Mary Ann Fortnam /Tongue ??

[sharonP]

I’ve been trying for a while to confirm details of my gt gt Aunt...
She was born MARY ANN FORTNAM in 1850 - Bentley/Feckenham area.
I know quite a lot about her - who her parents and siblings were ( her sister Elizabeth Sarah is my gt gt grandmother)  and I think she married an Alfred John Tongue. Possibly had a son - Ernest Alfred and settled in Redditch ??

However ..... if all info I’ve seen is correct she is listed on the 1891 Census as also having a 1 yr old daughter - Margaret A(?)born in “Warwickshire/Birmingham” , but I can find no record of either a birth or death of this child. ??

It’s strange as I have so much info about Mary Ann’s sister and her family (my direct relations ),  but I’m really struggling with her. My gt gt grandmothers obituary - in 1938 - is almost half a page in the local paper but no mention is made of her sister or her family - either living or deceased.

The biggest mystery for me concerns the child .. maybe the census is wrong ??
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.!

[Milliepede]

she is listed on the 1891 Census as also having a 1 yr old daughter - Margaret A(?)born in “Warwickshire/Birmingham” ,

What surname does this child have please?

[sharonP]

It’s Tongue - same as the grown ups ... as far as I can see

[CaroleW]

1873  birth on freebmd - Ernest Alfred Tongue - mothers maiden name Fortnam per

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp

Have you checked the 1881 census?  Only one child plus a nephew Walter Tongue aged 15

[CaroleW]

In 1891 Alfred & Mary are living in Redditch Worcester whereas the child was born in Birmingham.  Is the child with them in 1901?

EDIT

Indexed as Longue in 1901.  Margaret not with them.

Mary died 1910 aged 60 - Alfred living alone in 1911

[sharonP]

Yes - have seen Ernests birth 👍
Can’t find them on the 1901 census - unless its been wrongly transcribed

[sharonP]

Ha - just found this myself .. thank you for confirming
Still confusion over the child though 🤔

[CaroleW]

It's probably enumerator error.  Somebody else's child entered as theirs 

[Dave Jones]

Deaths: February 21 (1894), at Childswickham, Margaret Ann, the dearly beloved adopted daughter of Alfred and Mary Ann Tongue. Sincere thanks are returned for kind sympathy.