Hello,
I am trying to find info about Rose/Rosa CORK and have hit a blank wall as to her whereabouts before 1888 and when /how she came to England...also her parents/siblings. I'd be so grateful for any pointers.
She is on the English censuses 1901 and 1911 as surname Hainsworth, having married John Mason Hainsworth 5 Oct 1888 in Batley, Yorkshire. Marriage cert says she was a servant and her father was a labourer, Jacob CORK. I have found her children but the only clue to her origin or previous whereabouts are:
1901/1911 Census. Give her birth location as Winsberg. As her marriage cert was signed with her mark I think it unlikely that she was able to spell and so the location is incorrectly spelt as the census record taker heard it and anglicised it: I think therefore it's Weinsberg outside Stuttgart.
I have not been able to find out how she sailed to England; ships between European ports not on Ancestry? Does anyone know how I might find her emigration/immigration?
Her father was given on the marriage cert as Jacob Cork. The witnesses at the wedding were not Corks so perhaps he had died or stayed in Germany?
I have tried to change the surname to the German versions of Cook/ Cork which are Koch and Kork. There are plenty of them.
I found a possible marriage of the father: Jacob Friedrich Koch (dob 17 Jul 1836) married Sophia Barbara Erzinger on 9 Nov 1862. In that record (Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929) it says Jacob was born in Haberschlacht which is only 25 km from Weinsberg. So it's the most likely of those that have come up on Ancestry but I cannot prove it.
Have checked FindMyPast and Family Search; no other details.
Other people's Anc trees all stop at Rosa : no parents names.
Have looked on geedbas and geneanert with too many Koch's in Weinberg and none around the same era but I am not sure how to use those two resources.
Would be really grateful of any pointers, tips, and help. Thank you
