alma mary burns

[louisa maud]

Is this just a coincidence

1891 RG12/1145 FOLIO 144 PAGE 27
Arthur BORKING 33 publican born Dartmouth
Mary Jane 38 ?
Alma Mary 9 born Newton Abbot

I do believe John Hillman was a publican

[avm228]

That looks like a good find as I think Edmund was actually born & baptised Edmund William Arthur Brooking in 1862*. His Freemasonry records show him as a publican/licensed victualler, including a 1900 entry which shows him as a member of a lodge in Aylesbury where you have found him.

*meaning, if so, that he overstated his age on marriage. 

Mary Jane claimed to be 21 on her first marriage in 1865, so her age is all over the place in the various records.

[louisa maud]

So, wonder where they were in 1901

It is so annoying that ages and names are all over the place.

Louisa Maud

[avm228]

In 1901 they ought to be at the True Briton Hotel, Strand, Walmer, Kent - according to his Freemason's record.

[avm228]

From various old threads it looks as though most of the 1901 census for Walmer is lost.

[louisa maud]

Oh, drat, but at sometime Alma must have been in Plymouth area,

I feel that marriage cert, if not already purchased might be a good idea

Louisa Maud