Did Alfred John go aboard? help.......

[coombs]

Hi

Could this be who you are looking for?

1891 Census  at 40, Albert Street, Bristol.

Fred Cole, Head, Married, Male, Age 23, Born about 1868, Occupation: Coach Body Builder, Born in Bristol
Nellie Cole, Wife, Married, Female, Age 22, Born about 1869, Born: Bristol.

Occupation fits, as does Nellie, which is a pet name for Ellen.

Ben

[coombs]

Take the Al off Alfred and you have Fred. Coole can easily be mistaken as Cole. It certainly looks likely.

I still cannot find them on the 1901 census anywhere.

[Helina]

Thanks Coomds,  Could well be.   I do not subscribe to FindMyPast or ancestry at present, use free access at the library so will do another search on my next visit Thursday.  I'll search for a Nellie Coole.

I,ve searched FreeBMD, but would not the surname be spelt correctly by the turn of the centuary when registered.  Know surnames get altered on the census.  I have found Coole been spelt as Coole/Cole/Cool/Coolley/and on the 1851 census my Ancestors 's surname was spelt Cools, on the original you can see its Coole poor translation.

Thanks again, 

helia

[coombs]

I shall have another look for you on the 1901 census and get back to you. They must be somewhere. I am sure the 1891 census entry is your Alfred and Ellen.

[coombs]

They are proving to be elusive on the 1901 census. I have looked but still cannot find them. 

[Helina]

Thanks Coombes for trying.  I've been searching for this family for years and found nothing, it was a shot in the dark.

helina

[jorose]

What about Ellen S. Coole married in 1919 in Bristol (to George Elson)? Could be a remarriage for her?
There's then an Ellen S. Elson d. in Shrewsbury in 1939 aged 70 (and a George died there in 1941 aged 64).

1911 census also shows an Ellen Coole living in    Bristol aged 40 (as far as I can tell from the free index, listed as married but not living with anybody else with the same surname).

[coombs]

Oooh that is something to throw into the pot. It may be they separated and she remarried either bigamously or they divorced. Helina says Alfred died in 1940.

[Helina]

Well anything is possible and always had a feeling that the marriage did not last.  But with Ellen dieing.  How easy was devorce than?  and how can I find out?

helina