Thread: Edith Augusta Woolnough/Baker 1891~1901

Please bear with me... this is a bit of a confusing tale ~ you may need to take notes!!! It's taken me a while to unravell it, I can tell you!



I'm trying to find where my Edith Augusta Woolnough has disappeared to.

I think she was the illegitimate daughter of Marie Woolnough who married James Baker 2 years after Edith was born. Edith, aged 4, appears on the 1871census with her mother & James as Augusta Baker & later as Edith A Baker.



She's on the 1891 census at home with her stepfather James Baker under the name of Woolnough, as his stepdaughter, with her 2 ~ I think ~ illegitimate daughters. They are recorded as his Grandaughters, (interestingly one is registered at birth as Woolnough & one as Baker. Edith's mother died 1890/1891).



By the time the 1901 census comes out her daughters have their Grandfather's surname 'Baker', are recorded as his daughters & Edith is absent.



When one of the girls gets married her Grandfather is a witness & also is down as her father ~ so it is possible that Edith has either married or died & that he has adopted the girls?

(mind you ~ she is the one that was registered at birth with the 'Baker' surname ~ so I'm only guessing 'till I get her birth cert who her mother was!)



Only trouble is I can't find Edith in the Marriage Index or in the Death Index as either Woolnough or Baker.



Her birth details are Edith Augusta Woolnough, Born Q2 1867 in N.Aylesford.



I'm dying to get to the bottom of this puzzle & lay it to rest ~ so if anyone can get their heads round it I'd sure appreciate the help.

Dont know how/if this fits in, but there's an Edith Augusta Woolnough birth registered Elham (Kent) 1899 Mar 2a p.1044

and, equally not fitting in, an Edith Augusta Woolnough death age 1, registered 1901 Mar Kingston (Surrey) 2a p.242

Thanks for that Jeuel ~ but my Edith's birth date is definately Q2 1867 in N.Aylesford. She's on the 1871 census aged 4, 1881 aged 13 & 1891 aged 23.



... I see where you might be going with this... maybe she's had another child? But she's still missing on the 1901 census aged 33/34!

Hi there



Initially I thought from your tale that Baker was the father of the children, but I may be maligning him!!



This is probably nothing you don't know, or have surmised.



Births Mar 1847

Woolnough Maria Blything 13 411



1861 England Census

Name: Charles Woolnough

Age: 27

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834

Relation: Son

Father's Name: Arthur

Mother's Name: Mary Ann

Gender: Male

Where born: Halesworth, Suffolk, England

Civil Parish: Strood

Town: Strood

County/Island: Kent

Registration district: North Aylesford

Sub registration district: Strood

ED, institution, or vessel: 14

Household schedule number: 349

Household Members:

Name Age

Ann Woolnough 17

Arthur Woolnough 48

Arthur Woolnough 15

Betsy Woolnough 9

Charles Woolnough 27

Maria Woolnough 13

Mary Woolnough 11

Mary Ann Woolnough 48

Sarah Woolnough 8

Walter Woolnough 6





Births Jun 1867

WOOLNOUGH Edith Augusta N. Aylesford 2a 389



Marriages Dec 1869

BAKER James N Aylesford 2a 601

WOOLNOUGH Maria N Aylesford 2a 601



1871 England Census

Name: Augusta Baker

Age: 4

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867

Relation: Daughter

Father's Name: James

Mother's Name: Maria

Gender: Female

Where born: Rochester, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Strood

County/Island: Kent

Country: England

Registration district: North Aylesford

Sub registration district: Strood

ED, institution, or vessel: 14

Household schedule number: 118

Household Members:

Name Age

Augusta Baker 4

James Baker 23

Maria Baker 23

James Pankhurst 24

Sarah Pankhurst 19



Sarah Pankhurst is certainly Maria's sister Sarah, who appears NEVER to have married James Pankhurst.

Has Edith followed the familial trait and could this be the key to your dilemma?

Pure supposition, I'm afraid!!



1881 England Census

Name: Edith A. Baker

Age: 13

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868

Relation: Daughter

Father's Name: James

Mother's Name: Maria

Gender: Female

Where born: Rochester, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Strood

County/Island: Kent

Country: England

Street address: 6 Prentice Street

Registration district: North Aylesford

Sub registration district: Strood

ED, institution, or vessel: 14

N

Household Members:

Name Age

Edith A. Baker 13

James Baker 34

Maria Baker 33

Mary Hammond 5

Deaths Mar 1891

Baker Maria Medway 2a 398



1891 England Census

Name: Edith Woolnough

Age: 23

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868

Relation: Stepdaughter

Gender: Female

Where born: Rochester, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Strood

Ecclesiastical parish: St Nicholas

Town: Strood

County/Island: Kent

Country: England

Registration district: Strood

Sub registration district: Strood

ED, institution, or vessel: 14

Household Members:

Name Age

James Baker 43

Beatrice Woolnough 4

Edith Woolnough 23

Esther Woolnough 6



Sorry

Mark

Good practice, anyway



Mark

Thanks for that Mark... like you say it's good practice! I'm afraid this famiily has a trait of having illegitimate children & then taking on other surnames... it certianly does confuse things.

I will find her eventually ~ I hope....