Christina Martin

[kiterunner]

The GRO birth index has a Christina Martin registered Jan-Mar 1896 Steyning district (Sussex). Can anyone find any other trace of her anywhere before I give in and order the birth certificate, please?

[Merry]

I give up!

I did notice there were two Christina Martins listed on the GRO page and wondered if some sort of error had occurred as it's not a very common name (only five entries in 10 years)? The other one in the same Q was registered in Chorlton Lancs (from memory!)

[kiterunner]

Thanks for looking, Merry. I managed to trace the Chorlton one o.k. but got nowhere with the Steyning one. I think I will order the birth cert and cross my fingers!

[kiterunner]

Ordered it.

[maryphil]

I had a good look,not much luck.

[James18]

Is she a relative, or just someone of general interest?

[kiterunner]

I don't know who she is, James, but I am trying to find out whether she is the same person as Christina Annie Martin who married my great-uncle. I now have my Christina's date of birth from the 1939 Register, though I suspect that the year of birth on there is wrong, but I don't have her place of birth. When the birth certificate arrives, hopefully I will be able to figure out whether she could be my Christina or not.

If anyone wants to work on my Christina in the meantime (although I've been trying to figure out who she was for years), she married Reginald Hugh Bristow 12 Sep 1919 at Hackney Register Office, London, age 23, spinster, residence 12 Kingsland Passage (same address as Reginald), father Michael Martin, farmer. Witnesses F Elligett and J Simmons. I think F Elligett is Florence Elligett nee Cain who married Joseph D(ennis) Elligett in 1927 in Islington but had been living with him as his wife since before the 1911 census. But whether she was related to Christina I don't know.

My Christina died 11 May 1945, age given as 47. Her date of birth on the 1939 Register is 25 Dec 1896, but Reginald's is 15 Dec 1891 when it should be 1890, so I suspect Christina's should be 1895, and this would fit with her age at marriage. Hence the interest in a birth registered Jan-Mar 1896. Her middle name is Anna on a couple of documents, and on one her name is given as Anna Christina.

Anyway, I'm leaving it till the birth cert arrives as I have tried so many times before and got nowhere! Failing that, if I wait till 2021 the 1921 census should give me her birthplace. Although usually when I expect something to give me a clue to this branch of the family, it just raises more questions.

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by maryphil

I had a good look,not much luck.

Thanks for looking, Mary.

[kiterunner]

The certificate has arrived now and it looks as though I can probably rule her out as my Christina. DOB is 16 Jan 1896 and her father is Robert James Martin, Sergeant Royal Irish Rifles (mother is Mary Elizabeth Martin, formerly Thompson.) This must be her on the 1911 Irish census:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.i.../nai002268665/
There is a Christina Martin marriage in Newry district the following year.

So, back to the drawing board! Any ideas about my Christina welcomed - see post #7 for her details.

[Merry]

Have you eliminated the one aged 3 in Upper Tyrone Street, Dunlin, father general labourer in 1901?