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Caroline Emma Gilbert. Harold Edgar Eastman

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Kucinta

Kucinta Report 7 Jan 2017 22:26

Caroline with parents in 1881?

Birth place recorded as Carston on image


1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Palmers Elm, 4, St Annes, Kewstoke, Axbridge, Somerset, England

Matthew Allsop Head Married Male 45 1836 Ag Lab Stanton, Wiltshire, England
Jane Allsop Wife Married Female 45 1836 - Somerset, England
Ths Allsop Son Single Male 12 1869 - Wiltshire, England
Mary Allsop Daughter Single Female 10 1871 - Wiltshire, England
Caroline Allsop Daughter Single Female 7 1874 - Somerset, England <<<<<<<<
William Allsop Son Single Male 5 1876 - Bath, Somerset, England
James Allsop Son Single Male 4 1877 - Bath, Somerset, England
Albert Allsop Son Single Male 2 1879 - Kewstoke, Somerset, England

However, this mother Jane seems to have had a maiden name other than Fry:

Name: Mathew Allsop
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1836
Marriage or Bann Date: 30 Jan 1881
Marriage Place: Hewish St Anne, Somerset, England
Parish as it Appears: Congresbury
Search Photos: Search for 'Hewish St Anne' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
Father: Joseph Allsop
Spouse: Jane Hewlett

They were widow and widower, but Jane's father is named as John Fletcher, not Fry...

Baptism at Stanton for a Matthew with father named Joseph as per the marriage:

Name: Matthew Allsop
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 30 Sep 1838
Christening Place: Stanton St.-Quintin, Wiltshire, England
Father: Joseph Allsop
Mother: Charlotte

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 7 Jan 2017 22:47


Duh, Realised Caroline was born c1873/4, so Jane Hewlett nee Fletcher was her stepmother, if it was a second marriage for matthew.

This looks like Caroline's parents' marriage:

Marriages Dec 1868
ALLSOP Matthew Malmesbury 5a 84
Fry Jane Mills Malmesbury 5a 84

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 7 Jan 2017 22:50

Matthew and Jane MIlls/Miles nee Fry in 1871. Matthew's age is slightly out, but birthplace is given as Stanton on the census image.


1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Corston Chippenham Road, St Pauls, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England

Charles Matthew Fry Son - Male 6 1865 - Wiltshire, England
Matthew Allsop Head - Male 30 1841 - Wiltshire, England
Jane Miles Allsop Wife - Female 26 1845 - Wiltshire, England
Mary Jane Allsop Daughter - Female 0 1871 - Wiltshire, England

Jane's birth?

Births Mar 1844 FRY Jane Mills Malmesbury 8 363

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 7 Jan 2017 22:55

Mathew with parents Joseph and Charlotte from the 1838 christening at Stanton?


1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Hullavington, Malmsbury, Wiltshire, England


Joseph Alsop Head Married Male 59 1802 Ag Lab Stanton, Wiltshire, England
Charlotte Alsop Wife Married Female 60 1801 - Somerford, Wiltshire, England
Mathew Alsop Son Unmarried Male 23 1838 Ag Lab Stanton, Wiltshire, England<<<
Simeon Alsop Son Unmarried Male 16 1845 Ag Lab Stanton, Wiltshire, England
Elizabeth Alsop Daughter - Female 13 1848 - Stanton, Wiltshire, England

Marriage of Joseph and Charlotte?

Name: Joseph Alsop
Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1826
Parish: Stanton St Quintin
Residence: Stanton St Quintin
Spouse: Charlotte Punter
Spouse Residence: Rodborne
Document Type: Banns

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 7 Jan 2017 23:00

Jane Miles/Mills Fry's birthplace was given as Hullavington on the 1871 census register.

Is this her with her parents in 1851?

The 1844 birth I posted has mother maiden name Sherwood according to the GRO site. Note brother in law Cornelius Sheerwood in the census below:

Birth:

FRY, JANE MILLS SHERWOOD
GRO Reference: 1844 M Quarter in MALMSBURY UNION Volume 08 Page 363

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Hullavington, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England

Isaac Fry Head Married Male 30 1821 Ag Labourer Hullavington, Wiltshire, England
Mary Fry Wife Married Female 36 1815 - Sherston, Wiltshire, England
James Fry Son - Male 9 1842 Scholar Hullavington, Wiltshire, England
Jane Fry Daughter - Female 7 1844 Scholar Hullavington, Wiltshire, England <<<
Thomas Fry Son - Male 3 1848 - Hullavington, Wiltshire, England
George Fry Son - Male 0 1851 - Hullavington, Wiltshire, England
Henry Fry Father W Male 62 1789 Ag Labourer Hullavington, Wiltshire, England
Cornelius Sheerwood Brother-In-Law Unmarried Male 26 1825 Baker's Labourer Sherston, Wiltshire, England<<

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 7 Jan 2017 23:05

Marriage of Isaac and Mary...

Marriages Sep 1841
FRY Isaac Malmesbury 8 479
Shearwood Mary Malmesbury 8 479