Northern girl seeking help

[JOHNNIE]

Hi, I'm trying to kick start a friend on the fh trail, but his family hail from West Ham and I'm in Lancashire!!  Up here I use Lancashirebmd for research, is there similar for West Ham and also is this the right area for POPLAR?  Any Help Much Appreciated .... JOHNNIE ....

[lizdb]

Well, ... West Ham and Poplar are both broadly East london but are separate parishes/areas.

This site can be useful
http://www.parishregister.com/

but generally I use the GRO indexes and censuses etc.

Anyone in particular you want help finding?

[JOHNNIE]

Hi Lizdb and thanks for speedy repsonse.  I don't know who I'm looking for!!  Alfred BARKER married Mary Adelaide ? abt 1888,  I have found a daughter Elsie Adelaide bn Poplar 1895, A/M/J 1c 626, so I'm hoping Mum's maiden name is on cert but don;t know where to get copy from, it's Mum my friend is looking for.   Problem is Ancestry says Poplar, Bromley, London AND West Ham, I'm running round in circles here!

Thanks - JOHNNIE from a very wet N.W Lancs .....

[lizdb]

You can get cert from

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

£7 if you have the GRO ref

If you havent got that from the index and need help just shout

I cant find an ELsie on 1901 with parents Alfred and Mary though ....

[Nick29]

Hi Lizdb and thanks for speedy repsonse.  I don't know who I'm looking for!!  Alfred BARKER married Mary Adelaide ? abt 1888,  I have found a daughter Elsie Adelaide bn Poplar 1895, A/M/J 1c 626, so I'm hoping Mum's maiden name is on cert but don;t know where to get copy from, it's Mum my friend is looking for.   Problem is Ancestry says Poplar, Bromley, London AND West Ham, I'm running round in circles here!

Thanks - JOHNNIE from a very wet N.W Lancs .....

It can get a bit confusing, because there was a Bromley (now known as Bromley-By-Bow) near Poplar, and there was also a Bromley in Kent (which is now almost London) which (although on the other side of the Thames) is still close enough for confusion.   Try Google Maps which will show you a good layout of the area, in both map and satellite views.

[Gaie]

Hi Johnnie & Lizdb

1901
RG13 piece 1565 folio 77 page 12
149 Tennyson Road, Stratford

Alfred Barker Head 37 Commercial Traveller London (very helpful )
Mary A Barker Wife 34 London (ditto  )
Alfred E Son 12 London Bow
Laura M Dau 8 London Bromley
Elsie A Dau 6 London Bromley
Edward H Son 3 Essex Upton Park
Alfred C Son 5 mths Essex Stratford

So two sons and a father named Alfred!!!

Kind regards
Gaie

Sorry Liz, you're right, they should all read BARKER!!! I'm having a Doh day today.....

[JOHNNIE]

Hi Gaie, thanks for your reponse, just to be confusing one of the baby Alfs is infact Albert   forget which one!!  Talk of travelling salesman, all his kids seem to be born all over the place!  JOHNNIE

[Gaie]

Regarding Bromley south of the river, it would still have been in Kent at that time, I think.  It's now part of Greater London, a town centre and a borough.

I can't find a marriage between Alfred and Mary yet, still looking! 

Gaie

[JOHNNIE]

Flippin eck!  You're all very fast, I can't keep up!!  JOHNNIE