Maud FRANCIS b. 1899 Hackney

[RebeccaNZ]

Hi,

I am  really stuck trying to trace my great grandmother Maud Alice Francis born around 1899 in Hackney.

Her father was an immigrant from  the czech republic. My grandfather told me that he changed his last name from Busec or Bosec to Francis. His first name was Charles.

I cannot find any record of Charles or Maud in 1901 census - or any trace of Charles Francis in any census.

This is the only information I have about Maud other than that she married Herbert Henry Anderson in 1921 in Hackney.

Any advice or information would be really appreciated.

Rebecca

[ShaunJ]

What information is on the marriage certificate?

Address?

Age?

Father's name and occupation?

Names of witnesses?

Do you know her mother's name?

Have you looked in the 1911 census?

[louisa maud]

The only Maud Alice Francis I can find is one registered 1889 in Poplar, have you the correct birth year,

Louisa Maud

[RebeccaNZ]

What information is on the marriage certificate?

Address?

Age?

Father's name and occupation?

Names of witnesses?

Do you know her mother's name?

Have you looked in the 1911 census?

Hi,

No I am only subscribed to ancestry and as far as I know they don't 1911 English census.

Her father's name was Charles, he was an engineer. She also had a brother called Charles. I don't have her mothers name.

Someone else in my family has the marriage cert.

There is a Maud Francis born Sept 1899 in Hackney but I'm not sure if this is her or not because I discovered in the London births and baptisms that this particular Maud Francis was born to parents Henry and Daisy Francis. The other possibility was that she born in 1902 in Hendon.

I am trying to find her father Charles in the census too - I thought the fact that he was born czech republic would make him easier to find.

Rebecca

[ShaunJ]

I don't have a sub to the 1911 census but a quick search reveals that there is a Charles Francis listed in St Giles, engineer, born Germany circa 1852 (age 59), with a Maud in the household. But it seems that Maud was aged 36. We need someone to take a look at that.

Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic did not exist in those days. The Czech lands were part of Austria-Hungary, and often referred to in the census as Bohemia.

I also found a Charles Bush in the 1901 census for East Ham, age 38, engineer born Bohemia, but there is no daughter listed. He had a wife Ellen and two sons Robert and Alfred.

[louisa maud]

I have sent you a PM

Louisa Maud

[jennifer c]

Hi, It looks like Maud had 6 children in Hackney between 1922-1936.

She gives her maiden name as Francis.

Jennifer

[ShaunJ]

This has to be a possibility:

Births 1Q1897

Franz  Maud Alice      Hackney  1b 547

[ShaunJ]

Maud Alice Franz born 20 December 1896

Marie Gertrude Franz born 31st 1894 (no month given !)

Parents Carl & Gertrude Franz - he is a hair dresser

Both baptised St Paul's Homerton, Hackney 1899 1 June 1899

Residence 77 Rushmore Road