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Looking for an illegitimate child in 1891
« on: Wednesday 19 May 10 11:46 BST (UK) »
Ethel Cook born 11 July1886 in Nantwich (have birth cert) She would have been 5 years old and I am wondering if it is possible to find her in the 1891 census.  I have looked at many hoping to find her as a step daughter to someone.

Her mother Louisa Jane Cook had married John Whittingham in the Sep 1/4 of 1990 and in the 1891 they have a daughter Florence aged 2 months.

Where would I find the 1891 census for the workhouse in the area of Nantwich, Cheshire?


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Re: Looking for an illegitimate child in 1891
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 19 May 10 12:01 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Abiam2 on Wednesday 19 May 10 11:46 BST (UK)
Ethel Cook born 11 July1886 in Nantwich (have birth cert)


I'm struggling to see such a birth.  However, I can see a Sep qtr 1886 birth for an Ethel COOKE.  Is that the right child?

Louisa Jane seems to have been a COOKE when she married John WHITTINGHAM.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Looking for an illegitimate child in 1891
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 19 May 10 12:04 BST (UK) »
Can you put the reference for the 1901 census please.

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Re: Looking for an illegitimate child in 1891
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 19 May 10 12:16 BST (UK) »
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Re: Looking for an illegitimate child in 1891
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 19 May 10 12:21 BST (UK) »
Sorry, I have just modified my post.  It was her mother who was a Domestic servant on the 1901.  
And another apology there should be an E on Cooke this seems to have been added when her mother marrid.  All Louisa Jane's earlier relatives are COOK.  So that is the right child.
The only 1901 census I can find is RG13  3358  98  1
Ethel is a visitor to the Cross family which doesn't help a lot.
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Re: Looking for an illegitimate child in 1891
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 19 May 10 12:32 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much Stan.  Unfortunately she is not there.

How do you go about finding workhouses (anywhere) on the censuses?

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Re: Looking for an illegitimate child in 1891
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 19 May 10 13:55 BST (UK) »
To find the Workhouse on the census go to the 1891 census page and the box on the right
Browse this collection

County Cheshire
Civil Parish Nantwich
Enumeration District District Union Workhouse

Use the same process for other censuses
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Re: Looking for an illegitimate child in 1891
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 19 May 10 18:40 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much, Stan

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Re: Looking for an illegitimate child in 1891
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 22 May 10 23:44 BST (UK) »
www.cheshirebmd.org.uk
    1890    John Wittingham to Louisa Cooke.... Nantwich . Civil Marriage   Cheshire Central  N24/8

  1891 Florence E Whittingham  Crewe  Cheshire Central    CR/94/049

  1886  Ethel Cooke    Crewe   Cheshire Central  CR/81/053 
you say you have the birth cert ....were Ethel and Florence born in Crewe and registered in Nantwich - or vice versa ???....does it give any info on the cert ??

do you have Louisa Cooke birth ...if so , what year was she born ??  there`s one born 1850 in Sandbach  that would make her 36 at Ethels birth and 41 at Florences ????  can`t see another in that area......allan :)
ADDED...I KNOW IT`S A LONGSHOT BUT found this marriage
1908 Ethel Cooke to Herbert Price  Crewe St Paul  Cheshire Central  701/4/241
on freebmd it states dec qtr so she would have been 22 at her marriage .....
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