars earlier:

1871
RG10/980 73 9
Lynsted, Kent
Lynsted Lane
James Wraight, head, 32, Labourer, b. Faversham
Hannah, wife, 27, b. Bapchild
William, son, 9, b. Lynsted
George, son, 7, b. do.
Mary A, dau, 2, b. Teynham
James R, son, 3 mo, b. Lynsted

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Re: 1891 cencus- henry steven wraight
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 08 June 08 07:51 BST (UK) »
My best guess for James on earlier census:

1861
RG9/529 194 7
Tong, Kent
James Wraight, boarder, unm, 23, Agricultural Servant, b. Lynsted

with one Robert Tambler and family

1851
HO107/1626 537 31
Linsted, Kent
?Cellar? Hill
George Wraight, head, mar, 56, Ag lab
John, son, 18, Farm servant
James, son, 12, Farm Servant
Stephen, son, 9, Field Labourer
Sarah, wife, 49, Field Labourer
Rebecca Stiles, lodger, wid, 69, Receiving Parish Relief

All born Kent Throwley.

1841
HO107/476/4 20 3
Teynham, Kent
Barrow Green
George Wraight, 40, Ag lab
Sarah, 30
William, 10
George, 6
James, 2
Not known (male), 1 month

All born Kent
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Re: 1891 cencus- henry steven wraight
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 08 June 08 08:09 BST (UK) »
Are you still following me?

I was wondering if James and Jane were ever married. I doubted it, seeing James' wife Hannah still alive in 1891, now shown as married to the chap who was lodging with them in 1881 ...

1891
RG12/653 140 52
Strood, Kent
4 Brickfd Cottages - Cuxton Rd
3 rooms occupied
Alfred Jackson, head, mar, 36, Labourer, b. Sittingbourne
Hannah, wife, 48, b. Bapchild
Richard, son, 14, b. Sittingbourne
Harriet, dau, 9, b. Strood
Annie, dau, 7, b. do.
Alfred, son, 5, b. do.
Thomas, son, 2, b. do.


BUT I've just found this possible marriage:
Jane Frith - James Richard Wraith
Dec 1885  Medway 2a 935

Also, in 1892 (odd because she should logically have married as Wraight)
Jane Frith - Joseph Keeley
Jun 1892 Medway 2a 995
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Re: 1891 cencus- henry steven wraight
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 08 June 08 08:22 BST (UK) »
This might be Jane's first marriage:
Jun 1879 Medway 2a 769   
Joseph Frith to possibly Jane McIntyre
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