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04-03-12, 09:25
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I've checked all the Mauds born Cambridgeshire (is that right?)
The only ones I can't find in 1911 or in the deaths are.. Maud Wright Q3 1902 Maud Cutter Q2 1902 Maud Clifford Q2 1902 Maud Norwell Q2 1902 Maud Sharpe Q2 1902 Maud Speechley Q2 1902 Haven't done the Q1s yet...and some of these could have the pob wrong in 1911.
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04-03-12, 10:20
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Morning all - checking in
John Medlock was born in Cambridge. The family lived in Gloster Street and Jeanette and Julia's brother Sam lived a couple of doors down. That's in the parish of St Giles, if that helps. I’m happy with Cambridge as a birthplace for him and his cousin. It looks as though John used his influence to get Arthur a job on the trams in Coventry as he was already working there. All the other Medlock children from that family are accounted for. Neither Doris nor Eva 'became' Maud. In the 1940s, Eva was still in Warwickshire, Doris was in Wiltshire and Maud was in Oz. I’m also not aware that Maud was particularly a family name. Before I knew she was born in Cambridge I checked all the Coventry baptisms for the relevant period and there were lots of Mauds so I guess it was quite popular at the time. Yes, I have a copy of Maud’s marriage certificate. We got it specifically to see what, if anything, it says for her father. It says ‘John J M Medlock’. It has occurred to me that she might actually be his daughter, but that would have meant JJM knocking off his unmarried sister in law behind his wife’s back, which would be a very un-Medlock thing to do. I know that sounds very naïve and after nearly thirty years in this game I should know better, but they do all have a strong moral code. That theory though brings us back to the birth registration issue. We don’t think she actually knew where she was born, but we do know that she remembered the train journey from London. I can’t begin to imagine how difficult it would have been for an unmarried mother at that time, unless of course she was with the father for a time and then it all went wrong. AN
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04-03-12, 10:41
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Even if she could remember the train journey...it doesn't mean she was born in London. Why would the Medlocks put Cambridgeshire on the 1911 census?
You'd think he'd just put Cov like the other kids. He didn't bother altering her age at all so Vincent and Maud both born 1902 (possible for siblings) but all except Maud born Cov.
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04-03-12, 10:51
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04-03-12, 10:52
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There are a couple Medlock baptisms for Cambridge for the correct time on FMP, but nothing that looks like Maud.
Just for the record, in case there's any interest in Cambridge Medlocks. Day:16 Month:Mar Year:1898 Forenames:William Harry Surname:MEDLOCK Father forenames:William Henry Fathers occupation:sop-maker Mother forenames:Laura Birth Day:18 Birth Month: Apr Birth Year: 1879 Abode: of 4 Abbey Rd Place:Cambridge, St Andrew the Less County: Cambridgeshire,England Record source: Cambridgeshire Baptisms Find out more Data provider: Cambridgeshire Family History Society Day:21 Month:Nov Year:1900 Forenames: Eugenie Alice Surname:MEDLOCK Relationship: Father forenames:William Harry Fathers occupation:soap maker Mother forenames:Laura Birth Day: Birth Month: Birth Year: Abode: of 4 Abbey Rd Place:Cambridge, St Andrew the Less County: Cambridgeshire,England Record source:Cambridgeshire Baptisms Data provider:Cambridgeshire Family History Society Perhaps the Cambridgeshire FH Society could help or advise? This might help for elimination purposes.
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04-03-12, 11:30
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AN Have you got Arthur's DOB and place? Edit to ask: Is it Chesterton, Cambridge? Last edited by maggie_4_7; 04-03-12 at 11:34.
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04-03-12, 13:16
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I'm sure Cambridge is not a red herring. The Medlocks moved there from Tempsford in Bedfordshire and Julia and Jeanette's brother lived there.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...=&pid=44758355 When Julia got caught short, she could have gone to her own family. To be honest, I've never looked at Arthur. He only became a matter of interest briefly when one of his descendants died a while ago and MIL started getting sympathy cards. I worked it back and it was this Arthur's grandson, but MIL had been completely unaware of the existence of this other family, or the connection. William Henry the soapmaker is a relative - his father came from Tempsford and moved to London and then this family came back to Cambridge. All the Tempsford Medlocks are related and most of them have the same half dozen first names, which did at least enable me to stick Mr Nomad in front of a gravestone with his name on it! Whether he learnt anything from that remains to be seen. AN
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