Charlotte Searle

[kiterunner]

I've found an entry in the London Schools Admissions and Discharges which may or may not be my great-uncle's wife:

White Lion Street School, Islington, Charlotte Searle admitted 23 Sep 1889, father William, address 35 Henry St. Date of birth 20 Apr 1882, previous school - at Leicester. Date of leaving - 15 Sep 1893, remarks: does not know a letter, cannot write anything, has no idea. (Hopefully that was when she joined the school rather than when she left!)

I managed to find one of the other pupils from Henry Street on the 1891 census - Daisy Bradford, so I know which Henry Street it is, civil parish Clerkenwell, but there is no Searle or Charlotte at 35 Henry Street on that census. There are several families at the address but none looks to be connected to Charlotte.

My Charlotte married Frederick Cheeseman 29 Jun 1901 at St Pancras Register Office, age 20, residence 72 Judd Street, father William Searle (deceased), mechanical engineer. (On her second marriage his Witnesses D Anderson and John Reddy. Frederick Cheeseman and D Anderson are at 72 Judd Street on the 1901 census but the only Charlotte there is a Charlotte Hopkins age 23 born Islington.

On the 1911 census my Charlotte is age 30, born York Road, King's Cross. She died in 1968, so her death certificate doesn't give exact date of birth.

Of course there is no Charlotte Searle birth registration Apr-Jun 1882; that would be way too easy!

I would have thought that William must still be alive in 1889 or his name wouldn't be written in as name of parent or guardian. And surely Charlotte must still have been living in the area in 1891 or she would have left the school? Can anyone find either or both of them in 1891, please? I don't know whether this is my Charlotte so I don't know what her birthplace would be.

Update - 2022 - it turns out that Charlotte's father was actually a William Matthews going by the name Searle, not the William Thomas Searle who is mentioned in this thread.