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Can anyone help me track down Sarah Elizabeth Cunnington on the 1911 census?
She was born 1895 Holbeach Hurn Lincolnshire, she is on the 1901 census as the daughter of John & Kate Cunnington, as also is Edith Catherine born 1899. However, I suspected that both girls might actually be their grandaughters as there is a gap of 9 years between Sarah Elizabeth & the previous child, in addition John & Kate already had daughters named Sarah (Jane) & Elizabeth, both still living at that time. The 1901 cenus shows daughter Mary Ann (full name Eliza Mary Ann) also living with John & Kate. I have tracked down Edith Catherine in 1911 with the surname Fensom, Eliiza Mary Ann married James William Fensom later in 1901. As a 16 year old Sarah Elizabeth may well have been a live in servant by 1911. I have also searched with surname Fensom on the basis that she may have been known by that name. I have come up blank on both surnames.

Sarahs marriage

First name(s) SARAH E
Last name CUNNINGTON
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1917
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ SARAH E CUNNINGTON married
JAMES E SEYMOUR
Spouse's last name SEYMOUR
District HOLBEACH
District number -
County Lincolnshire
Country England
Volume 7A
Page 593
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Record collection Marriages & divorces
Collections from Great Britain

Many thanks for the marriage details.

Rose Ann, Sarah's sister on the 1901 is Rose E in the 1891 a Rose Ellen is on the 1911 married to George Shepherd

Births Dec 1886 (>99%)
Cunnington Rose Ellen Holbeach 7a 398 Scan available - click to view

she married in 1904

Marriages Sep 1904 (>99%)
Cunnington Rose Ellen Holbeach 7a 855 Scan available - click to view
SHEPHERD George Holbeach 7a 855 Scan available - click to view

Might this be Sarah Elizabeth on the 1911 census.........transcribed as Elizabeth Cliff


1911 England Census about Mrs Kate Cunnington
Name:Mrs Kate Cunnington
Age in 1911:67
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1844
Relation to Head:Head
Gender:Female
Birth Place:Rippingale, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish:Holbeach
County/Island:Lincolnshire
Country:England
Street address:Holbeach Hurn Lincolnshire
Marital Status:Widowed
Registration district:Holbeach


Household Members:

Kate Cunnington 67
Elizabeth Cliff 16 (Granddaughter) Holbeach Hurn Lincolnshire

I think the name Cliff might come from this marriage?

Marriages Jun 1895 (>99%)

Cliff John James Holbeach 7a 829
Cunnington Sarah Jane Holbeach 7a 829

1911 England Census
about Sarah Jane Cliff Name:Sarah Jane Cliff
Age in 1911:36
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1875
Relation to Head:Wife
Gender:Female
Birth Place:Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish:Gedney
County/Island:Lincolnshire
Country:England
Street address:Gedney Marsh Holbeach Lincs
Marital Status:Married
Registration district:Holbeach

John Jas Cliff 37
Sarah Jane Cliff 36
George Edward Cliff 12
Elsie May Cliff 9
John William Cliff 7
Charles Leonard Cliff 5
Gladyss Hilda Cliff 2
Rose Mary Cliff 2/12

(8 children born and living)

JOHN (1446) bp Holbeach Hurn 16.10.1842. An Ag Worker, married
26.02.1866 to Catherine "Kate" Wilson, she born Rippingale 1846.
A Charlotte was marriage witness. He died 1910-1Q and she 1930-1Q
age 84, both buried at Holbeach Hurn.

Children

10.12.1866 bp JOHN WILLIAM (531) See FAM 29A

1868-2Q bp 25.04.1868 Charlotte...d inf 1868-3Q

1869-3Q EDWARD (1451) See FAM 70E

1871-3Q RICHARD (===) died 1873-2Q age 1 yr

1874-4Q Sarah Jane. Married 01.05.1895 to J J Cliff

1876-4Q Eliza Mary Ann. Married 09.04.1901 to J W Fensom

1879-4Q ARTHUR (1452) See Below

1882-1Q Louisa. Married 23.07.1900 to J W Clark

1884-4Q Elizabeth. Married (when /where ?) to A Williams

1899-4Q Edith Catherine

24.11.1886 bp Rose Ellen. Married 08.07.1904 to George Henry
Shepherd (See FAM 82C). She d 19.05.1963, he d March 1968,
both at Wisbech.
(This is where Edna Peters fits...see also FAM 82C)



http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cunnington/family70.htm

(above info., comes up on google search)

Chris :)


http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lincolnshire/HolbeachHurn.html

(Arthur Cunnington)

1901 England Census
about Kate Cunnington Name:Kate Cunnington
Age:50
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1851
Relation to Head:Wife Gender:Female
Spouse:John Cunnington
Birth Place:Reppingate Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish:Holbeach
Ecclesiastical parish:Holbeach St Luke
Town:Holbeach St Luke
County/Island:Lincolnshire
Country:England



Household Members:

John Cunnington 54
Kate Cunnington 50
Mary Ann Cunnington 24
Lizzie Cunnington 16
Rose Ann Cunnington 14
Sarah Elizabeth Cunnington 6
Edith Catherine Cunnington 1

Sarah and Edith seem to have been mistranscribed as the Daughters of John and Kate.

PricklyHolly I think I have been a bit blinkered in not spotting the possible connection to Elizabeth Cliff. Thanks for pointing me in what I think might be the right direction. I will have to work through this to check that it all hangs together. I think that the 1901 cenus might have been an attempt to mask illegitimate granddaughters, rather than a transcription error.

Probate

Cliff John James of Gedney Drove End, Lincolnshire died 12/06/1962 at Pinchbeck Road Hospital, Spalding, Lincs. Admin to Charles Leonard Cliff, smallholder £405. 14s.

Sarah's death. East Elloe covers GEdney Drove End

Deaths Jun 1945 (>99%)
Cliff Sarah J 70 E.Elloe 7a 354

I wonder if Sarah Elizabeth and Edith Catherine are sisters.

I did think that Edith Catherine birth reg Dec qtr 1899 might be the daughter of Lizzie, 1901 census,(Birth reg Dec 1884 Cunnington Elizabeth Holbeach 7a 406) as in 1901 she married James William Fensom and James had a sister Edith Catherine Fensom BUT this would mean that Lizzie was only 15 when she gave birth and 16 when she married James Fensom

Lizzie could not have been the mother to Sarah Elizabeth

The name changing between Lizzie, Elizabeth and Eliza Mary Ann are confusing.

I now think that Edith is the daughter of Eliza Mary Ann, makes sense that she would be living with her In 1911 but with the surname of her mother's husband. Whereas Sarah Elizabeth is the daughter of Sarah Jane, it would make sense that she would be
called Elizabeth to differentiate her from her mother, & again she has adopted the surname of her mother's husband. It has taken some fresh eyes to draw together information, most of which I already had. It might need birth certs & perhaps access to the baptism registers to support this. However I still need to go through the info again to see if it really does make sense.

Additional query raised

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1347185