In the 1911 census record for George & Sarah Wood, who lived in Green Lane, Blackheath, George stated that the couple had had 10 children up to that point, only 3 of whom had survived sadly. The 3 survivors were all on that census record:
Sarah Ann/Ellen (b 1892)
Emily/Emmie/Emma (b 1897)
Frances (b 1901)
I believe (but am not certain about all of them) that other children of theirs who'd died by 1911 were:
Henry (b 1890 d before 1901)
John Henry (b 1891 d before 1901)
Lucy Rebecca (b & d 1893)
Mary (b 1895 d before 1901)
William (b 1900 d before 1911)
If correct, that accounts for 8 of the 10 children, but I'd like to find the other 2 if anyone is able to help please? I'm aware that George & Sarah had 2 further children after 1911 - George Ivan (b 1912) and Samuel (b 1916), making 12 children in all. Sarah's maiden name was Round.
Things are complicated by the fact that, almost unbelievably, there was another Sarah Round in the area who'd also married a man called Wood (Samuel in that instance). At the time of the 1911 census, Samuel & Sarah were living at 35 Little Cottage Street, Brierley Hill. They'd had 4 children at that point, 1 of whom had died. I think the 4 were:
Ann Maria (b 1896)
Florence May (b 1898 d 1900)
Eliza May (b 1903) - I've obtained her birth certificate
Gladys (b 1907)
All years stated above should be regarded as "about".
As well as identifying the 2 "missing" children of George & Sarah Wood, I'd also like to find out what year they moved to Green Lane between 1901 and 1911? It looks like electoral registers aren't going to help in that regard, so I suspect I'm not going to get anywhere with that additional query. ((As an aside, Sarah continued to live at the Green Lane address right through until at least 1946)).
TIA for any help anyone can provide
