Elijah Fisher , where doed he fit in ?

[wilcoxon]

 I have searched till my eyes are bleeding, but can`t find how Elijah Fisher fits in.
Can anyone else face a challenge. 
These are JW`s parents.
Marriages Jun 1866   Rhodes  Thomas    / STEDMAN  Amelia     
Amelia  Elizabeth Steadman b 1842

They are still alive in 1891, Amelia some times uses the name Elizabeth in census.
1891 4 Eagle Lane  Tipton 
Thomas Rhodes  52 iron moulder b West Bromwich
Elizbth Rhodes wife  49 b West Bromwich

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Rhodes  John William  b c 1869  —  1890  Staffordshire marriages  Tipton, St Martin,
Cornwell  Elizabeth  b c 1870  —  1890    Tipton, St Martin,

In  Census .Married 21 years, 5 children born alive 5 still living. 

 51 Bagnall St, Golds Hill, West Bromwich
 John Rhodes head   42 bricklayer b West Bromwich, Staffordshire 
 Elizabeth Rhodes wife  42 b Netherton, Worcestershire 
 Amelia Rhodes dau  19  b West Bromwich
 John Rhodes son  17  b West Bromwich
 Arthur Rhodes son  14 b West Bromwich
 Annie Rhodes  dau 12  b West Bromwich
 Elijah Rhodes  son 1 b West Bromwich
 Elijah Fisher step father  73 b Norham  ?Herefordshire 
 Sam  ?? Rhodes stepson  25 b West Bromwich, Staffordshire

[CaroleW]

Have you looked for Elijah Fisher on earlier censuses to establish who he was married to and have you then looked for a marriage for him?

Although relationships are to the head of the household - the term stepfather could refer to his being Elizabeth Cornwell's stepfather

[wilcoxon]

 Yes, I can`t find any trace of him, the only census he appears is the 1911.

[Milliepede]

There's an Eli Fisher born Northfield Worcestershire 1839 on previous census with a wife Ann.  Might be worth checking out just in case *

* Not yours sorry, wife Ann is a widow by 1901. 

[wilcoxon]

I have also checked for him on BMD for marriages, and nothing fits.
the Stepson  aged 25 is also a bit of a mystery, if he was  Elizabeths son, born before she married John, then she would have only been about 17 at the time 

[Willow 4873]

Sam Rhodes I am guessing is the steopson of Elijah but he is being very elusive too there is a baptism of a Samuel Rhodes 14.5.1886 West Bromwich parents George and Emma but he isnt showing up on the census so far

Willow x

[Willow 4873]

OK tracking sideways

We have on the 1881 Census

78 Sams Lane West Bromwich

Emma Moore 27 head widow b W Brom
David Moore 6 son b W Brom
Mary Jane Moore 4 dau b W Brom
Lilley Moore 2 dau b W Brom
George Rhodes 36 lodger b W Brom glass blower

RG11/2843/65/10

There is the death of a George Rhodes aged 45 in 1890

I cannot find any trace of the Moore family in 1891

Willow x

[Milliepede]

Emma is a young widow possibly she marries again before 1891 and the family are under a new name?

Marriage in W Brom Dec 1889 with two couples

Emma Moore
Thomas Spinks
Hannah Cullwick
Joseph Woolley

[Willow 4873]

Thats what I am thinking too and the children are under her new married name David is a lodger in Stoke on Trent in 91 & 01

Willow x