Eunice who?? Gornal/Sedgely Staffs 1845

[madpants]

Hi
I am trying to find the maiden name of Eunice/Annis and her marriage to John Skidmore.  She appears on the 1871 and 1881 census' as Eunice or Annis born 1845 Stafford/Sedgely with various children. Her death record is in 1920 aged 75 and she appears on the 1911 census as born in Gornal and married for 45 years (1865ish) . There a marriage record for Eunice Cleulow on the GRO with John Skidmore and Benjamin Cox but other records show that that Eunice married Benjamin, can anyone help me please?

[JJen]

Hi,

Have you looked for the children's birth record on GRO which should give their mother's maiden name?

JJ

[rosie99]

Is she in Barnsley area in 1881 with amongst others a daughter Laura and sons Thomas/William

SKIDMORE, LAURA       mmn WARD     
1878  Sept Quarter in BARNSLEY UNION  Volume 09C  Page 216   

SKIDMORE, THOMAS       mmn WARD     
1876  March Quarter in BARNSLEY UNION  Volume 09C  Page 221   

SKIDMORE, WILLIAM       mmn WARD     
1874  June Quarter in BARNSLEY UNION  Volume 09C  Page 202   

[rosie99]

Eldest son showing in 1871 

SKIDMORE, HARDEN       mmn WARD     
1866  June Quarter in BARNSLEY UNION  Volume 09C  Page 161   
 

[Millmoor]

There is a birth for Eunice Ward in Dudley RD Oct - Dec 1844 mmn Gough - this ties up with an entry in the 1851 census parents James and Mary A living in Sedgeley, Staffs.

William

[JJen]

This would appear to be Eunice on the 1851 -

James Ward   36
Mary A Ward   34
Emily Ward   12
Mary Ward   10
Clara Ward   8
Eunice Ward   6 b. Sedgley, Staffordshire
Laura Ward   4
John Ward   2
Hannah Gough   23
Thomas E Lane   1 Mo

HO107 Piece 2030 Folio 210 Page 7.

No marriage found yet 

JJ

[madpants]

Fantastic, thank you yes that is them. Where on the GRO are you seeing the maiden names? 
I thought they were only available post 1911 but then I haven't done much family history over the past few years so I seem to be out of date with my sources.

[rosie99]

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

Search here
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

You need to register unless you have previously ordered certificates from them.

[madpants]

Yes I have previously but just for ordering certs, I didn't realise that it was searchable and had mmn's that's great thank you