Eliza Booth b. 1865 Yorkshire or Derbyshire?

[janetm]

I have total block finding Eliza, details of what I have found are below:

Marriage to John Bailey 19 May 1887  Ravensthorpe, St Saviour, Yorkshire father names as John (miner) Eliza states her age as 22 so birth 1865.

1891 Census Mirfield : age abt 1864  Where born: West Milton, Yorkshire (should this be West Melton, Yorkshire ?
1901 Census Mirfield : age abt 1864  Where born : West Milton, Yorkshire
1911 Census Dewsbury : age abt 1870  Where born : Clay Cross, Derbyshire

I cannot find Eliza on any earlier censuses with father John, or baptism records in either of above places.........any ideas ?

[avm228]

Who were the witnesses to the marriage?

[avm228]

Have you investigated the two boarders in the Bailey household in 1891? RG12/3730/55/26

I read them as:

Mary Booth Boarder S 19 Woollen Weaver Yorks Wombwell Main
Percy Firth Relative S 7 Yorks Birstal

[chris_49]

Is it possible he was widowed and wed a different Eliza between 1901 and 1911? Both age and PoB are quite different. I have instances like this in my tree.

I've glanced at FreeBMD and there are a lot of possibilities. Doesn't help that Bailey is such a common surname.

[avm228]

Have you investigated the two boarders in the Bailey household in 1891? RG12/3730/55/26

I read them as:

Mary Booth Boarder S 19 Woollen Weaver Yorks Wombwell Main
Percy Firth Relative S 7 Yorks Birstal

Mary Booth takes us to this family in Clay Cross in 1881 (RG11/3427/121/28):

John Booth Head Mar 40 Coal miner Belper Derbyshire
Ann do Wife 39 Pinxton Derbyshire
Annie do Daur 12 Clay Cross Derbyshire
Sarah do Daur 11 Swinton Yorkshire
Samuel do Son 10 Bramton Yorkshire
Mary do Daur 7 Wombelmain Yorkshire [presumably Wombwell Main] <<
John William do Son 5 Wombelmain Yorkshire
Loria do Daur 3 Clay Cross Derbyshire [birth reg as Laura Booth mmn Fisher, Sep qtr 1878 Chesterfield]

[janetm]

avm228 ............witnesses to marriage were Mary Firth and John Firth


  Followed your census posting back to previous censuses ...........Def Eliza's family, she is named on earlier one, BLESS YOU !   (Eliza was born in Clay Cross )

[avm228]

Yes indeed - born in Clay Cross, birth reg in Chesterfield Jun qtr 1866 with mother's maiden name Fisher (confirmed by checking siblings).

[avm228]

Marriage, Dec qtr 1862

John Booth
Ann Fisher

on the same page, Chesterfield 7b 959.

[Geoff-E]

Is it possible he was widowed and wed a different Eliza between 1901 and 1911?

They claim to have been married 22 yrs in 1911 census.