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I am hoping that someone can help. I am looking for any information on the Marks family of Liskeard.
In particular, I am looking for Richard Marks and Caroline ?, and (daughter) Alma. I found them on the 1891 Census as living at :
1891 Census
Piece: RG12/1811 Place: Liskeard-Cornwall Enumeration District: 11
Civil Parish: Liskeard Ecclesiastical Parish: Liskeard
Folio: 33 Page: 2 Schedule: 13
Address: Lodge
Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
MARKS Richard Head M M 60 Farmer(Em'er) Devon - Woodbray
MARKS Caroline Wife M F 54 (Em'ee) Cornwall - Lanivet
MARKS Annie Dau S F 18 Dom Servant(Em'ee) Cornwall - Liskeard
MARKS Richard Son S M 17 Farm Lab(Em'ee) Cornwall - Liskeard
MARKS Alma Dau S F 2m Cornwall - Liskeard
MARKS Robert Son S M 15 Cornwall - Liskeard
We believe that Alma was born in either Jan. or Feb. of 1891. We know that she immigrated to Canada sometime around 1914 and had a son named Walter James Francis Marks born April 7, 1914. She lived in the Toronto area with a family named "Johnson".
Our problem is; we are assuming that she never married and that Marks was indeed her name at birth. If so, then this could well be the correct "Alma".
My father-in-law never knew his father, and never volunteered any information on who it could be. The only thing that we can remember, is that Alma told us she was from Cornwall. We have been unable to find a birth record from Canada for Walter. (Maybe he was born in England?) Some think in could be Liverpool.
If anyone has any access to birth or marriage records, it would be greatly appreciated, as we seem to have hit a brick wall.
Janice
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