Emma Lavinia Coles in 1871?

[ElizabethHerts]

I have lost this lady in 1871.

She was born in Portsea in 1830.
She married James Rattenbury in Droxford in 1873.

I can't find her on FMP.
Any help appreciated.

[JessBow]

was she a spinster all those years before marrying?

[ElizabethHerts]

Yes, Jess. She married James Rattenbury, a widower with a daughter.

1881 Census
RG11 piece 1138 folio 25 page 7

RATTENBURY, James Head Married M 55 1826 Haberdasher Crediton Devon
Emma L Wife Married F 53 1828 Southsea Hampshire
Nellie Daughter Single F 15 1866 Landport Hampshire
COLLIER, Alfred F Boarder Single M 40 1841 Independent Lambeth Surrey
DUKE, Alfred W Boarder Single M 47 1834 Independent Barpham Sussex
WOOLLS, Lydia Boarder Widow F 75 1806 Independent Peel Hampshire
BECKINGHAM, Alice Servant Single F 16 1865 General Domes Serv East Meon Hampshire

[anne fraser]

I found her in 1861 as a housekeeper to William Cards at the union workhouse Portsmouth. Have you followed the family through to see if she is still there?

[ElizabethHerts]

Anne, thanks for looking.

That must be a different Emma because my Emma is visiting her married sister with her father in 1861.

1861 Census
POLES, Carmi
WILTON, Wiltshire
RG09 piece 1318 folio 4 page 2
Rose Cottages, Wilton Road, Fugglestone St Peter
William Painter
Louisa Painter
Carmi Coles Widower 76 Superannuated Joiner Hampshire Lymington
Emma Coles
Susan Painter
Elizabeth Horder

I had to submit a correction to the census for this entry! (FMP)

[Taradale59]

See 1891 Census. William Coles (b.1822) and Julia (from Aust) are listed as visitors with James and Emma Rattenbury in Waterloo, Hampshire

[ElizabethHerts]

David, I hadn't thanked you for this before as I was completely engrossed in going back a generation with my Purkis ancestors!

Many thanks for all your help.