Tarporley

[sallyedwards]

I am trying to establish the maiden name of Alice Fletcher below, born in Tarporley ~1829. I have her widowed sister visiting her on the night of the 1891 census, her married name is Podmore. Can anybody help with establishing a maiden name for Alice and Elizabeth of Tarporley?

1871 census: Malpas

John Fletcher Head M 40 Draper & Letterpress Printer Runcorn Cheshire
Alice Fletcher Wife M 42 " wife Tarporley Cheshire
John Fletcher Fletcher Son 10 Malpas Cheshire
Lizzie Gertrude Fletcher Daug 8 Malpas Cheshire
Arthur Edwd Fletcher Son 2 Malpas Cheshire
Harold Williams Fletcher 11 months Malpas Cheshire
Fletcher Fletcher Father 68 Runcorn Cheshire
Mary Groux Servant 19 Oldcastle, Cheshire

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1891 British Census: Malpas

(Arthur & Harold plus Elizabeth Podmore are missing from the transcription, but can be seen on the census image)

Fletcher, John 60 Runcorn, Cheshire Head Malpas Cheshire Printer-Letterpress
Fletcher, Alice 62 Tarporley, Cheshire Wife Malpas Cheshire
Fletcher, John 30 Chester, Cheshire Son Malpas Cheshire Printer-Letterpress
Arthur E Fletcher 22 Malpas, Cheshire Son Malpas Cheshire Farmer
Harold W Fletcher 20 Malpas Cheshire Son Malpas Cheshire Draper
Fletcher, Leonard T 19 Malpas, Cheshire Son Malpas Cheshire Printer-Letterpress
Elizabeth Podmore 50 Tarporley, Cheshire Sister Malpas Cheshire Widow

TIA,
Sally

[Clive Blackaby]

Hi Sally,
Your best bet is to get a birth certificate for
Harold Williams Fletcher 11 months Malpas Cheshire
He was born May 1870, so should be easy to find on FreeBMD
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl (Which is free, but not complete)
or 1837 online (which is complete but not free - but you might find someone has spare credits and will look it up for you)

You can order the birth certificate through a link from 1837online site, and that will give you Mum's maiden name

Regards

Clive

[sallyedwards]

Hi Clive,

Thanks for the advice. You know, I had no idea that you could get the mother's maiden name from a birth certificate. The only certificates I have been ordering are marriage certificates to get the name of the father.

I shall give 1837 a try - it's time I tried this site again. I have tended to use ancestry as the best match search is so good.

Thanks again,
Sally