Bromely Parish Registers - GRAY

[Christine53]

I think there may be a clue in the 1901 census , but I can't quite work it out.

1901

Emma Gray b 1831 Chettle , Dorset wid
Arthur C Gray b 1874 Shoreham nurseryman visitor
Ada E Busley b 1879 Oxon ( His intended wife Ada E Busby)

I can't find Emma Gray on earlier census but there is an Emma Booker  b 1831 Chettle

1871 census

Samuel Booker 43
Emma Booker 40 b Chettle
Joseph
Henry L
Samuel C
Roda J
Martha

Samuel Booker m Emma Ryman 23 Jan 1854 Horselydown. Samuel is a widower on the 1881 census and remarries a few years later. There is an Arthur Christopher Booker J-S 1873 Sevenoaks 2a 509. Did Emma Booker leave Samuel and have Arthur in 1873 and did they use the name Grey ? I've been looking for deaths and/or 1881 census without success so far. Any ideas , anyone ?

Christine

[groom]

That's a good find, Christine - the combination of Arthur Christopher and place and DOB does make it look possible. Also the fact that the family in the 1871 census are living in Shoreham, Kent! I think you might have cracked it. 

[Christine53]

I've found Emma Grey in 1891, lodging in Southampton Buildings , Lymington :

Emma Grey lodger married 60 cook b Chettle, Dorset.

There's no sign of Arthur , who would be old enough to be working elsewhere. I'm not sure I'm on the right track here - the 1881 census would help but eludes me at the moment.

[groom]

If that is the correct one, this looks like Emma Ryman's christening and parents

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N64K-M5S

Possibly they aren't in the 1881 as she was trying to stay hidden? I can't find them under Ryman, Booker or Grey/Gray. I've also tried searching with just first names and places of birth.

[Christine53]

Hi Brian

I just came across an Ancestry message board post from 2001 which I think you may have made ? If so I see you are already aware of the Bookers and already have Arthur Christopher Booker's birth certificate and this has not helped with resolving the problem. Trying another tack , do the witnesses on the marriage offer any clues ?

Christine

[rosie99]

We have already looked at the Booker connection in 2013 for you here

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=656354.0

I thought I recognised it 

[groom]

We have already looked at the Booker connection in 2013 for you here

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=656354.0

I thought I recognised it 

Oh dear! 

[Christine53]

I just found it too - at least I wasn't around the first time !

Christine

[rosie99]

I have also just spotted that the birth cert was requested here as well
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=650942.