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Immigration look up please

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faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 7 Apr 2008 20:21

I have this couple in 1881:

1881 England Census
about George Laws
Name: George Laws
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Emily
Gender: Male
Where born: Commercial Rd, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Bethnal Green
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address: 3b Lark Row
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Palliasse Maker

Registration district: Bethnal Green
Sub-registration district: Bethnal Green
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Emily Laws 21
George Laws 23

I can not find them in either 1891 or 1901.

My great grandmother was called Elizabeth Daisy Pearce born in 1901 (mis-transcribed as 17 months on census). Her parents were very poor and they had a few children, so when she was born at one point she was going to be sent abroad to live with her auntie. I don't know the name of the auntie (maiden name Chambers), but as Emily is Elizabeth's mother's sister and she is the only aunt I can not find, I was wodering if somebody could check immigration records for the US and Canada for me?

Thank you for any help or advice you can give,

Vicky X

faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 7 Apr 2008 20:29

Sorry, I have to go.

I will check replies tomorrow.

Vicky X

JackieinEssex

JackieinEssex Report 7 Apr 2008 21:58

Haven't had any success with immigration. But could this be George? Are there any familiar names?

George Laws
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Lambeth
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew Lambeth
County/Island: London
Country: England


Ellen Abroshou 22
Maude Blumfeld 42
Annie Boncey 35
Emily Boncey 72
Ethel Boncey 15
John Boncey 44
Richard Boncey 31
Alice Crane 33
George Laws 45
Lenora Noble 70
Percy Wellerd 16



Frazzled

Frazzled Report 8 Apr 2008 09:52

Don't know if this is helpful or not but:-

Like Jacqueline I cannot find the family on any immigration lists but have found an entry in the birth reg for Emily Laws born 1890 in Bethnal Green. Sadly there is a death reg for (maybe) the same Emily Laws in 1893 also in Bethnal Green.

I have searched using different alternatives to Laws but cannot find her in the 1891 census. So maybe the family have stayed in Bethnal Green but their surname has been mis-transcribed so badly we can't find them - yet!

The search continues!

faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 8 Apr 2008 11:27

Thank you both for your help,

I will look into the ones you have mentioned.

Thanks

Vicky X

faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 8 Apr 2008 12:00

Hi Jim,

Thank you! That looks like it is them as they have a daughter called Emily and there is a death for an Emily Laws in 1893.

Thanks again,

Vicky X